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June 02, 2003 - June 06, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   05/26/2003 - 05/30/2003
 Date Index
5/30/2003 130
5/29/2003 144
5/28/2003 127
5/27/2003 119

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
06-02-03
10:00
10:00
Automotive Sales
Construction Spending
Institute for Supply Management (Manufacturing)
May
Apr.
May
06-03-03 none
06-04-038:30
10:00
Productivity (revised)
Institute for Supply Management - Services
1Q
May
06-05-038:30
10:00
Initial claims for unemployment
Factory Orders
Latest week
Apr.
06-06-038:30
8:30
8:30
3:00
Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Consumer Credit
May
May
May
Apr.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
6/3/2003CMVT
6/3/2003FCEL
6/5/2003MIR
6/5/2003HI
6/5/2003ABS
6/5/2003NSM

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
6/3/2003 NAREIT Institutional Investor Forum
6/3/2003 Sanford C Bernstein 19th Ann Strategic Decisions Conference
6/4/2003 Sanford C Bernstein 19th Ann Strategic Decisions Conference (con't)
6/5/2003 Sanford C Bernstein 19th Ann Strategic Decisions Conference (con't)
6/5/2003 White Mountain Capital Biotech Conference
6/10/2003 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference
6/11/2003 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference (con't)
6/19/2003 Last day for trading June index options with European exercise style.
6/20/2003 Last day for trading June index options with American exercise style and equity options.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 8,850.26 8,623.42 8,438.80 8,333.68
S&P; 500 Index SPX 963.60 935.96 906.13 885.51
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/3M 963.30 935.44 905.19 880.54
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,197.89 1,145.02 1,099.37 1,015.84
S&P; 100 Index OEX 483.20 472.37 459.07 448.52

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   05/26/2003 - 05/30/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Microsoft Corporation 10 MQF Jul, 2003 23 19,022
2   Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 3 KEQ Jul, 2003 20 13,378
3   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jun, 2003 25 13,130
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 28 10,957
5   Flextronics International Ltd. 8 QFL Jul, 2003 10 10,927
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jun, 2003 25 10,587
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 29 10,284
8   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Jun, 2003 20 10,229
9   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HHY Aug, 2003 15 9,937
10   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jun, 2003 25 8,942

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   05/26/2003 - 05/30/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 29 16,381
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 28 14,448
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 29 11,417
4   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 ZSU Jan, 2005 2 11,000
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 29 7,601
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 28 7,301
7   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Oct, 2003 17 5,340
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 30 5,187
9   Flextronics International Ltd. 8 QFL Jul, 2003 10 5,035
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jun, 2003 25 4,953
 


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