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A Record Breaking Day At NYBOT

Date 13/09/2005

The markets of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)rang up two new records on Monday, September 12, 2005: a seat on the Exchange sold for an all-time record price of $395,000 and the NYBOT trading floor registered the largest total daily volume in its 135-year history with 285,232 futures and options contracts.
Dow Jones Indexes To Launch Euro Currency Indexes

Date 13/09/2005

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched two currency indexes—The Dow Jones Euro Currency Index and The Dow Jones Euro Currency 5 Index—that measure the value of the euro by tracking the exchange rates of currencies in countries that have significant economic relationships with the Euro zone.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Stats Bulletin For August 2005

Date 12/09/2005

Click here to download the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange stats bulletin for August.
Warsaw Exchange Announces The WIG Index New All-Time High

Date 12/09/2005

WIG, all-share index, closed at its highest ever level since its launch in April 1991. The market benchmark reached today the new all time high with 32,426.52 points. The previous record was set on September 9, 2005 with 32,084.46.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 12/09/2005

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, September 12, 2005:
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To U.S. Indices

Date 12/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P REIT Composite indices: SRA International Inc. (NYSE:SRX) will replace Integrated Circuit Systems Inc. (NASD:ICST) in the S&P MidCap 400 on a date to be announced. Integrated Circuit is being acquired by S&P MidCap 400 constituent Integrated Device Technology Inc. (NASD:IDTI) in a deal that is still pending final approvals. Windrose Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:WRS) will replace Catellus Developme
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100, S&P/TOPIX 150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 12/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100, S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, September 27, 2005:
SEC Provides Extension On Fee-Based Accounts Compliance Deadlines

Date 12/09/2005

The Securities Industry Association (SIA) today praised the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for extending the compliance date for implementation of the financial planning and discretionary account provisions of the rule related to fee-based accounts.
Personal Statement By Reto Francioni, Chairman Of The Board Of Directors Of The SWX Group

Date 12/09/2005

Today, the Supervisory Board Personnel Committee of Deutsche Börse AG unanimously decided to recommend me to the Supervisory Board for the position of Head of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse. I am deeply honoured by this nomination and have decided to offer myself as a candidate.
OMX And NOS Enter Strategic Technology Partnership

Date 12/09/2005

OMX, a world leading provider of marketplace solutions and services for the financial and energy markets, and NOS ASA, the Norwegian Futures and Options Clearing House and technology provider, have entered into a strategic technology partnership to create a more efficient Nordic Baltic market for clearing and settlement of derivatives by NOS joining the other Nordic securities markets on a common technology platform and to build a next generation clearing system for the global securities industr