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December 15, 2003 - December 19, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   12/08/2003 - 12/12/2003
 Date Index
12/12/2003 185
12/11/2003 196
12/10/2003 209
12/9/2003 207
12/8/2003 226

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
12-15-038:30
New York State Empire Index
Dec.
12-16-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Consumer Price Index (ex-food and energy)
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Current Account Balance
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
3Q
Nov.
Nov.
12-17-03 none
12-18-038:30
10:00
12:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Philadelphia Fed Index
Latest week.
Nov.
Dec.
12-19-03 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
12/15/2003LEN
12/15/2003ORCL
12/16/2003FCEL
12/16/2003ENZ
12/17/2003GIS
12/17/2003LEH
12/17/2003CC
12/17/2003BBBY
12/17/2003BBY
12/17/2003BSC
12/17/2003JBL
12/17/2003FDX
12/17/2003COMS
12/17/2003KMX
12/18/2003PAYX
12/18/2003SLR
12/18/2003TTWO
12/18/2003CCL
12/18/2003RAD
12/18/2003GS
12/18/2003MANU
12/18/2003MWD
12/18/2003NKE
12/18/2003KBH
12/18/2003RHAT
12/19/2003AGE

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
12/18/2003 Last day for trading European style index options that expire in December.
12/19/2003 Last day for trading American style index and equity options expiring in December.
12/24/2003 Markets close at 1 PM -- Christmas Eve.
12/25/2003 Christmas Day -- Markets Closed.
12/26/2003 Markets close at 1 PM.
1/1/2004 Markets Closed. New Year's Day.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,042.16 9,820.70 9,770.06 9,089.23
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,074.15 1,056.55 1,049.39 977.02
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/3Z 1,072.30 1,055.34 1,047.53 975.06
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,417.25 1,407.65 1,408.69 1,249.30
S&P; 100 Index OEX 531.78 521.80 520.24 490.56

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   12/08/2003 - 12/12/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Dec, 2003 35 24,163
2   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2004 30 22,925
3   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2003 30 22,714
4   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Dec, 2003 35 16,757
5   General Electric Company 10 GE Dec, 2003 30 16,325
6   General Electric Company 10 GE Jan, 2004 30 13,404
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2003 35 12,949
8   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2004 27.5 11,921
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2003 35 11,648
10   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2003 30 11,481

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   12/08/2003 - 12/12/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Concord EFS Inc. 1 CE Dec, 2003 11 17,632
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2003 35 15,518
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2003 35 13,137
4   Concord EFS Inc. 1 CE Dec, 2003 14 11,759
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2003 35 8,811
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2003 30 8,204
7   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Dec, 2003 40 7,622
8   Sandisk Corp. 2 SWQ Dec, 2003 60 7,489
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2003 36 7,234
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Jan, 2004 33 6,961
 


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