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Share Changes For Woolworths Limited In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 25/10/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Friday Oct. 28, 2005: Woolworths Limited (Australia, SEDOL: 6981239, GICS Code: 30101030), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 1,081,140,513. This change is the result of a dividend-reinvestment plan.
Rogers Communications Inc. (US) Share And IWF Change In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 25/10/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Wednesday, October 26, 2005: Rogers Communications Inc. CI B NV (US) (CANADA, NYSE: RG, CUSIP: 775109200, Sedol: 2125268) shares will increase to 311,563,453 from 294,420,596. The IWF will be changed to 0.83531939158474 from 0.82573074133713. The company issued the new shares to Microsoft Corporation as part of a conversion of preferred shares.
REFCO Securities SA, Paris

Date 25/10/2005

Refco Securities SA, Paris has notified virt-x that it suspended its trading activities on virt-x on 18 October 2005 as a result of a number of events concerning its group companies in the United States
NYBOT Announces Update On Review Of Certified Coffee Stocks In New Orleans

Date 25/10/2005

On August 30, 2005, the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) declared that because of the situation that existed in the Port of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, no delivery notices could be issued for delivery in the Port of New Orleans until such date as the NYBOT Board determined, so that the conditions of the warehouses and the coffee stored therein could be determined.
Number Of ETFs On London Stock Exchange Set To Double

Date 25/10/2005

The London Stock Exchange today welcomed the planned listing of fourteen new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) from iShares. The new ETFs, which will be introduced in three tranches between the 31 October and the 21 November, will nearly double the number of ETFs on offer on the Exchange.

New Member Firm For The Irish Stock Exchange - NeoNet Securities Become A Trading Member Of The Irish Stock Exchange.

Date 25/10/2005

The Irish Stock Exchange has admitted the Swedish company NeoNet Securities as a trading member of the Exchange. The admission of NeoNet Securities brings to 25 the number of trading member firms on the Exchange and further new memberships are expected in the coming months.
MSCI Hedge Fund Indices Performance – September 2005

Date 25/10/2005

MSCI announced today its September 2005 performance figures for the MSCI Hedge Fund IndicesSM.
LME Announces Licensing Agreement With Multi Commodity Exchange Of India (MCX)

Date 25/10/2005

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX). The agreement allows MCX to use LME prices as the basis for settling MCX futures contracts.
Korea Exchange (KRX) Holds Information Meeting In Qingdao In Bid To Woo Chinese Listings On Oct.18, 2005

Date 25/10/2005

On the 18th of October, the KRX held an information meeting at the Shangri La Hotel in Qingdao, China. This meeting intended to provide Chinese companies wishing to be listed on overseas securities markets and local government officials from Shandong Province and the City of Qingdao with information relating to the KRX and its listing standards had as its title "Korea’s Securities Market: the Solution for Chinese Firms".
IPE Chief Ward Becomes Vice Chairman Following Successful Adoption Of All-Electronic Trading - Peniket Promoted To President

Date 25/10/2005

Richard Ward, formerly Chief Executive Officer of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), will assume the new role of Vice Chairman of the Exchange for the next six months, after which he will become a consultant to the Exchange, following the transition to electronic trading that was completed this year. Assuming day-to-day oversight of the IPE is David Peniket, who has been promoted to President in addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer.