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December 13, 2004 - December 17, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   12/06/2004 - 12/10/2004
 Date Index
12/10/2004 259
12/9/2004 228
12/8/2004 222
12/7/2004 241
12/6/2004 244

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
12-13-048:30
8:30
10:00
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - excluding automobiles
Business Inventories
Nov.
Nov.
Oct.
12-14-048:30
9:15
9:15
2:15
Balance of Trade
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.

12-15-048:30
NY Empire State Index
Dec.
12-16-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
12:00
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Current Account
Initial Jobless Claims
Philadelphia Fed
Nov.
Nov.
3Q
Latest week.
Dec.
12-17-048:30
8:30
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Nov.
Nov.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
12/13/2004ORCL
12/13/2004ENZ
12/14/2004FCEL
12/14/2004ADCT
12/14/2004IDEV
12/15/2004BMET
12/15/2004LEN
12/15/2004LEH
12/15/2004BBBY
12/15/2004BBY
12/16/2004TTWO
12/16/2004ADBE
12/16/2004CCL
12/16/2004VRTY
12/16/2004RAD
12/16/2004GS
12/16/2004NKE
12/16/2004FDX
12/16/2004COMS
12/16/2004KBH
12/16/2004APOL
12/16/2004CTAS
12/16/2004ENTG
12/16/2004PLMO
12/17/2004AGE
12/17/2004CC
12/17/2004KMX

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
12/16/2004 Last day for trading index options with European Style exercise/settlement and December expiration.
12/17/2004 Last day for trading equity and index options with American style settlement for December expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,543.22 10,519.07 10,260.55 10,237.02
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,188.00 1,182.11 1,150.57 1,124.08
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,189.70 1,153.44 1,130.22 1,122.55
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,605.15 1,581.80 1,516.24 1,447.45
S&P; 100 Index OEX 565.50 563.61 550.22 545.77

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   12/06/2004 - 12/10/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Dec, 2004 7.5 32,343
2   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Jan, 2005 7.5 30,581
3   Motorola Inc. 1 MOT Jan, 2005 17 25,851
4   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Jan, 2005 10 25,100
5   General Electric Company 10 GE Dec, 2004 35 23,726
6   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Dec, 2004 10 22,853
7   General Electric Company 10 GE Mar, 2005 37.5 20,888
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Dec, 2004 20 20,116
9   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Jan, 2005 10 19,170
10   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 VEU Jan, 2007 5 18,802

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   12/06/2004 - 12/10/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Dec, 2004 7.5 25,030
2   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Dec, 2004 25 14,141
3   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Apr, 2005 20 14,027
4   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Jan, 2005 7.5 12,995
5   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Dec, 2004 7.5 12,203
6   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Dec, 2004 25 11,033
7   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Dec, 2004 10 10,529
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Dec, 2004 20 10,443
9   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Dec, 2004 25 9,395
10   Xilinx Inc. 2 XLQ Dec, 2004 30 9,011
 


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