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Date 18/02/2002

The Board Of The Iceland Stock Exchange Has Signed The Financial Statement For The Year 2001

Key results ICEX's financial statement is a consolidated statement for the company and its subsidiary, ICEX Info. Figures from previous years apply to the parent company only, as ICEX Info was established in 2000, but began operations in 2001. Its operations have little bearing on the operations and financial outcome of the consolidated accounts.
Date 18/02/2002

'Thai Opportunity Fund' Established To Strengthen The Thai Capital Market

The President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand , Mr. Kittiratt 18 February 2002) Na-Ranong, in a signing ceremony for the Thai Opportunity Fund today, said that the Fund has been established in line with the Thai Capital Market Master Plan formulated to strengthen the Thai Capital Market.
Date 18/02/2002

Futures Contracts On MIDWIG Index Launched On The WSE

On February 18th, a new derivative instrument, futures contract on MIDWIG index, made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. After futures contracts on the WIG20 and the TechWIG, the MIDWIG futures contract is the third futures instrument for which an index is underlying instrument.
Date 18/02/2002

Deutsche Börse's Supervisory Board Approves Clearstream Transaction

On Monday the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG approved the terms of an offer to be made for the acquisition of Cedel International S.A. and its 50 percent ownership in Clearstream International S.A. by Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse made the announcement following the Supervisory Board meeting. The offer will be subject to an affirmative vote by a two-thirds majority of Cedel shareholders and to certain further conditions, including regulatory approval; it is expected to be initi
Date 18/02/2002

Deutsche Börse Posts Record Results For The Year 2001 - EBIT Of 278.1 Million Euros Higher Than Anticipated - Earnings Per Share Increase To 2.04 Euros - Proposed Dividend Increase From 0.30 To 0.36 Euros

Deutsche Börse AG closed the year 2001 with record results, and again exceeded its growth targets. According to the preliminary figures that the company presented on Monday, sales in the year just ended rose from 648.9 million euros to 760.3 million euros. EBIT increased from 216.5 million euros to 278.1 million euros. The growth targets of 15 percent in sales and 20 percent in EBIT were clearly exceeded in 2001, with increases of some 17 percent and 28 percent, respectively. Earnings per share

Date 18/02/2002

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

The market fell for the first time since the week ending September the 21st in 2001. The DCI lost 24 points (0.9%) to close at 2560.71 points on decent volume.
Date 18/02/2002

Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Barclays Bank has announced full year results for the year ended 31 December 2001 which are below expectations, primarily due to a significantly larger than anticipated bad and doubtful debts provision of P15.6m. Net interest income was up 17% to P249.7m, while other operating income increased 36% to P138.4m. Operating expenses rose 28.6% to P143.5m, with net operating income before provisions up 20% to P244.6m. The effect of the large bad debts provision resulted in net income after tax increas
Date 17/02/2002

HKEx: Distribution Of Summary Financial Reports

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (The "Exchange") has amended the Exchange Listing Rules of the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market to permit issuers to distribute summary financial reports.
Date 15/02/2002

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Changes In S&P/TOPIX 150

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Standard &Poor' s (S&P) will make the following changes in S&P/TOPIX 150. Tostem Inax Holding Corporation added to S&P/TOPIX 150 TSE and S&P will replace Asahi Bank (8322) in the S&P/TOPIX 150 Index with Tostem Inax Holding Corporation (5938) after the close of trading on Friday, Feb. 22, 2002.
Date 15/02/2002

Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposed A Penalty On Morgan Stanley (Japan) Ltd.

TSE imposed a penalty on Morgan Stanley (Japan) Ltd. of JPY 15 million fine for short-selling and JPY 20 million fine for creation of an artificial market.