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Nymex Sets Record For Copper Futures Open Interest

Date 14/04/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., copper futures contract, for the fourth consecutive day, set an open interest record of 132,104 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 131,327 contracts set on April 11.
Nymex Daily Volume Crosses 1 Million For First Time

Date 14/04/2005

A daily volume record was set on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday when 1,044,261 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 996,088 contracts set on December 18, 2004.
NASDAQ's TotalView Data Product Displays More Depth, The Result Of The Integration Of Data From The Brut ECN

Date 14/04/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.(NASDAQ(R)) (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Brut order book information is now available in TotalView(SM), NASDAQ's premier data product. Whereas previously only Brut's best-priced orders to buy and sell each NASDAQ security were reflected, TotalView now provides investors with all displayed orders at every price level for each NASDAQ-listed security in the Brut facility, in addition to all quotes and orders in the NASDAQ Market Center(SM).
Mediaset SpA IWF Change In The S&P European Indices

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005: Mediaset SpA (Italy, SEDOL: 5077946, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, Investable Weight Factor will change from 0.4988 to 0.658. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.1
Mediaset SpA IWF Change In The S&P European Indices

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005: Mediaset SpA (Italy, SEDOL: 5077946, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, Investable Weight Factor will change from 0.4988 to 0.658. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.1

Ladenburg Thalmann Agrees To Repay $1.2 Million To Customers Overcharged in Proceeds Transactions - NASD Fines Firm $275,000, Orders Review Of Proceeds Rule Compliance Policies

Date 14/04/2005

NASD today announced that Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. of New York, NY has agreed to refund $1.2 million, plus interest, to customers who were overcharged in "proceeds transactions" - transactions in which a customer sells securities through a broker and uses the proceeds to pay for other securities purchased at or about the same time.
Investable Weight Factor Change For Mediaset SPA In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for Mediaset SPA (Italy, ISIN IT0001063210), a member of the S&P/MIB Index, from 0.491 to 0.658 effective at the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.17 percent of shares outstanding.
First Slovenian Market Participant Connected To Xetra - Deutsche Börse Further Expands Its Participant Network In The New EU Member States - Xetra Ever More Attractive For Participants From Central And Eastern Europe

Date 14/04/2005

Deutsche Börse has connected the first Slovenian participant, the securities trading bank Ilirika d.d., to its pan-European Xetra trading platform. Ilirika d.d. now offers its customers direct, low-priced access to trading in international securities on Xetra. Slovenia is the fourth new EU member state in which Deutsche Börse has won over new market participants for Xetra, following Hungary, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic.
Financial Times Reports "Nasdaq In Exclusive Talks To Buy Instinet"

Date 14/04/2005

The Financial Times today reported that Nasdaq was in exclusive talks to buy Instinet the electronic marketplace and broker-dealer owned by Reuters Group PLC.
Euronext's Alternext: A Tailor-made Market For Small And Mid Caps

Date 14/04/2005

Euronext is pleased to announce the creation of Alternext, a tailor-made market for small and mid cap companies. The move is part of the ongoing overhaul of the Euronext list, aimed at improving the visibility and liquidity of small and mid caps.