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NYMEX to Increase Margins for Gold and Silver Futures Contracts

Date 03/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its gold and silver futures contracts, effective as of the close of business tomorrow.

NYMEX Announces Implementation Plans For Side By Side Trading On CME Globex®

Date 03/05/2006

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. unanimously voted today to offer both cash-settled and physically delivered NYMEX Division energy futures contracts for trading on CME Globex, the electronic trading platform of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

NYBOT Announces Synthetic Prices Used To Margin FCOJ Positions

Date 03/05/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, announced today that in accordance with its New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) rules, it utilized an alternate price for purposes of margining outstanding positions at the clearing member level for May 2, 2006.

NASDAQ Stock Market Acquisition Of Shares In LSE

Date 03/05/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") announces that it has acquired 9,790,280 shares in London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE") for a price of 1,218 pence per share. The consideration represents approximately GBP 119.2 million (c. US$ 219.4 million).

Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) Appoints Citibank Malaysia (L) Limited And Capital Investment Bank (L) Ltd As Listing Sponsors

Date 03/05/2006

The Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) announced the appointment of Citibank Malaysia (L) Limited and Capital Investment Bank (L) Ltd (Capinbank) as its 9th and 10th Listing Sponsors respectively.

Key Figures Of SWX And virt-x For April 2006

Date 03/05/2006

Securities with a total value of 204.5 billion francs were traded on SWX and virt-x during the month of April, a decline of 11.6 % in comparison to the record set in March. However, there were only 18 trading days in the month of April. When viewed on the basis of average daily trading turnover, that amount in fact rose from 10.1 bln (for March) to 11.4 bln francs in the latest month. The very high level of turnover in April was once again primarily attributable to trading in shares and ETFs, wh

JSE Equities Market Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 28 April 2006

Date 03/05/2006

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.

Ibovespa Sets 20th Record Of The Year By Closing May 2 At 41,016 Points

Date 03/05/2006

Brazilian stocks closed Tuesday 2 at record high for the 20th time this year. The benchmark Ibovespa stock index ended the session up 1.62% at 41,016 points, highest close since April 26, when it reached 40,410 points. The value traded in the session amounted to R$ 3 billion.

HKEx: Market Cap Exceeds $10,000 Billion

Date 03/05/2006

The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries:

Global GICS Sector Snapshot April 2006

Date 03/05/2006