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April 07, 2003 - April 11, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   03/31/2003 - 04/04/2003
 Date Index
4/4/2003 99
4/3/2003 99
4/2/2003 99
4/1/2003 119
3/31/2003 123

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
04-07-033:00
Consumer Credit
Feb.
04-08-0310:00
Wholesale Inventories
Feb.
04-09-03 none
04-10-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
Export Prices (excludes agriculture)
Import Prices (excluding oil)
U.S. Trade Balance
Initial claims for unemployment
Mar.
Mar.
Feb.
Latest week.
04-11-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
Producer Price Index (PPI)
PPI - Excluding Food and Energy
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - excluding automoblies
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
4/9/2003ABT
4/9/2003DNA
4/9/2003YHOO
4/10/2003RMBS
4/10/2003THC
4/10/2003RAD
4/10/2003MIR
4/10/2003FDC
4/10/2003PWAV
4/11/2003CREE
4/11/2003DCLK
4/11/2003ELON
4/11/2003JNPR
4/11/2003KRB
4/11/2003RSAS
4/11/2003MERQ
4/11/2003EYE
4/11/2003PR
4/11/2003SWY
4/11/2003GE
4/11/2003NET

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
4/8/2003 Gerard Klauer Mattison Healthcare Conference (2nd Annual)
4/16/2003 Last day for trading index options with European style exercise properties.
4/17/2003 Last day for trading equity options and remain index options with April 2003 expiration dates.
4/18/2003 Markets Closed -- Good Friday Holiday

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA 8,277.15 8,067.36 7,982.68 8,370.29
S&P; 500 Index SPX 878.85 855.49 846.42 884.85
S&P; 500 Futures SP/3H 878.50 854.38 845.88 875.98
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,050.71 1,040.80 1,009.51 989.56
S&P; 100 Index OEX 446.70 434.72 429.07 446.97

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   03/31/2003 - 04/04/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 13,199
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 25 12,920
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 10,451
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 28 10,022
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 9,405
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 7,275
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 27 5,985
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 25 5,818
9   Tyco International Ltd. 8 TYC Jul, 2003 15 5,757
10   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 ZEU Jan, 2005 2 5,419

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   03/31/2003 - 04/04/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 18,981
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 15,112
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 25 12,746
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 24 9,687
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 26 8,570
6   Altria Group Inc. 1 ZMO Jan, 2005 10 7,430
7   SBC Communications Inc. 9 SBC Apr, 2003 20 6,782
8   International Business Machines 3 IBM Apr, 2003 80 6,514
9   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Apr, 2003 25 6,418
10   Qualcomm Inc. 4 AAW Apr, 2003 35 6,259
 


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