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July 28, 2003 - August 01, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   07/21/2003 - 07/25/2003
 Date Index
7/25/2003 140
7/24/2003 152
7/23/2003 191
7/22/2003 149
7/21/2003 212

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
07-28-03 none
07-29-0310:00
 Consumer Confidence Index
 July
07-30-032:00
 Fed's Beige Book Report
 July
07-31-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
10:00
 Employment Cost Index
Gross Domestic Product - Advanced Reading
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator (Advanced)
Initial Jobless Claims
Help Wanted Advertising Index
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index
 2Q
2Q
2Q
Latest week.
June
June
08-01-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
10:00
 Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Inde
Construction Spending
 July
July
July
June
June
July
June

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
7/28/2003TSN
7/28/2003AMKR
7/28/2003AXP
7/28/2003FON
7/28/2003HLT
7/28/2003NOC
7/28/2003BMC
7/28/2003PVN
7/28/2003XRX
7/28/2003ADPT
7/28/2003PCS
7/28/2003ABX
7/28/2003HUM
7/28/2003PPD
7/28/2003CHK
7/28/2003RCL
7/29/2003SO
7/29/2003UCL
7/29/2003CCU
7/29/2003GNSS
7/29/2003LGTO
7/29/2003RIG
7/29/2003ACS
7/29/2003DD
7/29/2003ITMN
7/29/2003MCD
7/29/2003PDLI
7/29/2003ADP
7/29/2003ANDW
7/29/2003CREE
7/29/2003RJR
7/29/2003SBL
7/29/2003KG
7/29/2003OMC
7/29/2003VLO
7/29/2003AHC
7/29/2003NBR
7/29/2003TYC
7/29/2003ASYT
7/29/2003ALD
7/29/2003KEG
7/29/2003PDG
7/29/2003TKLC
7/29/2003VZ
7/29/2003CE
7/29/2003OMG
7/29/2003USG
7/30/2003ADRX
7/30/2003HC
7/30/2003AET
7/30/2003KMG
7/30/2003VSH
7/30/2003PDE
7/30/2003IVX
7/30/2003NLS
7/30/2003IGEN
7/30/2003GT
7/30/2003INCY
7/30/2003NI
7/30/2003AES
7/30/2003AEP
7/30/2003MNST
7/31/2003DIS
7/31/2003XOM
7/31/2003CAH
7/31/2003PG
7/31/2003HAL
7/31/2003SLE
7/31/2003ABF
7/31/2003GILD
7/31/2003IRF
7/31/2003APCC
7/31/2003GNTA
7/31/2003PWER
7/31/2003CMCSA
7/31/2003ATH
7/31/2003CBB
7/31/2003TXU
8/1/2003VRC
8/1/2003APC
8/1/2003CI
8/1/2003PCG
8/1/2003OSIP
8/1/2003CVX
8/1/2003XEL

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
8/12/2003 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee
8/14/2003 Last day for trading August index options with European style exercise/settlement.
8/15/2003 Last day for trading August equity and index options with American style exercise/settlement.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 9,284.57 9,121.30 9,015.57 8,491.75
S&P; 500 Index SPX 998.70 990.89 979.16 906.66
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/3U 980.30 988.49 977.24 905.21
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,278.30 1,258.94 1,219.27 1,078.62
S&P; 100 Index OEX 502.94 499.05 493.07 459.36

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   07/21/2003 - 07/25/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Comcast Corp. 8 CQK Jan, 2004 35 30,005
2   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Aug, 2003 15 25,346
3   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Aug, 2003 15 22,340
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 20,908
5   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Sep, 2003 15 20,157
6   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Sep, 2003 15 14,030
7   Comcast Corp. 8 CQK Jan, 2004 35 13,090
8   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Sep, 2003 15 12,427
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 31 11,822
10   AOL Time Warner Inc. 7 AOL Aug, 2003 17.5 11,059

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   07/21/2003 - 07/25/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Comcast Corp. 8 CQK Aug, 2003 30 28,936
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 31 12,724
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 12,480
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 30 12,439
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 30 12,309
6   Comcast Corp. 8 CQK Aug, 2003 27.5 11,359
7   Amazon.Com, Inc. 4 ZQN Aug, 2003 30 11,170
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 30 8,629
9   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Aug, 2003 4 7,694
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 31 7,216
 


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