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Oslo Børs Holding ASA 3rd Quarter 2004

Date 28/10/2004

Oslo Børs Holding ASA recorded post-tax profit of NOK 16.7 (16.3) million in the third quarter of the current year. The level of trading activity in the equity market in the third quarter was somewhat higher than in the second quarter, and was again at a high level in historical terms.
Nymex To Launch Two New Coal Swap Futures Contracts

Date 28/10/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will introduce two new coal futures contracts, one for Eastern coal and one for Western coal, on NYMEX ClearPortsm on October 31 for the November 1 trading session.
Nymex To Launch New Electricity Futures Swap Contract

Date 28/10/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will introduce a New England swap futures contract on NYMEX ClearPortsm on October 31 for the November 1 trading session.
Nymex To Decrease Margins On NYISO Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 28/10/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will decrease the margins on its New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) Zone A, NYISO Zone G, and NYISO Zone J electricity futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow to $2,000 from $2,500 for clearing members, to $2,200 from $2,750 for members, and to $2,700 from $3,375 for customers on both the Zone A and Zone G contracts and to $2,000 from $3,000 for clearing members, to $2,200 from $3,300 for members, and to $2,700 from $4,050 for custome
Nymex Sets Record For e-miNY<SUP>sm</SUP> Futures Volume

Date 28/10/2004

Daily trading records were set in e–miNY energy futuressm and e–miNYsm crude oil futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday.

NYBOT Seat Price Sets New Record

Date 28/10/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that a full seat on its exchange yesterday sold for $270,000, a new record. The previous high, established on August 11th, 2004, was $240,000.
NASDAQ Announces Third Quarter 2004 Results - Total Expenses Reduced $31.0 Million From Prior Year Quarter

Date 28/10/2004

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ(R)"); (OTC Bulletin Board: NDAQ), today reported a net loss of $5.5 million or $(0.08) per common share for the third quarter versus a net loss of loss of $38.0 million or $(0.52) per common share for the third quarter of 2003 and net income of $4.8 million or $0.02 per common share in the second quarter of 2004.(1)
Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 27 October 2004

Date 28/10/2004

At its meeting on 27 October 2004, the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in Active 24 ASA to listing on Oslo Børs. At the same meeting the Board resolved to impose a violation charge of NOK 100,000 on Petroleum Geo-Services ASA for a breach of the Stock Exchange Regulations, and to issue a warning to Smedvig ASA for a breach of the Stock Exchange Regulations.
Marks & Spencer Group PLC Shares Decrease In The S&P European Indices

Date 28/10/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices effective the close of trading Monday, November 01, 2004: Marks & Spencer Group PLC (United Kingdom, SEDOL: 3127489, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25503010), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, shares will decrease to 1,645,373,759. This is following the company’s tender offer to repurchase shares for cancellation.
LME Integrates Plastics Futures Content Into LME.Com

Date 28/10/2004

The LME has today re-launched its website www.lme.com to integrate information relating to the launch of plastics futures contracts for Polypropylene (PP) and Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LL) in May 2005.