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NZX Index Changes

Date 11/08/2005

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) has announced two rounds of changes to its Equity Indices, as a result of current corporate activity and listings.
NYSE Composite Index Sets New Closing High

Date 11/08/2005

The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index ® (NYA) closed at a new high 7590.83. The previous closing high for the NYSE was 7566.54 on August 3, 2005.
Nymex Announces Margins For New Electricity Contracts

Date 11/08/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced margins for the eight new electricity contracts that will begin trading on NYMEX ClearPort® on August 14 for the August 15 trading session.
Nymex Announces Margin Changes For Natural Gas Futures And Other Related Contracts

Date 11/08/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today it would change the margins for natural gas, Henry Hub swap, NYMEX miNYsm natural gas, Henry Hub swing swap and Henry Hub penultimate swap futures contracts at the close of business on August 12.
New York Mercantile Exchange Sets Daily Volume Records

Date 11/08/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., set daily volume records yesterday for Exchange–wide, NYMEX Division futures and options, NYMEX Division futures, and NYMEX miNYsm natural gas futures contracts.

NASD Fines Hantz Financial $675,000 For Fraud, Misrepresentations Related To Undisclosed Revenue Sharing Arrangements - Firm's Owner/CEO Censured, Fined And Suspended

Date 11/08/2005

NASD announced today that it has fined Michigan-based Hantz Financial Services, Inc. $675,000 for fraud and misrepresentations relating to undisclosed revenue sharing arrangements, as well as other violations. John Hantz, the firm's President, CEO, founder and primary owner, was censured and fined $25,000 for failing to supervise the firm's revenue sharing activities and suspended from acting in a supervisory capacity for 30 days.
Korea Exchange Will List Star Index Futures In October 2005

Date 11/08/2005

Korea Exchange (KRX) plans to list Star Index futures in October 2005, which will be the first futures product to be launched since the exchange was established in Jaunary this year as a result of the merger of three different exchanges.
Indices Outperform Canadian Actively Managed Equity Funds in Second-Quarter 2005, Says S&P - Latest SPIVA Report For Canada Also Shows Small Cap Funds Beating Index

Date 11/08/2005

According to the latest report from Standard & Poor's, the majority of actively managed mutual funds in the Canadian and U.S. Equity categories underperformed their respective benchmarks (the S&P/TSX Composite Index and S&P 500 Index) in the second quarter of 2005. According to the Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) for Canada, the S&P/TSX Composite Index outperformed 80% of actively managed Canadian equity funds through June, while the S&P 500 Index (measured in C
Index Versus Active Funds Scorecard For Canadian Funds - Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard, Second Quarter 2005

Date 11/08/2005

The S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard reports performance of actively managed Canadian mutual funds corrected for survivorship bias and shows equal- and asset-weighted peer averages. Actively managed Canadian Equity funds and US Equity funds have lagged indices in the first half of 2005. The S&P/TSX Composite Index outperformed 80.4% of Canadian Equity funds, while the S&P 500 Index outperformed 67.7% of US Equity funds. In contrast, 67.5% of SmallCap Equity fun
Euronext’s Q2 2005 Revenues Amount To €238.6m, Up 5.6% YOY - The Half Year 2005 Revenues Are Stable YOY, With €461.2m

Date 11/08/2005

Revenues for the second quarter of 2005 reached €238.6m, compared to the €225.9m achieved during the same period in 2004. This good quarterly performance was mainly owed to the recovery in stock markets, this trend change having been confirmed by July market volumes. These improved market conditions generated revenue growth in Listing, Cash trading and Settlement & Custody activities. Besides, mainly thanks to its external growth, GL Trade’s revenues continued to rise.