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HEX Integrated Markets - Stora Enso And Stockmann Winners In Company Disclosure And Financial Reports 2003 Evaluation

Date 29/01/2004

Stora Enso Oyj won the category for globally operating companies and Stockmann Plc the category for all listed companies in the Company Disclosure and Financial Reports 2003 evaluation. Outokumpu Oyj and Kesko Corporation were runners-up in the category for globally operating companies, and Nokian Tyres Plc and Sampo Plc in the category for all listed companies. The Company Disclosure and Financial Reports evaluation organized by HEX and the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat evaluated the fina
Futures Industry Association Welcomes Euronext Plan To List Eurodollar Contracts

Date 29/01/2004

John Damgard, president of the Futures Industry Association, on January 26 issued a statement in response to the Euronext.liffe announcement to offer three-month Eurodollar futures and options contracts, beginning March 18.
Eurex Adds Nine Equities To European Equity Options Segment - Twelve Italian Blue Chips Will Be Traded At Eurex As Of February 23 - Euro STOXX 50 Segment Covers 87 Percent Of Market Capitalization French And Dutch Options Still On Success Course At Eurex

Date 29/01/2004

On February 23, Eurex, the international derivatives market, will launch nine new options on Italian equities, further strengthening its worldwide leading position in the trading of equity options contracts. The three Italian equity options already listed at Eurex will be relaunched with new and improved specifications. In addition to the seven Italian blue chips that are components of the Euro STOXX 50 Index, Eurex will launch five further options on Italian blue chips. Eurex participants will
CME Sets New Electronic Eurodollar And E-mini Russell 2000® Trading Records - GLOBEX®-Traded Eurodollar Volume Hits 240,314; E-mini>SUP>TM</SUP> Russell 2000® Passes 50,000 Mark for First Time

Date 29/01/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) reported today that Eurodollar trading on its GLOBEX® electronic trading platform hit a new single-day trading record of 240,314 contracts, topping the previous record set Aug. 1 by more than 93,000. The GLOBEX Eurodollar volume represented 13.8 percent of the approximately 1.8 million Eurodollar contracts traded Wednesday.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange And Merrill Lynch Launch Second Round Of Long-Short Technology TRAKRS - Total Of 3.32 Million Contracts More Than Double The Level Of The First Long-Short Technology TRAKRS

Date 29/01/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced today the successful launch of the second round of its popular Long-Short Technology TRAKRSSM products, developed jointly with Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER).

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Pursues "Mad Cow" And Natural Gas Investigations

Date 28/01/2004

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it is investigating two matters of broad public interest. The first investigation, which began in late December 2003, is looking at the possibility that certain commodity traders had advance knowledge of an announcement last month that "mad cow" disease had been found in a cattle herd in the northwestern U.S. A CFTC spokesman says the investigation seeks to determine whether news of the announcement was leaked in advance f
TSX Group Acquires Natural Gas Exchange From OMHEX

Date 28/01/2004

OMHEX and TSX Group have reached an agreement under which a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSX Group will purchase 100% of NGX (Natural Gas Exchange) Canada Inc. for approximately CAD 38 m (SEK 211.3 m). NGX is a Canadian exchange that trades and clears natural gas and electricity contracts. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2004 and is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions of closing. In addition, the agreement between OMHEX and TSX contains a fiv
Stockholmsbörsen´s Handling Of Intrum Justitia

Date 28/01/2004

In regard to an article appearing in the Internet edition of the Affärsvärlden business weekly concerning Stockholmbörsen´s handling of various issues about Intrum Justitia, Stockholmsbörsen presents the following clarification.
Securities Industry Association Suggests Revisions To NASD Initial Public Offering Proposals

Date 28/01/2004

The Securities Industry Association emphasized its continued support of the NASD's efforts to improve the initial public offering process, and specifically, the transparency of IPO pricing. While generally praising the goals of the price transparency proposals, which draw on the recommendations of the report of the NASD/NYSE IPO Advisory Committee, SIA suggested modifications to the proposed rules to better serve issuers and investors. SIA also raised substantive concerns in response to the "po
Russian-German Trade Bank Becomes RTS Stock Exchange Member

Date 28/01/2004

At the Board of Directors meeting held on January 23rd, 2004, the Russian-German Trade Bank’s membership application was approved.