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Oslo Børs: Strong Bond Market In 2003

Date 15/01/2004

Despite the sharp improvement seen in stock market conditions in 2003 and low interest rates, the Norwegian bond market maintained a strong level of activity last year. Turnover in the secondary market increased by a sizeable 44%, and the number of new issues was 6% higher than in 2002.
Nymex Sets Heating Oil Record On NYMEX Access®

Date 15/01/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange traded a record 5,718 heating oil futures contracts on its NYMEX ACCESS® electronic trading platform last night, exceeding the previous record of 4,910 contracts traded during the January 9 session.
Nasdaq Leads Market Wide Disaster Recovery Tests

Date 15/01/2004

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ"; OTCBB: NDAQ), today announced that it will lead two market-wide disaster recovery tests as part of its ongoing business continuity planning efforts. The first test will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2004 and the second test will take place on a Saturday in late-March or early-April, which will be announced at a later date. NASDAQ is extending an invitation to all its customers to participate in these tests.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Continued Collective Effort Key For Capital Market Growth In 2004

Date 15/01/2004

A critical success factor of the initiatives and measures already implemented and being planned for the growth and progress of the Malaysian capital is the continued contribution, support and teamwork of various market and industry participants.
KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.172 - January 9, 2004

Date 15/01/2004

Please click here to view the KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.172 - January 9, 2004.

Kansas City Board Of Trade Clearing Corp. Elects Officers, Directors For 2004

Date 15/01/2004

H. Franklin Stone, with Man Financial Inc., today was elected president of the Kansas City Board of Trade Clearing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kansas City Board of Trade.
Instinet Announces December 2003 Transaction Information

Date 15/01/2004

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INGP) announced today that its U.S. equity share volume in December 2003 was 12,880 million shares. This compares to 11,444 million shares in November 2003 and 10,030 million shares in December 2002. (1)
ICEX News & Views

Date 15/01/2004

Comparison of trading in the shares of KB banki on ICEX and Stocholmsbörsen. Discussion of notifiactions on insider trading and changes in major holdings.These are the subjects of this issue.
HEX Integrated Markets: New Share Series In The HEXTech Index February 2, 2004 - July 31, 2004

Date 15/01/2004

The new structure of the HEXTech index will become effective on February 2, 2004. There will be two new share series in the HEXTech index, F-Secure Oyj and OMHEX AB (Publ). Of the current constituents, there will not be any share series to be removed from the HEXTech. Two share series (Novo Group Oyj and Eimo Oyj) were removed from the index during the current half-year period due to tender offers.
Eurex US Partners With 17 U.S. Financial Institutions - Eurex US Partners With Major Players In U.S. Treasury Futures Market Through Acquisition Of BrokerTec Futures Exchange - Additional Market Participants Joining Eurex US Via BrokerTec Consortium - New

Date 15/01/2004

The international derivatives market Eurex announced on January 15, 2004 17 new equity partners in its new exchange, U.S. Futures Exchange, L.L.C. (Eurex US), which filed an application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on September 16, 2003 to operate as a U.S. exchange. These institutions would hold through Exchange Place Holdings, L.P. (formerly BTEX Holdings, L.P.) a 20 percent equity interest in Eurex US and would appoint three directors to the 12 member Board of Di