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Date 03/05/2002

SWX Monthly Report April 2002

The SWX Monthly Report with statistics as at April 2002 can be accessed by clicking here.

Date 03/05/2002

Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Bualuang Securities To Become A New Broker On May 7

The President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong has announced that Bualuang Securities Co., Ltd will start providing services to investors as a licensed broker from Tuesday May 7, 2002, onwards, assuming SET Membership No.1, and using the code "BLS". Eleven sub-brokers have submitted applications for SET membership and Trinity Securities Co., Ltd. has already started operation as a licensed broker as of March 11.

Date 03/05/2002

Stock Exchange Of Thailand: BAFS Leads Top Trading Stock In April

The Managing Director of the Capital Market Opportunity Center (CMOC) and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), Ms. Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, commenting on securities trading figures on the SET and the MAI, has announced the following figures: "In April 2002, securities trading reached 163,071.48 million baht in total, a decline from March 2002 of 27.82% or 62,859.24 million baht. One of the main contributors to this decline appears to have been the number of long holidays in the month of

Date 03/05/2002

Pay Parity Voted For CFTC

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman James E. Newsome expressed profound appreciation to the House and Senate conferees for including a "pay parity" provision for the CFTC in the six-year farm bill that was passed by the House this week and is expected to be voted on by the Senate next week. This provision will permit the CFTC, as a member of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, to compensate its employees at a level comparable to other federal financial regulatory

Date 03/05/2002

Pan Capital Starts As A Trading Member Of Helsinki Exchanges

Pan Capital will start as a trading member of Helsinki Exchanges on May 6, 2002. Pan Capital will trade in the HETI trading system from Stockholm.

Date 03/05/2002

Nymex Trading Sets Second Consecutive Monthly Volume Record

April trading activity set monthly records for the second consecutive month on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., for overall volume; NYMEX Division volume; NYMEX Division futures volume; NYMEX Division options volume; energy futures and options volume; light, sweet crude oil futures volume; light, sweet crude oil options volume; and natural gas futures volume.

Date 03/05/2002

Nasdaq Announces Increased Revenue Sharing With Market Participants And A New Way To Assess Regulatory Fee

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®) today announced a pilot program to increase the amount of tape revenue to be shared with market participants that report trades to Nasdaq and a new process to assess regulatory costs.

Date 03/05/2002

HKATS' Bulletin Board Function To Be Available For HK Stock Options Trading

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Friday) that the Bulletin Board function on HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, will be available for the trading of Hong Kong stock options from the start of trading on Monday, 6 May.

Date 03/05/2002

HEX PLC´S Interim Report For 1-3/2002

Consolidated turnover increased by 3.6 per cent to 23.8 million euro (1-3/2001:22.9 million euro). Operating profit decreased by 7.9 per cent to 6.9 million euro (7.5 million euro), corresponding to 28.9% of turnover (32.5%). Profit before extraordinary items, appropriations and taxes amounted to 7.8 million euro (7.5 million euro), 4.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The full report can be accessed by clicking

Date 03/05/2002

FTSE World Markets Report And FTSE UK Markets Report For April 2002

The FTSE World Markets Report And FTSE UK Markets Report For April 2002 is available by clicking here.