1.   All three stock exchanges posted record equities trading volume this year, the SIA said.

2.   Analysts said trading volume this week may be lighter than usual, due in part to traders and investors turning their attention to Easter and Passover holidays.

3.   BELGIAN stocks closed mixed in half of the average daily trading volume as investors sought indications about the outlook for the strength of the U.S. dollar against European currencies.

4.   Brokers want to send trading volume to their own networks because transactions can be cheaper and the networks themselves can be quite profitable if they generate enough volume.

5.   Despite record highs, the overall trading volume in Value Line futures contracts is down slightly from a year ago.

6.   Etrade, the second-largest Internet brokerage firm in trading volume, recently bought one of the upstarts, the Electronic Investing Corp. of San Francisco.

7.   In addition to firms going directly after trading volume, Boston has spawned a cottage industry of software companies providing services to traders.

8.   Lower trading volumes could crimp profit growth at brokerage houses, which earn commissions on securities transactions, said Sakabayashi of Nikko Securities Investment Trust.

9.   Markets rose and trading volume soared in the first half, particularly in Switzerland.

10.   Meanwhile, in the Treasury market Tuesday prices were lower for the fourth consecutive day on thin trading volume.