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New Record For Options Trading On ASX

Date 31/08/2004

The ASX options market has continued to reach higher levels of trading activity, with a new average daily volume record set in August. An average of 83,673 options contracts were traded each day compared with the previous highest average volume of 82,139 set in March this year. This represents an increase of 21% over the trading activity of August 2003.
NASD Granted First Temporary Cease And Desist Order To Stop Ongoing Fraud By Brokerage LH Ross - Firm Charged With Illegally Raising Millions Through Fraudulent Self-Offerings

Date 31/08/2004

Finding that L.H. Ross and Company, Inc.'s "misconduct poses an extreme threat to the investing public," an NASD Hearing Panel for the first time has granted a petition for a temporary cease and desist order (TCDO) to immediately stop ongoing fraud by a brokerage firm while an NASD disciplinary proceeding is underway.
LME Monthly Averages - August 04

Date 31/08/2004

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Federation Of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges August Newsletter Posted On The Web

Date 31/08/2004

The FEAS August Newsletter, the monthly bulletin, bringing you general secretariat news, Member statistics on stock, bond and other volume comparisons on a monthly, year-to-date and prior period basis, in addition to market cap, currency changes, number of companies traded and index fluctuations, has been published. To view click here.
Eurex Launches Options On Swiss Equity Synthes Inc.

Date 31/08/2004

On September 20, Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange, will be expanding its Swiss equity option segment and introducing options contracts on Synthes Inc. registered shares. This will allow investors to trade options on Synthes prior to the introduction of the shares in the Swiss SMI share index on October 1. One contract consists of 10 shares and has a maximum maturity of 24 months. Eurex intends to increase the liquidity of trading in the new product from the very beginning

Copenhagen Stock Exchange Focus: Digital Financial Statements

Date 31/08/2004

For a long time, companies, public authorities and auditors have wanted to beable to digitalise companies’ annual reports and other types of reporting tothe external environment. This may soon be possible because there is nowbroad support for a common market standard, says State Authorised PublicAccountant Lars J. Dyrner, KPMG, Chairman of XBRL Denmark, in Focusno. 88, which was published today.
CFTC Staff Allows The Mercato Italiano Dei Derivati’s Futures Contracts Based On The S&P/MIB Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 31/08/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on August 30, 2004, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of the Mercato Italiano Dei Derivati’s (“IDEM’s”) futures contracts based on the S&P/MIB Index (“S&P/MIB”)—the S&P/MIB Futures Contract and the miniFutures Contract.
American Stock Exchange To Develop A European Presence

Date 31/08/2004

The American Stock Exchange(Amex) today announced a series of initiatives to increase its European presence.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Latest Edition Of Swapnote<SUP>TM</sup> Quarterly Review is Now Up!

Date 30/08/2004

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Statement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Re Closure of Natural Gas Price Spike Investigation

Date 30/08/2004

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has completed its seven-month investigation of the sharp upward movement in prices in the natural gas market that occurred in late 2003. The CFTC’s investigation, which was initiated in early December 2003, did not uncover evidence that any entity or individual engaged in activity with an intent to cause an artificial price in natural gas in late 2003. According to the information obtained during the investigation, the increase in natural gas