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Date 25/12/2002

"Dialog Optim" And "Fund Broker" Invest" Become Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange Clearing Members

On its December 24th, 2002, meeting the RTS Board of Directors has decided to approve the application of "Dialog Optim" commercial bank and "Fund Broker" investment company to join FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) as Clearing members.
Date 24/12/2002

Tokyo Stock Exchange And Shanghai Stock Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Tokyo Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange have signed a memorandum of understanding. Both Exchanges believe the cooperation between them will foster the benefit of the financial services industry in China and Japan, and will assist in the maintenance of orderly markets in securities in each country.
Date 24/12/2002

The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions

As of mid-December, short interest in 2,923 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 3,918,789,927 shares compared with 3,967,706,706 shares in 2,941 National Market issues for the month of November.
Date 24/12/2002

Santa Claus Makes His First Stop To Ring the Closing Bell™ At The NYSE

In celebration of the Christmas holiday, the New York Stock Exchange closed at 1:00 p.m. and Santa Claus rang the Closing Bell.
Date 24/12/2002

RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Stock Market:: December 9th-December 20th

For the week of December 9th - December 20th, 2002, securities traded on the Order-driven market 10 627 times. Daily average turnover rose 6% to 312 million rubles and 30,6 million shares, compared with 353 million rubles and 28,8 million shares for the period of December 2nd-December 6th. The total turnover on the market equaled 2 805 million rubles, with 275 million shares changing hands.

Date 24/12/2002

RTS Stock Exchange Bonds: December 9th-December 20th

For the period of December 9th-December 20th, 2002, the total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, reached 5 460 thousand US dollars, compared to 673 thousand US dollars for the week of December 2nd. The Eurobonds trading volume amounted to 4 844 thousand US dollars. The number of trades equaled 19.
Date 24/12/2002

NYMEX Announces First 32 Products - Hours - Fix 4.2 Protocol For New Trading Platform

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday announced that, at launch, its new electronic execution services trading system will include the 32 recently introduced futures contracts that are based upon over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.
Date 24/12/2002

Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange Derivatives Market: December 9th-December 20th

For the period of December 9th-December 20th, 2002, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equalled 1 064 thousand contracts. In terms of underlying value total trading volume reached 4 741 million rubles. The number of trades reached 23 344. The daily average turnover equaled 118 thousand contracts, or 527 million rubles, compared with 116 thousand contracts and 512 million rubles daily for the period of December 2nd-December 6th.
Date 23/12/2002

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier on 27 December 2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 27 December 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Date 23/12/2002

Philadelphia Stock Exchange's Sectors Index Options Offer Innovative Way To Look At Investor Sentiment

In view of the current economic and political arenas, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange's 12 Sectors Index Options could provide an interesting look at investor sentiment.