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Component Changes Made To Dow Jones France Titans 30 And Dow Jones Sector Titans

Date 23/07/2004

Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes in the Dow Jones France Titans 30 index and Dow Jones Sector Titans Healthcare index.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission: President Designates Sharon Brown-Hruska Acting Chairman

Date 23/07/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the President has designated Commissioner Sharon Brown-Hruska to serve as Acting Chairman of the CFTC, effective July 24, 2004. The Senate confirmed Brown-Hruska on August 2, 2002, to a term expiring in April 2004. The White House also announced the President’s intention to nominate Brown-Hruska to a second term expiring in April 2009.
Baltic Exchange To Expand Vessel Sale & Purchase Assessments

Date 23/07/2004

The Baltic Exchange proposes to change the name of its Baltic Ship Valuation Assessments (BaSVA) to Baltic Sale & Purchase Assessments. Following consultation with the shipping industry, the Baltic also proposes to increase the frequency of the assessments’ publication as well as providing additional assessments on medium range products tankers and supramax bulk carriers – matching the unit description for the recently announced Baltic Supramax Index.
ASX Fact File 2004 - Statistics To 31 December 2003

Date 23/07/2004

Click here to download the ASX Fact File 2004 - statistics to 31 December 2003.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 July 2004

Date 22/07/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 29 July 2004, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.

The Archipelago Exchange Seeks Market Reforms That Preserve Innovation, Encourage Competition And Provide Investor Choice - True Investor Protection Must Include All Firm Limit Orders, Not Just Those At The Best Bid And Offer

Date 22/07/2004

In testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on July 21, 2004, Jerry Putnam, CEO of the Archipelago ExchangeSM (ArcaEx®), commended the SEC’s efforts to modernize the U.S. equities markets but encouraged intervention only in areas where competition had not already cured the markets ills.
STOXX Ltd. Licenses Dow Jones Global 1800 Family And Its Subindexes - The Index Will Be Rebranded As “Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800.”

Date 22/07/2004

STOXX Ltd. today announced it has licensed the Dow Jones Global 1800 family and all its subindexes from Dow Jones Indexes.
Statement Concerning SEC Terrorist Attack Trading Investigation

Date 22/07/2004

The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9-11 Commission) has submitted its final report, which includes its review and conclusions concerning whether any trading in the United States securities markets was based on advance knowledge of the September 11 attacks. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission cooperated fully with the 9-11 Commission and provided information based on the following actions.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 22/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, July 22, 2004: Mustang Resources Inc. (TSXVN:MUS.A) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol “MUS.A” at the open on Friday, July 23, 2004.
Securities Industry Association Backs Price Protection Approach On Market Structure Reform

Date 22/07/2004

The Securities Industry Association, in written testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, expressed its support for an intermarket price-protection proposal that would benefit investors by promoting price discovery, strengthening market integrity, and intensifying competition for investors’ transactions. The proposal would apply only to those best bids and best offers that are both “firm” and “accessible.”