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Minneapolis Grain Exchange Establishes Open Interest And Volume Records

Date 29/12/2005

At the close of trade on December 28, open interest in spring wheat futures, traded at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) since 1883, stood at an all-time high of 42,333 contracts. Open interest is the number of contracts that have not been liquidated either by an offsetting trade, delivery or expiration of the contract. Open interest records have been set each of the past three business days.
IPO On The FWB Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Plan Optik AG

Date 29/12/2005

Plan Optik AG ISIN DE000A0HGQS8 - Type of Admission: New Issue - First Trading Day: 29 December 2005 - Market Segment: Entry Standard - Issue Price (in €): 20.00 - Placement Volume (in €): 3,200,000 - First Price (in €): 22.00 - Applicant, Lead Broker and Deutsche Börse Listing Partner: Baader Wertpapierhandelsbank
HKEx Derivatives Market Supported By Diverse Investor Base

Date 29/12/2005

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEx) derivatives market gets support from a diverse investor base, according to the Derivatives Market Transaction Survey 2004/05.
Dow Jones Indexes Adjusts Its Global Indexes - Index Changes Will Reflect New Investment Rules In Taiwan

Date 29/12/2005

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Index, Dow Jones World Index and Dow Jones Asia/Pacific – South Asia Index will be adjusted to reflect the Taiwan government’s restriction of 75% on foreign investment. This change in Taiwan’s investment rules increases the country’s weighting by free-float market capitalization in each of the three Dow Jones indexes.
Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes

Date 29/12/2005

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Media Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Financial Services Titans 30 indexes.

CBOE Ends Year With Record Seat Prices And Record Volume - All-Time High Of $875,000 Is The Seventh Record Seat Price In December - Average Daily Volume Of 1.9 million Contracts In 2005 Sets New Record

Date 29/12/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that 2005 will be a year for the record books with all-time high seat prices and record-shattering volume levels.
Bolsa de Madrid's IGBM Index New Composition For First Half 2006

Date 29/12/2005

The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with technical provisions for the composition, calculation and sectorial division of the IGBM index family, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the first half of 2006.
Update Of Singapore Commodity Exchange’s Approved TSR20 Factories List

Date 28/12/2005

Please be advised that the SICOM’s Approved TSR20 Factories List has been updated on 23 December 2005. You can download the list of factories by clicking here.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange Price Limit And Margin For January 2006

Date 28/12/2005

Margins and price limits to be applied for the trades in January 2006 are as following: (Unit: JPY) Commodity Contract Month Initial*1 Spot Month
The Dow Jones Industrial Average At 11000: A Brief Overview

Date 28/12/2005

Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 59 points shy of closing at the 11000 mark in 2005, it would not have been the first time the most quoted and widely known blue-chip measure has crossed this milestone.