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Date 18/12/2003

Nymex: PJM Daily Electricity Futures Set A Daily Trading Record

PJM daily electricity futures set a single session trading volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday when 960 contracts were traded on NYMEX ClearPortsm, surpassing the 745 contracts traded on December 11.
Date 18/12/2003

Nymex Will Decrease Position Limits For Platinum Futures

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will decrease the position limit on its spot month platinum futures contract to 200 contracts from 700 at the close of business on December 30.
Date 18/12/2003

NYBOT Announces New Cotton, Coffee And Sugar #11 Margins

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Date 18/12/2003

NQLX Appoints Charles Shaw To President, Business Development

NQLX LLC announced today that it has appointed Charles Shaw to Vice President, Business Development. Shaw will co-manage business development with Patrick Read who was also recently appointed to Vice President, Business Development. Shaw started with NQLX in 2002 as Manager of Business Development.
Date 18/12/2003

Minneapolis Grain Exchange Revises Launch Date For New Wheat Index Futures And Options Contracts

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange announced today a revised launch date of February 13, 2004 for Soft Red Winter Wheat Index (SRI) and Spring Wheat Index (SWI) futures and options, pending approval by MGEX membership. Contract rules and regulations will be sent to MGEX members for a re-vote as part of a settlement between MGEX and twenty-seven of its members. The launch of SRI and SWI contracts was previously scheduled for December 19, 2003.

Date 18/12/2003

Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) And Malaysian Derivatives Clearing House (MDCH) - Report On Default Not Related To Derivatives Market

Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) and Malaysian Derivatives Clearing House (MDCH) would like to clarify a report released by a news wire agency entitled "Malaysia Noon Palm Dips On Soy, Contract Default" today.
Date 18/12/2003

HKEx: China Life

HKEx is aware that China Life issued a clarification announcement in local newspapers today (December 18, Thursday) to clarify errors in the allotment results announcement published yesterday.
Date 18/12/2003

Fimat Launches The Fimat Volatility Arbitrage Median, FVAM

Fimat Group, one of the world's leading global brokerage organizations - part of Société Générale Group - has announced the launch of the "Fimat Volatility Arbitrage Median" (FVAMTM).
Date 18/12/2003

Eurex With Some 1.012 Billion Contracts Continues On Success Course - Eurex Posts 26 Percent Increase - French And Dutch Equity Options Segment Show Substantial Growth - Eurex Bonds And Eurex Repo Increase Trading Results

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, is reporting another new record in trading volume for the year 2003. Based on the preliminary figures, which include an estimate for the last six exchange-trading days of the year, a total of 1.012 billion contracts have been traded and cleared in 2003, compared with 801 million contracts the year before. This corresponds to an increase in trading and clearing volume of 212 million contracts, or 26 percent. Thus, at the end of 2003, Eurex can look b
Date 18/12/2003

Deutsche Boerse - 3.4 Trillion Euros In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In 2003 - Most Successful Year For XTF Segment - Xetra Share Of Equities Trading Rises Further

Based on the preliminary year-end figures for 2003, which include an estimate for the last five trading days of the year, a total volume of about 3.4 trillion euros was traded on the German stock exchanges in 2003 (2002: 3.5 trillion euros). The total comprises about 2.4 trillion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds (2002: 2.6 trillion euros) and about 1 trillion euros in fixed-income securities (2002: 871 billion euros). December was the highest-turnover month in 2003, with som