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RTS Stock Exchange Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

Date 06/07/2005

On July 5 th , 1995, at 1 pm, the first trading session opened up on Russian Trading System.
NYSE Seat Sells For $2,410,000

Date 06/07/2005

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today for $2,410,000, unchanged from the previous regular seat sale on July 5, 2005.
Nymex Reaches Monthly, Daily Volume Records In June

Date 06/07/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced monthly volume records for copper and coal futures contracts and daily volume records for e-miNY futures contracts in June.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc., To Distribute Special Dividend To Shareholders

Date 06/07/2005

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. announced today that its board of directors has voted to declare and distribute a significant and unprecedented special cash dividend of $81.6 million to NYMEX shareholders of record as of July 15, 2005. Each shareholder will be paid $100,000 per share of NYMEX common stock during the week of August 1.
Numis Securities Selects GL RIMS ASP Solution

Date 06/07/2005

GL TRADE, global provider of electronic trading, clearing and settlement solutions announces that its Settlement and Back Office division has signed with Numis Securities to provide the full GL RIMS back office solution. Numis Securities is a rapidly growing investment bank providing a full range of corporate finance, institutional stock broking, market-making and research services.

NASD Fines Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc. $325,000 For Improper Sales Contests, Email And Supervision Violations - Firm Ordered To Prohibit Variable Product Sales Contests For Three Years

Date 06/07/2005

NASD announced today that it has fined Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc. (HTK), of Horsham, PA, $325,000 for conducting prohibited sales contests for its brokers and managers, as well as for email and supervision violations. The contests violated NASD rules by awarding exclusive or greater weight to the sales of proprietary variable life and variable annuity products over non-proprietary products, thereby creating improper incentives for brokers to sell those products instead of focusing on the inve
Investable Weight Factor Changes For Mediobanca SPA And Enel SPA In The S&P European Indices

Date 06/07/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading Friday, July 08, 2005: Mediobanca SPA (Italy, SEDOL: 4574813, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40203020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, Investable Weight Factor will change from 0.6988 to 0.7565. This is following the change in holdings by the existing shareholders. Unicredito Italiano, Capitalia and Consorti
Hong Kong Futures Exchange: Margin Rates Set For Futures Contracts On Denway Motors Limited And Esprit Holdings Limited

Date 06/07/2005

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, has set margin rates for futures contracts on Denway Motors Limited and Esprit Holdings Limited, which will be introduced on Monday, 11 July 2005.
FTSE Group Licenses SMBC Friend To Use FTSE Hedge Index

Date 06/07/2005

FTSE Group, the global index provider, announces today that it has issued a licence to leading Japanese financial services group, SMBC Friend, to use the FTSE Hedge Index Series as the basis for its fund aimed at the Japanese retail market.
FORTS: Open Interest For Moscow City Bond Futures Contracts Exceeds 1 Billion Rubles

Date 06/07/2005

On July 5 th , 2005, open interest for the futures contract on the three-year Moscow City bond basket exceeded 1 billion rubles (100 thousand contracts) and amounted to 10.3% of the total open interest for futures on FORTS, the derivatives segment of the RTS Stock Exchange. Trading volume in the futures contract reached 5 million rubles or 489 contracts.