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APCIMS Responds On Extending SETSmm - Industry Sees Problems With SETSmm Extension

Date 09/11/2004

SETSmm is currently not suitable for most retail trades, is more costly for the end investor and so questions exist over the proposed extension to other stocks and AIM, said APCIMS Chief Executive Angela Knight today.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Monthly Trading Volume & Value - October 2004

Date 08/11/2004

Trading Volume & Value will be available on the 5th working day of the following month.
SWX And virt-x To Implement New High Performance Trading Capability

Date 08/11/2004

SWX Swiss Exchange and virt-x will upgrade their trading system with the express purpose of significantly enhancing trading capacity in quote-driven product segments. The capability will be delivered in partnership with Computershare Markets Technology, a division of Computershare Limited. All quote driven products, but mainly Warrants, Bonds and Exchange Traded Funds on both SWX and virt-x will be the main beneficiaries of a programme which was formally launched under the name “Quotematch”.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 08/11/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Tuesday, November 9, 2004: It has been announced by Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (TSX:RCM.RV.B) that the terms and conditions of its tender offer for the securities of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (TSX:MT.NV.B) have been satisfied. As a result, Microcell Telecommunications Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, S&P/TSX Capped Composite, S&
SMARTS Signs Contract With SWX To Provide State Of The Art Market Surveillance System

Date 08/11/2004

The Australian company SMARTS Pty Ltd, the world’s leading provider of real-time market surveillance solutions, has today signed an agreement with the SWX Group under which the SMARTS software will be used to provide a new realtime surveillance system for SWX and virt-x, in respect of their equity, bond, ETF and warrant markets. SWX and virt-x have chosen to adopt SMARTS because it is a proven real-time surveillance system with a demonstrated capacity to handle any type of financial instrum

OneChicago Week In Review

Date 08/11/2004

Volume Highlights Each single stock futures contract is equal to 100 shares of the underlying stock or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) November 1 American International Group (AIG1C): 5,017 contracts traded including 3,250 DEC04 in an EFP and 1,750 DEC04 in another EFP November 2 Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD1C) : 6,611 contracts traded including 4,950 MAR05 in one block trade and 1,650 MAR05 in another block trade
OMX AB’s Nomination Committee

Date 08/11/2004

In accordance with a decision made at OMX’s Annual General Meeting on March 25, 2004, a Nomination Committee, consisting of representatives from the four largest shareholders in OMX AB and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, is hereby announced. The Nomination Committee shall, among other things, develop a proposal for the composition of the Board of Directors, which will be presented for approval at the next Annual General Meeting.
NYBOT Announces New Cocoa Margins

Date 08/11/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the opening of business on Tuesday, November 9, 2004, the cocoa margin requirements are as follows:
New Long Term Incentive Plan For SFE Corporation’s Managing Director And CEO

Date 08/11/2004

SFE Corporation Limited (SFE) has agreed, conditional on shareholder approval being obtained at its next annual general meeting on 28 April 2005, to grant 1,000,000 options over ordinary shares in SFE to its Managing Director and CEO, Mr Robert Elstone.
National Stock Exchange(SM) Trades Set New Monthly Record In October 2004; Year-To-Date Trades And Share Volume Continue Record Pace, As Market Share Of Trades In Nasdaq-Listed Stocks Reaches All-Time High

Date 08/11/2004

National Stock Exchange (NSX(SM)) today announced that trades in October 2004 set a new monthly record of 29.6 million, up 69 percent from 17.5 million trades in October 2003 and up 8 percent from the previous monthly record of 27.5 million trades set in July 2004. Share volume of 11 billion in October 2004 rose 45 percent from 7.6 billion in October 2003.