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CBOE To Launch Mini-SPX Index Options On October 25, 2005

Date 09/09/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it will offer a new options contract, Mini-SPX options, based on the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index, beginning Tuesday, October 25, 2005. Mini-SPX options (ticker symbol XSP) will be 1/10th the value of the S&P 500 Index, and will trade on CBOE's Hybrid 2.0 Trading System, which includes Remote Market Makers. Trading XSP options on CBOE's Hybrid Trading System will offer investors a smaller-sized S&P 500 contract with the combined

CBOE Creates "Weeklys:" First Short Term Options Will Launch On Friday, October 28, 2005; Based On SPX

Date 09/09/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it will launch a new type of option, "Weeklys," on Friday, October 28, 2005. Weeklys will have a life of one week, listing on a Friday, and expiring the following Friday, thus providing an efficient way to trade options specifically around certain news or events-- such as economic data or earnings announcements.

CBOE And NASDAQ Announce New BuyWrite Index Based On The NASDAQ-100 Index

Date 09/09/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE) and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced today that they have signed an agreement for CBOE to calculate and disseminate the CBOE NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Index (BXN). The new index is calculated using options on the NASDAQ-100 Index® (NDX) - a worldwide benchmark that tracks the performance of some of the largest non-financial companies listed on NASDAQ®.

BOVESPA´s Stock Market To Be Fully Electronic As Of October 3

Date 09/09/2005

BOVESPA announced that as of October 3rd it will be closing the trading floor, and all trades will take place exclusively in the electronic trading system MEGA BOLSA.

Borsa Italiana: New All-Time High For S&P/MIB Index And New Annual High For MIBTEL Index

Date 09/09/2005

Borsa Italiana's S&P/MIB Index reached new all-time high(*), annual high for MIBTEL.

Beijing Urges Banking Sector Reform As Foreign Investors Prepare For Market Access

Date 09/09/2005

Chinese banks must implement stringent reforms if they are to withstand the competition from foreign banks that will have open access to the Chinese market from 2007 under World Trade Organization rules. “As a result of the reforms, management and corporate governance standards will improve and so will the financial performance of Chinese banks,” Wang Zhaoxing, Assistant Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission, People's Republic of China, told more than 600 business, political and civil so

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. Removes September As A Delivery Month For Canola

Date 08/09/2005

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. De-Activates Flaxseed Futures And Options Contracts

Date 08/09/2005

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (“WCE”) announced today that the flaxseed futures and options contracts have been de-activated from trading on the Exchange’s electronic trading platform effective immediately.

U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs - Reauthorization Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Statement Of John M. Damgard, President, Futures Industry Association

Date 08/09/2005

Click here to download John Damgard's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on the subject of CFTC reauthorization. The hearing is scheduled to start Thursday at 10:00 EST.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Donates To Relief And Recovery Efforts For Victims Of Hurricane Katrina Disaster

Date 08/09/2005

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will contribute 5 million yen to the Japanese Red Cross Society to support relief and recovery efforts for the victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. TSE's donation will be made to the Red Cross via Japanese economic organization, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).