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NASDAQ Introduces New Data Product With Ability To Measure "Electronic Market Noise" - Market Analytix Designed To Give Investors Equal Access To Unique Market Insight

Date 22/05/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced it has unveiled NASDAQ Market Velocity, a real time product that detects the level of market activity in NASDAQ stocks and alerts traders to events before they appear in price and volume information. Market Velocity is one of four products included in NASDAQ Market AnalytixTM (NASDAQ MAXTM), a package of real-time and near-real-time data products that provide a new level of transparency to trading activity in NASDAQ trading systems.

London Stock Exchange Group Return Of Capital

Date 22/05/2006

B SHARE ELECTIONS As announced on 17 February 2006, the Board of the London Stock Exchange Group plc is making a return of capital of approximately £510 million to shareholders by way of an issue of B shares via a Court approved scheme of arrangement. As part of the return of capital, shareholders were given three choices as to how to receive their Return: Initial B share dividend - a single dividend of 200 pence per B share; Initial redemption - i

London Stock Exchange Group Holding(s) In Company - NASDAQ Stock Market

Date 22/05/2006

London Stock Exchange Group plc received the following letter on 22 May 2006 from Nightingale Acquisition Limited a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

LME To Extend Plastics Shelf-Life And Introduce Additional Prompt Dates

Date 22/05/2006

On the anniversary of the launch of its plastics futures contracts, The London Metal Exchange (LME) is announcing a number of enhancements to the contracts. These include the extension of the material shelf-life and the introduction of additional prompt dates to supplement the current single monthly prompt date system.

Lava Trading Selects GAIN For Reference Data Management - AIM Software To integrate Telekurs VDF data

Date 22/05/2006

AIM Software, a leading provider of reference data management solutions to the financial industry, announced today that New York-based Lava Trading, Inc. has selected AIM Software's data management platform GAIN for the integration of price, static and corporate actions data provided by Telekurs Financial's Valor Data Feed (VDF). Lava is a leading developer of high-performance trading services industry.

ICEX-15: Proposed New Selection Method

Date 22/05/2006

The current method of selection to the ICEX-15 index has given good results. Modifications which took effect in March 2004 increased emphasis on liquidity and required ICEX-15 companies to publish their news announcements in English. Despite the success of these changes, the decrease in the number of ICEX-listed companies in the past few years has reduced the effect of liquidity on the selection. ICEX has therefore been reviewing its method of selecting companies for the ICEX-15 index, and the o

ICEX-15: Proposed New Selection Method

Date 22/05/2006

The current method of selection to the ICEX-15 index has given good results. Modifications which took effect in March 2004 increased emphasis on liquidity and required ICEX-15 companies to publish their news announcements in English. Despite the success of these changes, the decrease in the number of ICEX-listed companies in the past few years has reduced the effect of liquidity on the selection. ICEX has therefore been reviewing its method of selecting companies for the ICEX-15 index, and the o

HKEx: Today's Hang Seng Index Closing And Market Capitalisation

Date 22/05/2006

Today's Hang Seng Index closing and market capitalisation The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries: Top 10 declines - HSI closing (by point) for 2006

HKEx Exchange Participants Statistics

Date 22/05/2006

Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report Updated: 22 May 2006

Euronext: Update On Proposals For A Combination Transaction

Date 22/05/2006

On Friday 19 May, Deutsche Boerse A.G. (“DB”) published certain aspects of a proposed combination between DB and Euronext. During the weekend, Euronext received further details of DB’s proposal. In particular, DB clarified that the basis of the exchange ratio for a combination of the two groups would be the volume weighted three months’ average market value, as at the time of entering into a formal agreement with DB.