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NYSE Adopts Proxy Working Group Recommendation To Eliminate Broker Voting In 2008

Date 24/10/2006

The New York Stock Exchange today moved to eliminate broker discretionary voting on the election of directors by proposing to amend its NYSE Rule 452.
New Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) On The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 24/10/2006

Four new products have been listed in the Exchange Traded Funds segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange, taking the total to 60 ETFs. The new funds are: Lyxor ETF Commodities CRB Non-Energy on the CRB Non-Energy-Index. The trading currency is USD. Lyxor ETF Eastern Europe on the CECE EUR-Index. The trading currency is EUR. LYXOR ETF MSCI Europe on the MSCI Europe-Index. The trading currency is EUR. Lyxor ETF Russia on the DJ RusIndex Titans 10 USD. The trading currency is USD
Launched Yesterday The Long Stock Options And New Market Model On The Idem

Date 24/10/2006

Borsa Italiana continues the process of innovation and development of the IDEM – the Derivatives Market – with the introduction of long stock option contracts with expiries of up to 3 years, starting from October 23rd, 2006.
Successful Listing For Galp Energia On Euronext Lisbon 100th Company Listed On Euronext In 2006

Date 24/10/2006

Galp Energia today made a successful start on the regulated market Eurolist by Euronext Lisbon.
Record High Of The FTSE MV Exchanges Index - Consecutive Record Highs From 17 To 23 October

Date 24/10/2006

The FTSE MV Exchanges Index, which is designed to represent the performance of global quoted stock exchanges, posted highs following news that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange agreed to buy the Chicago Board of Trade for USD8 billion, creating the largest global futures exchange.

Dubai Gold And Commodities Exchange Xchange Newswire - October 23, 2006

Date 24/10/2006

Click here to download the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange Xchange Newswire for October 23, 2006.
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Limited: Amendments To The Listing Rules Relating To The Regulation Of Sponsors And Compliance Advisers

Date 24/10/2006

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published amendments to the Main Board Listing Rules and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) Listing Rules (together, the Rules) regarding the regulation of sponsors and compliance advisers.
Performance Chart: Do Corporate Scandals Really Shake Up Wall Street? A Market's View Of The Enron Collapse

Date 24/10/2006

On Monday, October 23, 2006, Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months for his crimes that led to Enron's 2001 collapse. From 10/22/01-10/23/06, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, the only broad U.S. stock market index, has had a cumulative return of 30.86%; the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index gained 53.26% and the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Oil & Gas Index is up 100.46%. The Dow Jones-AIG Energy Sub-index, a commodity index that measures crude oil, heating oil, natural gas
TSX Group Welcomes New Methodology For S&P/TSX Capped Gold Index

Date 24/10/2006

TSX Group welcomes Standard and Poor’s recently announced change to the methodology of the S&P/TSX Capped Gold Index. Effective December 18, 2006, the Index will include international mining issuers, and the name of the index will be changed to the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index to reflect the new, global scope. The new methodology provides Index investors with broader company and geographic diversification than the existing methodology and aims to have greater international representation of the
RTS Board: October 16th – October 20th, 2006

Date 24/10/2006

For the week of October 16th – October 20th, 2006, 217 trades were registered, 13% down compared with results of the last week. The total trading volume on the RTS Board is 13 933, 495 thousand US dollars down by 36%, compared with 21 681, 617 US dollars of the last week.