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Nymex Announces Record Seat Sale

Date 14/11/2005

A seat on the NYMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold today for a record $3,775,000, the most ever for a seat on any futures exchange.
NYMEX And General Atlantic Sign Definitive Agreement For $135 Million Equity Investment In NYMEX

Date 14/11/2005

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. and General Atlantic LLC announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement by which General Atlantic will invest $135 million for a 10% equity stake in NYMEX. Following the completion of the transaction, General Atlantic will not own any trading rights, which will remain with NYMEX members. The definitive agreement follows the letter of intent announced by NYMEX on September 20, 2005.
NYBOT Announces 2005 Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule

Date 14/11/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today its 2005 Thanksgiving holiday schedule.
Numerous Open Interest Records For NYBOTs U.S. Dollar Index

Date 14/11/2005

The U. S. Dollar Index® (symbol DX) futures contract, which trades exclusively at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), has seen five open interest records over the last ten days, the most recent being 40,158 contracts established November 10, replacing the previous high of 39,287 futures contracts set on November 9. The record stretch of trading in the USDX began on November 4 at 37,778 contracts.
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell And Country Music Stars Brooks & Dunn To Ring The Opening Bell™ At The NYSE

Date 14/11/2005

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell and Country Music Stars Brooks & Dunn will visit the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Nov. 15 in celebration of the 2005 CMA Awards and will be joined by Daniel Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and Rebuilding, Ed Benson, Executive Director of the Country Music Association, Tammy Genovese, Associate Executive Director and Maureen Reidy, President of NYC Big Events.

MSCI Barra Signs Agreement With FactSet Research Systems Inc. Barra Models And Analytics To Be Made Available Via FactSet DIRECTIONS

Date 14/11/2005

MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management analytics products, announced today that it has signed an agreement with FactSet Research Systems Inc., a leading provider of portfolio analytic services to asset managers, to distribute Barra models and analytics through the FactSet DIRECTIONS platform.
McCarthy And Monti Lead Competition Commission Debate

Date 14/11/2005

Sir Callum McCarthy, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, and Professor Mario Monti, the former European Competition Commissioner, were the key speakers at the latest in the Competition Commission’s (CC’s) occasional lecture series, which was held last week.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report October 2005

Date 14/11/2005

Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report October 2005 Turnover The total turnover on the BTS system of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) in October 2005 amounted to SIT 12.1 billion. The turnover in October was therefore 27.5% lower than last year's average. Compared to October 2004, the total turnover decreased in size by SIT 1.2 billion (-9.2%). In October 2005, shares of listed companies amounted to 78.7% in the overall LJSE turnover structure. These were
JSE Equities Market Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 11.11.2005

Date 14/11/2005

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Equities Market.
IDEM Market Of Borsa Italiana: New Daily Record

Date 14/11/2005

IDEM, the Italian Derivatives Market managed by Borsa Italiana, reached today a new volume record of 314,953 contracts traded (the previous record was set on June 14th 2005, with 269,369 contracts traded).