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Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan 500, S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices

Date 23/10/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan 500, S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices effective after the close of trading Monday, October 30 2006: Daiwa Securities (Japan, SEDOL: 6251448, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40203020) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 70,141,601 to 1,404,664,772 due to the execution of convertible bonds. JS Group Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6900212, GICS: Ind
The NYSE Composite Index® Sets New Closing High

Date 23/10/2006

The NYSE Composite Index® Sets New Closing HighNEW YORK Oct. 23, 2006 –The NYSE Composite Index® (NYA) closed today at a new high of 8736.59. The previous closing high for the NYA was 8700.81 on Oct. 19.
Company Share Change In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 23/10/2006

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Tuesday October 24, 2006.
CBOT Fed Watch - October 23 Market Close

Date 23/10/2006

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 25, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Share Change For Newcrest Mining Ltd. In S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 23/10/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006: Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Australia, SEDOL: 6637101, GICS Code: 15104030), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 331,845,514. This change is the result of a dividend-reinvestment plan.

NYSE Arca Options Approves Three New Lead Market Making Firms - New Options Platform Provides Unique Opportunities For Investors And Liquidity Providers-

Date 23/10/2006

NYSE Arca today announced the addition of three new options Lead Marketing Making (LMMs) firms to the NYSE Arca Options platform. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, SLK-Hull Derivatives LLC and UBS Securities LLC have all been approved as Lead Market Makers on NYSE Arca’s new options trading platform.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, October 20

Date 23/10/2006

10-Year Treasury Note Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 2,511,236 Date: October 20, 2006 Old Record: 2,477,997 Date: October 19, 2006 Corn Options Open Interest Record New Record: 1,369,984 Date: October 20, 2006 Old Record: 1,353,701 Date: October 19, 2006
Introduction Of Aedifica N.V./S.A. On Euronext

Date 23/10/2006

Today 3,656,205 ordinary shares of the company Aedifica were admitted on the regulated market Eurolist by Euronext Brussels.
SuperDerivatives Platform Helps Grupo Santander To Build Up Its Commodities & Energy Options Business

Date 23/10/2006

SuperDerivatives?, the benchmark for options and the leading provider of option pricing, independent revaluation, trading and risk management systems announced today that Grupo Santander (SAN.MC, STD.N) has licensed its commodities and energy real-time pricing and analytics platform SD-CMTM.
FPL Announces The Pre-Launch Release Of FIX 5.0

Date 23/10/2006

FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) is proud to announce the pre-launch release of the Financial Information eXchange Protocol (FIX) version 5.0 which is now publicly available and downloadable from the FPL website at www.fixprotocol.org. The production-ready final release will be available in November.