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August 04, 2003 - August 08, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   07/28/2003 - 08/01/2003
 Date Index
8/1/2003 169
7/31/2003 153
7/30/2003 187
7/29/2003 217
7/28/2003 240

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
08-04-0310:00
Factory Orders
June
08-05-0310:00
Institute for Supply Management Services Index
July
08-06-03 none
08-07-038:30
8:30
10:00
Productivity - Preliminary
Initial Jobless Claim
Wholesale Inventories
2Q
Latest week.
June
08-08-03 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
8/4/2003CEPH
8/4/2003X
8/5/2003WMI
8/5/2003WTW
8/5/2003OHP
8/5/2003PRU
8/5/2003EXPE
8/5/2003CVC
8/5/2003HPC
8/5/2003WPI
8/5/2003ICN
8/5/2003ICOS
8/5/2003UNM
8/5/2003EMR
8/5/2003CSCO
8/5/2003G
8/5/2003SONE
8/5/2003HLTH
8/5/2003IACI
8/5/2003MBI
8/6/2003EOG
8/6/2003ACF
8/6/2003DVN
8/6/2003RMK
8/6/2003CPN
8/6/2003AOC
8/6/2003ROOM
8/7/2003ANN
8/7/2003NVDA
8/7/2003SBL
8/7/2003IMGN
8/7/2003PCG
8/7/2003UVN
8/7/2003ELX
8/7/2003CMS
8/7/2003PIXR
8/7/2003XMSR
8/8/2003Q

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 9,153.97 9,160.40 9,078.89 8,528.02
S&P; 500 Index SPX 980.15 992.38 984.94 910.68
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/3U 979.60 991.30 984.05 910.17
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,264.35 1,272.09 1,233.36 1,088.43
S&P; 100 Index OEX 493.64 499.73 495.93 461.33

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   07/28/2003 - 08/01/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 18,188
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 13,763
3   Adobe Systems Incorporated 3 AEQ Sep, 2003 35 12,808
4   Adobe Systems Incorporated 3 AEQ Sep, 2003 35 11,093
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Aug, 2003 20 9,276
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 31 9,117
7   Broadcom Corporation 10 RCQ Sep, 2003 22.5 9,013
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 8,876
9   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Aug, 2003 20 8,045
10   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2003 27.5 7,874

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   07/28/2003 - 08/01/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 31 16,867
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 31 12,490
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 8,279
4   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Sep, 2003 20 7,563
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 7,274
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 31 7,258
7   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Aug, 2003 20 7,176
8   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Aug, 2003 4 6,501
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2003 32 6,134
10   Broadcom Corporation 10 RCQ Aug, 2003 25 6,032
 


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