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FFastFill Raises £3.1 million

Date 29/04/2005

The Company is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised £3.1 million (before expenses) by the placing ("the Placing") of 44,285,715 new ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a placing price of 7p per new Ordinary Share. This represents 18.52 per cent. of the issued share capital following the Placing.
CFTC’s Office Of The Chief Economist Announces The Release Of A Staff Research Report, “Price Dynamics, Price Discovery And Large Futures Trader Interactions In The Energy Complex” - By Michael S. Haigh, Jana Hranaiova And James A. Overdahl

Date 29/04/2005

Using a unique set of data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the staff studied the relationship between futures prices and the positions of managed money traders (MMTs), commonly known as hedge funds, for the natural gas and crude oil futures markets. The staff also examined the relationship between the positions of MMTs and positions of other categories of traders (e.g., floor traders, merchants, manufacturers, commercial banks, dealers) for the same markets.
CBOT Fed Watch - April 29 Market Close

Date 29/04/2005

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 3, 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.
BT Completes Acquisition Of Radianz

Date 29/04/2005

BT today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Radianz, the leading financial services extranet provider, from Reuters.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Daily Market Share Record, Will Begin Trading iShares Russell 2000 Options

Date 29/04/2005

BOX market share reached a new record of 10% of the total OCC volume in the 345 classes that BOX lists On Monday May 2, 2005 , BOX will begin trading options on the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM). For more details, click here

BEL 20® Index - New Divisors

Date 29/04/2005

Following the withdrawal of Cumerio, the current divisors of the BEL 20®-index will be replaced by the new divisors as published below, from Monday 2 May 2005 onwards: Isin
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Shares And IWF Increase In The S&P/CITIC Indices

Date 29/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s and CITIC Securities will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 50 and S&P/CITIC 300 Indices effective after the close of trading Friday, April 29, 2005: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6307954, GICS: Materials, GICS Code: 15104050), a member of the S&P/CITIC 50 and S&P/CITIC 300 Indices, free-float A shares will increase by 1,649,857,731 to 3,526,857,731. This change is due to the new issue of shares. There will also be an increase in the IWF. <
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Final Rules For New Listing Regime

Date 28/04/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published its near final listing rules. The publication also includes policy statements on CP04/16 – The Listing Review and implementation of the Prospectus Directive and Miscellaneous CP04/08 – cancellation of listing, as well as an update on Prospectus Directive implementation and a consultation paper on statutory responsibility for prospectuses.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Launch Of Provisional TOPIX And Other Indices

Date 28/04/2005

As Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced in the press release on July 23, 2004 "Introduction of Free Float Adjusted Indices", the free float adjusted provisional indices will be calculated from today until the end of June 2006.The provisional indices will reflect how TOPIX and other indices will be after they have fully shifted to the free float adjusted indices.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange Changes Contract Months Of Gold Options

Date 28/04/2005

On April 5, 2005, TOCOM received an approval from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to change the contract months of the gold options.