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iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker To Be Launched On HKEx - The First “A” Share ETF For International Investors

Date 10/11/2004

The FTSE/Xinhua China A50 Index has been selected by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) as the underlying benchmark for the first ETF to offer international investors access to the “A” share market in China. The index, part of the FTSE Xinhua Index Series, is a product of FTSE Xinhua Index Limited (FXI), a joint venture between FTSE Group and Xinhua Finance. The FTSE Xinhua Index Series is established as the leading measure of the China market, and is already used as the basis of ETFs, which are tr
HKEx 2004 Third Quarter Results

Date 10/11/2004

The Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) submit the unaudited consolidated results of HKEx and its subsidiaries (the Group) for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2004.
Dow Jones Indexes Changes Methodology Of Dow Jones Select Dividend Index - Index Concept Proven Popular Among Investors

Date 10/11/2004

Dow Jones Indexes today announced that it is broadening the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index to 100 stocks from 50 currently, effective with the beginning of trading on Dec. 20, 2004.
CME To Launch Option On E-mini NASDAQ-100 Futures Contracts - Seven Firms To Serve As Market Makers For New Product

Date 10/11/2004

As part of its growth strategy for options, CME, the largest futures exchange in the U.S., today announced it will launch new equity options on E-mini™ NASDAQ-100® futures contracts – a smaller sized, electronically traded version of CME’s standard NASDAQ-100 futures, which track the NASDAQ-100 Index. E-mini NASDAQ-100 equity options contracts will be listed for trading at 5:00 p.m., Central Time, on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004.
CFTC Designates Chicago Climate Futures Exchange As A Contract Market

Date 10/11/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) approved the application of the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, L.L.C., (CCFE) for designation as a contract market on November 9, 2004. CCFE is a Delaware limited liability company whose sole member is the Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX). CCX also separately operates an exempt commercial market. The Exchange anticipates that it will initially offer trading of futures on emissions allowances and offer options on these futures at some l

CBOT Third Quarter Net Income Rises 77 Percent

Date 10/11/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) reported today that net income in the third quarter of 2004 rose 77 percent to $12.2 million from $6.9 million in the same period of 2003.
CBOT Fed Watch - November 10 Market Close

Date 10/11/2004

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on November 10, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Brazilian Investor Relations Institute And Madrid Stock Exchange Sponsor 'Tarde do Brasil' (Brazilian Afternoon) At Latibex Forum

Date 10/11/2004

Brazil's Planning Minister, Guido Mantega, will be the guest of honor of the Brazilian Investor Relations Institute - IBRI (Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes com Investidores), Madrid Stock Exchange and Brazilian Embassy at the sixth Latibex Forum to be held November 17-19 in Madrid, Spain. The event will bring together presidents and top executives of publicly traded Latin American companies and some 600 IR representatives. For the occasion, the IBRI institute, in conjunction with the Madrid Sto
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (ADR) Share Increase In The S&P ADR Index

Date 10/11/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective the close of trading on Friday, November 12, 2004: Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (ADR) (Spain, NYSE: STD, CUSIP: 05964H105, Sedol: 2018186) shares will increase in the S&P ADR Index by 1,475,314,176 to 6,243,718,072 shares following the acquisition of Abbey National (a non-S&P ADR Index constituent).
Accenture And Deutsche Boerse To Help Shanghai Stock Exchange Build 'New Generation' Trading System

Date 10/11/2004

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Deutsche Boerse (ISIN: DE0005810055) have been selected to help the Shanghai Stock Exchange build a new electronic trading system. Under the agreement, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, China's largest exchange, has licensed Deutsche Boerse's Xetra trading system, which Accenture will adapt and implement for the Chinese market.