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Leaders Open Africa Economic Summit With Call For Business To Take Up Central Role In Africa’s Regeneration

Date 01/06/2005

The World Economic Forum’s Africa Economic Summit has opened with top business leaders calling on their colleagues to spearhead moves for change in Africa. The three Co-Chairs of the Summit urged captains of industry to join governments and organizations in grasping the current global “will to action” in Africa.
KRX 100, New Integrated Blue Chip Index For KRX Stock And Kosdaq Markets To Be Launched On June 1, 2005

Date 01/06/2005

The Korea Exchange plans to publish KRX100 beginning on June 1, 2005. KRX100 is a free-float market value weighted index and its constituent stocks are chosen from both the Stock Market(87 issues) and Kosdaq Market(13 issues). To ensure that KRX100 accurately represents the market, the 100 constituent stocks are chosen on the basis of such criteria as the market capitalization, liquidity(trading value), profitability(return on equity), soundness(reserve ratio) and financialsecurity(debt
Korea Exchange (KRX): Periodic Realignment Of KOSPI 200 And Star Index

Date 01/06/2005

KRX will replace the constituents of KOSPI 200 and Star Index as of June 10, 2005, one day after the expiration date of KOSPI 200 futures and options.
KCBT® Speculative Position Limit Change - KCBT® Announces Increased Speculative Position lLmits For Wheat

Date 01/06/2005

The Kansas City Board of Trade announces an increase in speculative position limits for all single-month and all-months-combined positions for hard red winter wheat futures and options contracts. Spot month limits will remain unchanged.
KCBT® May Volume & Open Interest - Kansas City Board Of Trade Wheat Futures Volume Sets New May Record

Date 01/06/2005

Hard red winter wheat futures trading volume at the Kansas City Board of Trade® was the largest in exchange history for the month of May. A total of 229,963 contracts traded in May, topping the previous May record of 217,809 contracts set in 2003 by 5.6 percent.

FFW (Free-Float Weight) Of Constituents In Provisional TOPIX

Date 01/06/2005

1. Outline Free-Float Weight (FFW) is a weight of listed shares deemed to be available for trading in the market. FFW is determined and calculated by TSE for each listed company for use in index calculation. FFW figures range from 0.00 to 1.00 and the split-point is 0.01. FFW of company A may be different from that of company B. FFW is reviewed once a year in order to reflect the latest distribution of share ownership. The timing of the FFW review will differ according
Euronext 1st Quarter 2005 Results: Costs Control Enabled An EBITA Margin Of 28.7% Despite Lower Revenues

Date 01/06/2005

Revenues decreased: by 6 % to €222.6 mn from €236.7 mn in 2004 EBITA amounts to €63.8 mn, EBITA margin at 28.7% Net Profit of €45.3 mn up 7.3 % EBITA full year forecast of €250 mn maintained Euronext NV reports today its results for the first quarter of 2005. The same period in 2004 was a particularly strong quarter with derivatives and cash realising record volumes; while this year our derivatives trading activity has suffered due to the lack of volatility at
Deutsche Börse: Equities Turnover In May 13 Percent Up Year-On-Year - €267 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In May - More Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/06/2005

In May, the German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover based on the order book statistics, which show all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor in single counting, of €86.7 billion - an increase of some 13 percent year-on-year (May 2005: €76.7 billion). German equities accounted for €82.1 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €4.6 billion.
CME Reports Average Daily Volume Of 4.0 Million Contracts In May, Up 18 Percent From Year-Ago Period - CME® Globex® Volume Increased 57 Percent vs. May 2004, Representing A Record 73 Percent Of Total Exchange Volume Compared With 55 Percent In Prior-Year

Date 01/06/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today reported that average daily volume for May was 4.0 million contracts, up 18 percent from the same period a year ago. Average daily volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform was 2.9 million contracts, a 57 percent increase from May 2004. Electronic trading represented a record 73 percent of total CME volume in May, compared with 55 percent in the prior-year period and up from 70 percent in April.
CBOT May Average Daily Volume Rises 11.7 Percent From Last Year - Year-To-Date Average Daily Volume Up 21.9 Percent

Date 01/06/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Exchange-wide average daily volume for May increased to 3,078,825 contracts, up 11.7 percent over last year and 21.9 percent year-to-date (YTD). Total Exchange volume in May increased to 64,655,316 contracts, up 17.2 percent from last year and 5.4 percent from last month.