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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/07/2007

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of IPSCO Inc. (TSX: IPS) have accepted the $US 160.00 per share cash offer from SSAB - Svenskt Stal AB (Stockholm: SSAB.A). IPSCO Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials Indices. Enerplus Resources
NYMEX Sets Open Interest Records On Crude Oil Futures, Brent Crude Oil Complex

Date 17/07/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced today that its crude oil futures contract and Brent crude oil complex contracts reached record open interest levels.
CBOE Announces 2007 Second Quarter Financial Results

Date 17/07/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that its unaudited pre-tax profit for the three-month period ending June 30, 2007 was $32.2 million, compared to pre-tax profit of $23.7 million during the same period a year ago. Net income for the second quarter was $18.7 million, compared to $14.2 million during the second quarter in 2006. CBOE's average daily volume during April, May and June was 3.5 million contracts, compared to 2.9 million contracts during the same three-month period
Tokyo Commodity Exchange Launches Gold Mini Futures Contract

Date 17/07/2007

On July 17, 2007, TOCOM successfully launched a new Gold Mini futures contract with a daily trading volume reaching 22,258 lots.
Bursa Malaysia Registers 145% Growth In 2007 Half Year Net Profit, Declares 156% Increase In Interim Gross Dividend

Date 17/07/2007

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) today announced a net profit of RM135.2 million for the half year ended 30 June 2007, a 145% increase compared to the net profit of RM55.2 million for the corresponding period last year. The strong half year performance has also surpassed the annual net profit for 2006 which was at RM108.9 million. Bursa Malaysia also declared an interim gross dividend of 32 sen per share, a 156% increase from the gross dividend of 12.5 sen per share for the first half of 2

ICMA Figures For First Half 2007 Bond Market Issuance

Date 17/07/2007

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) today released figures on new international bond market issues for the first half of 2007, showing that the total value of new issuance in this period was over US$ 1,814 billion. This figure shows a 13% increase in the value of new issuance compared with the figure for the first half of 2006.
BOVESPA Stock Options Turn Over BRL 1.6 Billion On July 16

Date 17/07/2007

The exercise of stock options on BOVESPA added up to BRL 1,969,484,013.10 on July 16, value registered exclusively by call options.
Scheme For The Issue Of B Shares To Applicants For Membership Of The London Metal Exchange

Date 17/07/2007

The following document applies to all applicants for membership of London Metal Exchange.
Dresdner Kleinwort Announces Gianluca Garbi As Head Of Global Public Sector

Date 17/07/2007

Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gianluca Garbi as Managing Director and Head of Global Public Sector, a newly created role, effective today.
WCE Holdings Inc. Announces Receipt Of Acquisition Proposal

Date 17/07/2007

WCE Holdings Inc. (Holdings), parent of Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (WCE), WCE Clearing Corporation (WCECC) and Canadian Climate Exchange Inc. (CCE) announced today that it has received an unsolicited written acquisition proposal from a third party to acquire the shares of Holdings for a purchase price of $77.59 per common share or $50 million Canadian in the aggregate.