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Euronext.liffe Robusta Coffee Futures Open Interest Breaks 200,000 Contracts

Date 09/03/2005

Euronext.liffe’s Robusta Coffee contract set a new futures open interest record of 201,187 contracts on Friday 4th March, having broken the previous record on numerous occasions during February.
Eurex Repo Participants Benefit From Expanded Product And Service Offering - New CCP Functionalities Increase Straight-Through Processing - Additional European Bonds Admitted To Eurex Repo - Euro GC Pooling Scheduled To Start On March 17 - Naas: "Electron

Date 09/03/2005

Eurex Repo participants will benefit from an enhanced product and service offering when trading repo. Starting May 23, Eurex Repo participants will profit from increased functionalities in clearing bonds and repo via the Central Counterparty (CCP). This will provide participants trading on Eurex Repo with new and enhanced delivery management functionalities when settling repo transactions. Furthermore, the new Euro GC Pooling® functionality will start on March 17, allowing international trading
Changes To FTSE 100 And FTSE 250 Indices Confirmed

Date 09/03/2005

FTSE Group confirms this evening that International Power will enter the FTSE 100 index and MyTravel Group will join the FTSE 250. Cairn Energy loses its place in the FTSE 100 and falls into the FTSE 250, while one newly eligible company joins the mid cap index – British Energy Group. Also joining the FTSE 250 index is Savills, which moves up from the FTSE SmallCap index. This means that Chrysalis Group, DX Services and Alba all fall from the FTSE 250 into the FTSE SmallCap.
CBOT Reappoints ABN AMRO As Market Maker For Interest Rate Swap Futures

Date 09/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today the reappointment of Dutch bank ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as an open outcry designated primary market maker (DPM) and electronic market maker (EMM) for the Exchange’s 5-Year and 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures contracts.
Boston Options Exchange Number One Exchange For QQQQ Trading

Date 09/03/2005

BOX market share for trading in QQQQ options was 28.8% or 70,619 contracts, making BOX the most active options exchange for the class for the day.

Average Daily Number Of Trades On London Stock Exchange Exceeds 300,000 For The First Time

Date 09/03/2005

February 2005 saw an average 308,932 trades each day across the London Stock Exchange’s markets, exceeding the record daily average of 298,284 trades set only the previous month. This is the first time that the average daily number of trades has reached over 300,000, and represents a 16 per cent increase on the average daily number of trades in February last year. The average daily value traded was £21.2 billion, up 8 per cent on the same month last year.
ArcaEx Releases February 2005 Transaction Volume Data

Date 09/03/2005

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX) today announced its February 2005 market transaction volume data for the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx(R)). Specifically, in NYSE- listed equity securities, ArcaEx's total trading market share was 2.3% in February 2005, up from 1.5% in February 2004 and down slightly from 2.4% in January 2005.
World’s Largest Equities Options Exchange To List On the World’s Largest Equities Market - International Securities Exchange, Inc. To Celebrate IPO At the New York Stock Exchange President & CEO David Krell And COO Gary Katz To Ring The Opening Bell™

Date 09/03/2005

Executives and guests of the International Securities Exchange, Inc. will visit the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, March 9th to celebrate the company’s initial public offering. The International Securities Exchange, Inc. began trading on the NYSE today under the ticker symbol “ISE.” To celebrate this special occasion, President & CEO David Krell, joined by COO Gary Katz, will ring The Opening Bell.
WPP Group PLC Share Increase In The S&P European Indices

Date 08/03/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices effective after the close of trading Thursday, March 10, 2005:
Thailand Securities Depository: Over 200 Thousand Investors Join In e-Dividend Service As Increased Dividends Likely

Date 08/03/2005

President of Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD) Mrs. Nongram Wongwanich disclosed that over 200,000 people have been participating in the e-dividend service so far. The TSD has been actively promoting this convenient service, which is available to investors at no additional charge. More applications are coming in, as the dividend payment period is approaching. Listed companies’ book-closing dates will begin this month, with dividends to be paid between April – May 2005.