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HKEx Submits Views On Proposals For Statutory Backing To Listing Rules

Date 24/03/2005

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today submitted its views on each of the Government's and the Securities and Futures Commission's (SFC) consultation documents on proposals aimed at giving statutory backing to major listing requirements.
Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX Ltd: Five Years Ago, The Internet And Technology Sectors Reached Their All-Time High

Date 24/03/2005

In March 2000, the internet and the technology sectors reached their all-time high. The U.S. internet sector measured by the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index had gained 810% from January 1, 1998 to its peak on March 9, 2000 compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which gained 27% in the same time period. The Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index and the Dow Jones Technology Titans 30 Index gained 304% and 296% respectively from the beginning of 1998 to their highest point on March 27, 2000 and
Component Change Made To Dow Jones China Indexes - Changes Are A Result Of A Regular Quarterly Review Of The Index

Date 24/03/2005

Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the first regular quarterly review in 2005 for Dow Jones China Indexes (Dow-China Indexes). The component changes in the Dow Jones China 88 (Dow-China 88), Dow Jones China Total Market (Dow-China Total Market), Dow Jones Shanghai (Dow-Shanghai), Dow Jones Shenzhen (Dow-Shenzhen) Index, and Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index will be effective on April 1, 2005.
CME® Eurodollar Options Reach All-Time High - CME Marks Third Busiest Day For Total Volume And CME®Globex®

Date 24/03/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, announced today that it had set a new record yesterday in CME® Eurodollar options of 1,524,246 contracts traded. The previous record of 1,453,541 options contracts was set on August 6, 2004.
CFTC Announces April 6, 2005 CPO And Commodity Pool Industry Roundtable

Date 24/03/2005

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a roundtable on Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs) and the commodity pool industry on Wednesday, April 6, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The roundtable is scheduled to be held in the first floor Hearing Room at the Commission’s Headquarters, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

CBOT Sets New Exchange-Wide Open Interest Record - Open Interest In Ten-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Rises To New All-time High

Date 24/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that on Wednesday, March 23, Exchange-wide open interest rose to a new record of 13,809,450 contracts, exceeding the previous record of 13,735,552 contracts set on March 22.
UK’s Financial Services Authority: City Index Ltd Fined £35,000 For Misleading Financial Promotions

Date 23/03/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined City Index Ltd £35,000 for producing misleading financial promotions for spread betting and contracts for differences (CFDs) between September and November 2003. The firm has also been fined for failures in its systems and controls that allowed the promotions to be distributed.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year & 10-year) As Of March 22, 2005

Date 23/03/2005

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year & 10-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 March 2005

Date 23/03/2005

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 30 March 2005, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am. Opening on that day Pre-open 8:30am - 8:45am (Normal days 8:45am - 9:00am) Open of morning session 8:45am (Normal days 9:00am)
Stockholm Stock Exchange’s Disciplinary Committee Warns J.P. Morgan And Lehman Brothers

Date 23/03/2005

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) have both breached the rules that state that a party who acquires 5% or more of the shares in a listed company must disclose the acquisition. Each of the two companies has acquired more than 5% of the shares in Song Network Holding AB without openly disclosing the acquisitions. Accordingly, Stockholm Stock Exchange’s Disciplinary Committee has decided to warn both companies.