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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Stats Bulletin For April

Date 10/05/2005

Click here to download the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange stats bulletin for April.
Wiener Börse Reports All-time Highs In Trading Volumes

Date 10/05/2005

At a total trading volume of EUR 5.8bn in April 2005, Wiener Börse attained the highest trading volume of all times by far in the equity market. By way of comparison: In the preceding month of March, the record (to date) in trading volumes on the equity market, which contains a total of 110 stocks from the segments prime market, standard market continuous and standard market auction was EUR 5.4bn, while in April 2004, the trading volume was nearly half of this amount at EUR 2.97bn. At a total
UK’s Financial Services Authority: Courtover Investment Management Ltd Fined £20,000 For Approving Misleading Financial Promotion

Date 10/05/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Courtover Investment Management Ltd for approving a misleading financial promotion for the issue of unlisted shares in a separate property investment company, Overseas Property Investments plc. As is required by FSA rules, Overseas Property Investments plc (which is neither regulated by the FSA nor required to be so) sought approval of the promotion from a regulated firm, in this case Courtover Investment Management Ltd, before issuing it.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 17 May 2005

Date 10/05/2005

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 17 May 2005, responding to the release of a GDP figure at 8:50am.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 10/05/2005

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Wednesday, May 11, 2005: On Friday, April 29, 2005, Noranda Inc. (TSX:NRD.LV) announced the results of its previously-announced issuer bid as part of the plan to combine Noranda with Falconbridge Ltd. (TSX:FL). As a result of the issuance of Noranda shares, the relative weight of Noranda will increase by approximately 0.21% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Com

Redesigned Reuters CRB Index At New York Board Of Trade - Changes Made In Leading Commodity Futures Index

Date 10/05/2005

The New York Board of Trade, exclusive futures and options exchange for the Reuters CRB Index, will introduce new contracts on a revised and renamed version of this leading benchmark of the commodity futures market beginning July 11, 2005 .
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces Agreement With SAVVIS To Partner In Development Of Philadelphia Board Of Trade (PBOT) Market Data Distribution Network

Date 10/05/2005

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it has signed an agreement with SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ: SVVS) to partner in the development and distribution of the Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT), the futures market subsidiary of the PHLX market data distribution network.
OMX: Futures And Options On ISS A/S

Date 10/05/2005

On March 29, 2005, EQT, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners etc, submitted a tender offer for ISS A/S. The offer period expired on May 3, 2005, and the companies behind the offer have announced that they have reached a satisfactory acceptance level among the ISS shareholders to implement the tender offer.
NYSE Seat Sells For $2,400,000

Date 10/05/2005

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, May 10, for $2,400,000, unchanged from the previous regular seat sale on May 6.
Noranda Inc. (US) Name, Share And IWF Change In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 10/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of business on Wednesday, May 11, 2005: Noranda Inc. (US) (Canada, NYSE: NRD, CUSIP: 655422103, Sedol: 2771791) recently completed its purchase of Falconbridge shares. As a result of this transaction, the company’s name will change to NorandaFalconbridge Inc., the shares will increase to 337,377,496 from 296,967,421 and the IWF will change to 0.7794.