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Share Changes In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 01/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Thursday April 7th 2005: Suncorp Metway Limited (Australia, SEDOL: 6585084, GICS Code: 40201020) a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index will increase its shares to 545,627,189. This change is due a Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
SEC Names Meyer Eisenberg Acting Director Of Division Of Investment Management

Date 01/04/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today named Meyer Eisenberg Acting Director of the Commission's Division of Investment Management.
Publication of Provisional Indices And Ex-TOPIX With The Introduction Of Free Float Adjusted Indices

Date 01/04/2005

In response to the growing number of inquires, TSE has announced the details of how to obtain the provisional indices and other data to help market participants and users to prepare for them. In addition, TSE will introduce a liquidity factor which will adjust the FFW of stocks with low liquidity. During and after the consultation period, there are many opinions needed to complement the FFW for stocks with low liquidity, therefore TSE determined the introduction of the liquidity factor and will
OneChicago Reports 104% Increase For March 2005 Volume

Date 01/04/2005

OneChicago, LLC had a record month in March, eclipsing previous monthly volume, average daily volume and open interest records. The Exchange saw a total of 765,424 contracts trade in March, which is 104% higher than the old monthly record of 375,463 set in March 2004. Average daily volume was 34,792 contracts and open interest reached 551,501 contracts before the quarterly expiration. Year-to-date volume is 64% ahead of first quarter 2004.
OMX Exchanges Monthly Statistics March 2005

Date 01/04/2005

Click here to download OMX Exchanges monthly statistics for March 2005.

New York Mercantile Exchange To Transition e-miNYsm Futures Contracts To NYMEX ClearPort(sm)

Date 01/04/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will transition its e-miNY(sm) crude oil and natural gas futures contracts to the NYMEX ClearPort(sm) trading platform as the NYMEX miNY(sm) energy futures contracts on Monday, June 20, 2005, at 3:15 PM New York time.
March 2005 - Euronext Key Indicators: Over 39 Million Cash Transactions Completed In First Quarter 2005, Up 16.5 % On 2004 On A Daily Average Basis - Euronext.liffe Trades Over 200 Million Futures And Options Contracts In First Quarter

Date 01/04/2005

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Kansas City Board Of Trade Volume Second Largest For Month Of March

Date 01/04/2005

March trading volume at the Kansas City Board of Trade was the second largest ever for the calendar month of March for both the exchange and the hard red winter wheat futures contract.
ICEX Adopts New Industry Classification And Sector Indices

Date 01/04/2005

As of 1 April this year, ICEX will implement the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) for classifying listed companies into industries. This is done in order to achieve harmonisation with the other NOREX exchanges. Calculation of new sector indices, based on the GICS classifications, will begin at the same time. The new indices will be calculated retroactively to the beginning of 2005 and will each hav
Eurex Closes The First Quarter Of 2005 At A Record Level - With 116.5 Contracts, March Was The Second-Best Month In Eurex’s History - One-Day Record Of Almost 9 Million Contracts On March 16 - Strong Growth In European Equity Options Trading

Date 01/04/2005

The international derivatives market Eurex, closed the first quarter of this year with record volumes. In the first three months, 312 million contracts were traded on Eurex, 8 percent more than in the first quarter of 2004 (Jan-March 2004: 290 million contracts), which was, at the time, also the strongest quarter to date. Moreover, with 116.5 million contracts, March was the second strongest month in the history of Eurex, second only to the record month of March 2004 (117.2 million contracts). A