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  • Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) Held the “2005 International Futures Seminar” Yesterday( 5th Of December) Successfully

    Date 06/12/2005

    In order to keep up with the trend of international futures market and share successful foreign experiences with other exchanges, yesterday TAIFEX held the “2005 International Futures Seminar” at the Taipei Sheraton Hotel( 5th of December). Around 200 people from related industry attended the seminar. Mr. Daung-Yen Lu, Vice Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission, started the seminar with a speech, wherein he talked about the current status, reforms and outlooks of Taiwan futures market

  • SWX Swiss Exchange: The shares Of Dufry Ltd (DUFN) Open At CHF 80

    Date 06/12/2005

    Today, the shares of Dufry Ltd, a Swiss travel retailer, were traded in the main market of the SWX Swiss Exchange for the first time. Yesterday, i.e. on Monday, an issue price of CHF 80 was determined. The opening price on the SWX also was CHF 80. This corresponds to a market capitalisation of CHF 1’125 million. Dufry belongs not only to the SPI®, but also to the SPI EXTRA®.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 06/12/2005

    Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, December 6, 2005: Petroflow Energy Ltd. (TSXVN:PFW) will trade under the new ticker symbol "PEF" and under the new CUSIP number 715918 30 6. The shares of the company will be consolidated on a 1-for-10 basis.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To U.S. Indices

    Date 06/12/2005

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, SmallCap 600 and S&P REIT Composite indices: E.W. Scripps Co. (NYSE:SSP) will replace Georgia-Pacific Corp. (NYSE:GP) in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on Thursday, December 15. Georgia-Pacific is being acquired by privately-held Koch Industries Inc. in a tender offer expected to close on or about that date. Navigant Consulting Inc. (NYSE:NCI) will replace York International Corp. (NYSE:YR

  • Securities Industry Association Sees NYSE Merger As Regulatory Reform Opportunity

    Date 06/12/2005

    Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association (SIA), congratulated the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the vote by its members to approve its merger with Archipelago Holdings Inc., noting it has implications for both the business side and regulatory side of the exchange.

  • Reporting Transactions In Which More Than One ICEX Member Participates

    Date 06/12/2005

    On 30 September of this year, a dispute arose between ICEX members as to the interpretation of provisions of the NOREX Member Rules concerning trade reporting in the ICEX trading system. Put briefly, the circumstances of the case were such that on the morning of 30 September, Landsbanki Íslands hf. reported a transaction involving 5,944,495,481 shares of Burðarás hf. Following this, Straumur-Burðarás Investment Bank informed ICEX that the Bank was of the opinion that it should have been responsi

  • On January 2nd 2006 New Trading Hours For Borsa Italiana Markets Take Effect

    Date 06/12/2005

    The Board of Directors of Borsa Italiana has approved changes to the trading hours, which will take effect on January 2nd 2006. These changes enter into the process of aligning the trading hours of markets managed and organised by Borsa Italiana with European standards. The objectives of these changes include facilitating arbitrage trading of securities in the same sector but listed on different European markets.

  • NZX November Operating Metrics Including Market Insight

    Date 06/12/2005

    Market Metrics for November 2005 Key Facts Average daily trades was 2,412 for November, a 10% decrease from November 2004 when the PowerCo takeover bid drove strong trading volumes. Total value traded reached $2.9b with an average daily value traded of $131m. This is an increase of 12% on November 2004. There was a continued increase in orders placed to market with an average daily amount of 15,924. This is an increase of 329% on November

  • NYSE Members Overwhelmingly Approve Merger With Archipelago Holdings, Inc., Preliminary Results Indicate - More Than 95 Percent Of Voting Members In Favor Of Merger

    Date 06/12/2005

    More than 95 percent of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Members who cast ballots have approved the Exchange's proposed merger with Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX), whose shareholders earlier today voted in favor of the transaction. More than 90 percent of NYSE's 1,366 Members participated in the vote. Final results of the NYSE Member referendum will be released on Wednesday, Dec. 7, following vote certification by inspector of elections IVS Associates, Inc.

  • NYSE Composite Index Sets New Closing High

    Date 06/12/2005

    The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index® (NYA) closed at a new high of 7775.85.  The previous closing high for the NYA was 7759.24 on Dec. 5.