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S&P/TSX Canadian Indices – Real-Time Index Outage

Date 12/10/2004

The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices are currently unavailable due to systems problems. S&P is currently investigating the matter and will be unable to provide intra-day index levels, until further notice. Official, end of day levels will be provided at the usual times, after TSX markets have closed.

S&P/TSX Canadian Indices – Real-Time Index Outage

Date 12/10/2004

Due to a power outage at Reuters Docklands Technical Center in London, a number of Reuters services were subject to disruptions today, including those that deliver prices to the real-time index calculation system for the S&P/TSX indices. Reuters has now restored service, and we expect all of our real-time indices to be updating normally when the markets open tomorrow.

S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement: India – SSI Ltd. Demerger (Eff. 10/12/2004)

Date 12/10/2004

SSI Ltd. (EMDB Code 534749.1.1/ SEDOL 6152734), a constituent of the S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI India indices, is demerging its IT Services business and merging it with M/s. Scandent Network Private Ltd, Bangalore with the ex-date on October 12, 2004. Eligible shareholders of SSI Ltd will receive one share of the resulting company for every share held in SSI Ltd. For S&P/EMDB index calculation purposes, the demerger will be treated as a stock split on October 12 and the number of shares will return t

Record Open Interest In European Equity Options At Eurex - Open Interest In Dutch Equity Options Surpasses 3 Million Contracts - Open Interest In French Equity Options Surpasses 10 Percent Market Share For First Time

Date 12/10/2004

Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, continues to expand its position as the largest and most liquid market for European equity options with new open interest records in the Dutch and French equity options segment. Eurex announced on Tuesday that open interest in Dutch equity options reached an all-time record on October 8, surpassing 3 million contracts, or over 12 percent of the European on-exchange market, for the first time. The rise in open interest in the Dutch equity options s

Nymex Seat Trades At All Time Futures Industry Record

Date 12/10/2004

A seat on the NYMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold for $2 million today, the most ever for a seat on any futures exchange.

JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 08.10.2004

Date 12/10/2004

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa. Click here for the weekly statistics.

Interruption In Some Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Participants’ Network Connections

Date 12/10/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) noted at 14:42 today (Tuesday) interruption in the connection between certain SEHK* Participants’ trading devices and the Third Generation of the Automatic Order Matching and Execution System, AMS/3. The network interruption lasted for about eight minutes before recovery started at 14:50. Operations of a total of 220 circuits or 168 SEHK Participants were affected during the network interruption. By 14:58, the vast majority of the affected SEHK

FFastFill The First Accredited ASP Solution For The IPE - FFastFill Continue To Spearhead IPE’s Transition To A Fully Electronic Market

Date 12/10/2004

FFastFill today announced that their ASP offering has become the first to be accredited by the IPE (International Petroleum Exchange) for direct connection to their new Redditch IT Hub. The connection will enable IPE members to access the Internet based InterchangeTM trading platform and will be particularly important when IPE’s electronic-only morning trading begins on November 1.

European Commission: Financial Services: User Expert Forum Delivers First Opinion On Post-Action Plan Stocktaking Groups

Date 12/10/2004

FIN-USE, an expert panel set up by the European Commission to give opinions on financial services from a “user” perspective, has delivered its first opinion on the four stocktaking group reports produced in May 2004 (see IP/04/600,

CFTC Announces Participation In New Federal Government Financial Education Website

Date 12/10/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its participation, through a partnership with nineteen other federal agencies, in the launching today of a new financial education website and toll-free hotline number. The mymoney.gov website and the 1-888-mymoney toll-free hotline were established to provide Americans easily access to information that can help them better understand their money –how to save it, invest it, and manage it wisely