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

Date 03/03/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, March 3, 2005: European Goldfields Limited (TSXVN:EGU) will be removed from the index. The company is going to graduate to trade on the TSX on Monday, March 7, 2005 under the ticker “EGU.”
Securities And Exchange Commission Announces Completion Of Independent Assessment Consultant's Report On Losses Attributable To Market Timing And Excessive Short-Term Trading By Putnam Employees

Date 03/03/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Professor Peter Tufano, the Independent Assessment Consultant in the Matter of Putnam Investment Management, LLC (Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-11317), has completed his assessment report regarding losses attributable to market timing and excessive short-term trading by Putnam employees. Prof. Tufano's report finds that losses attributable to market timing activities and excessive short-term trading by Putnam employees total $4.4
Program Trading Averaged 54.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 22-25

Date 03/03/2005

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 22-25.
Pirelli & C. SPA Shares Increase In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 03/03/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB index effective after the close of trading Tuesday, March 08, 2005: Pirelli & C. SPA (Italy, ISIN: IT0000072725) shares will increase to 5,172,160,289. The change is the result of the issue of new shares following the company’s rights issue in February 2005.
NYSE Seat Sells For $1,500,000

Date 03/03/2005

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, March 3, 2005, for $1,500,000, unchanged from the previous regular seat sale March 1, 2005.

New York Mercantile Exchange To Increase Minimum Margin On Natural Gas Options Contracts

Date 03/03/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will increase to $25 from $10 the minimum margin on short positions on its floor-traded and NYMEX ClearPort(sm)-cleared natural gas options contracts at the close of business on April 1.
Leading Exchanges To Meet At The Sixth Globalisation Forum

Date 03/03/2005

The leading exchanges, investment funds, clearers and policy makers are to meet at the Sixth Globalisation Forum, to be held in New York in association with The New York Stock Exchange, Euronext and VDM at The Plaza Hotel on 8th and 9th March 2005.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - February 2005

Date 03/03/2005

Equity turnover for February was EUR 9,118.40 million while that for bonds was EUR 4,371.41 million.
IntercontinentalExchange Plans Initial Public Offering

Date 03/03/2005

IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) yesterday announced its intention to conduct an initial public offering of its common stock. It is currently expected that a registration statement relating to the initial public offering will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the next several weeks. Any offering will only be made after the SEC declares the registration statement effective, and will only be made by means of a prospectus.
IntercontinentalExchange Announces 2004 Results

Date 03/03/2005

IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) yesterday announced its 2004 financial results. On a consolidated basis, ICE reported revenues of $108.4 million and consolidated net income of $22.0 million. Consolidated cash flow from operations was $40.3 million. Capital expenditures and capitalized software in 2004 totaled $6.5 million. During 2004, ICE redeemed its Class B redeemable common stock for an aggregate redemption price of $67.5 million. At January 31, 2005, ICE had $13.0 million in long- and shor