See below and look at attachment.  In a subsequent message the comment was made that the drop off today is typical for post bid week activity.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Webb, Jay  
Sent:	Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:08 PM
To:	Palmer, Mark A. (PR); Kitchen, Louise; Lavorato, John; Bowen Jr., Raymond; Kean, Steven J.
Subject:	Trade Counts 


Here are the counts of trades executed before 4:00 pm, each day, through the Month of October:

TRADE DATE	TRADE CNT	
10/1/2001	5245	
10/2/2001	5405	
10/3/2001	5953	
10/4/2001	6487	
10/5/2001	5854	
10/6/2001	17	
10/7/2001	53	
10/8/2001	5117	
10/9/2001	5280	
10/10/2001	6261	
10/11/2001	5950	
10/12/2001	6107	
10/13/2001	16	
10/14/2001	19	
10/15/2001	5428	
10/16/2001	7155	
10/17/2001	7425	
10/18/2001	7654	
10/19/2001	7988	
10/20/2001	4	
10/21/2001	34	
10/22/2001	7916	
10/23/2001	8567	
10/24/2001	8001	
10/25/2001	8405	
10/26/2001	6792	
10/27/2001	12	
10/28/2001	8	
10/29/2001	7152	
10/30/2001	5754	

Additionally, the attached spreadsheet shows counts of trades executed before 4:00 pm, by counterparty, for the prior two weeks.  In addition, the first two columns show the daily average trade count for the respective counterparty, and the percentage of that average executed today.