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NYSE Names Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. To Board Of Directors

Date 26/08/2004

The New York Stock Exchange board has elected Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., retired chairman of DuPont, to its board of directors. Mr. Woolard takes the seat vacated by Mr. D. Euan Baird, who resigned April 23, 2004.
NYBOT To Launch Russell 2000® Growth And Russell 2000® Value Index Contracts In September

Date 26/08/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it will roll out two new additions to its suite of Russell Index futures contracts: the Russell 2000 Growth (symbol GH) and Russell 2000 Value (symbol VB), the style versions of the Russell 2000 Index of small cap U.S. equities. Both Russell futures contracts begin trading in NYBOT’s Equity Index marketplace on Friday, September 17th.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Widen Strike Price Intervals For Long-Dated Silver Options

Date 26/08/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will expand the intervals between strike prices for its silver options contracts at least two years away from expiration beginning September 7.
ISE To List Options On Google

Date 26/08/2004

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) said that it will list options on Google Inc. (GOOG) Friday, August 27, 2004.
GICS Sub-Industry Changes In The S&P U.S. Indices

Date 26/08/2004

At the close of trading on Tuesday, August 31, 2004, Standard & Poor’s will be making S&P GICS sub-industry changes in the S&P 500 Index, S&P MidCap 400 Index and S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

CFTC Announces Departure Of Scott Parsons

Date 26/08/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Chief of Staff/Chief Operating Officer Scott Parsons will be leaving the Commission August 30, 2004, to become Executive Vice President, Strategic and Government Affairs for Managed Funds Association (MFA).
American Stock Exchange To Trade Options On Google Inc., Class A

Date 26/08/2004

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) will launch trading in options on Friday, August 27, 2004 on the Nasdaq Stock Market listed stock of Google Inc., Class A (Stock Symbol: GOOG/Option Symbol: GOQ).
Trading In MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures And Options Markets On SGX Remains Closed

Date 25/08/2004

The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures and Options Markets on SGX will remain closed for the second day, as the underlying Taiwan stock market is still closed due to Typhoon Aere. There will also be no trading for the exchange’s MSCI Taiwan futures contract via SGX ETS (Electronic Trading System). All trading is expected to resume on Thursday, 26 August 2004, unless otherwise announced by SGX.
Stock Exchanges Of the World To Congregate At Informa's 8th Annual World Stock Exchanges Conference

Date 25/08/2004

Informa’s World Stock Exchanges conference, in association with Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) and Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS), takes place in one month and Informa is pleased to announce that to date, 11 International Stock Exchanges have confirmed their participation either as speakers or delegates.
SFE Announces 2004 Half-Year Result

Date 25/08/2004

SFE Corporation Limited today released its financial results for the half year ending 30 June 2004. The full financial results for the period are attached to this release. The highlights include: Net profit after tax (NPAT) increased 46% to $26.9 million, up from $18.4 million for the comparable prior half. This was driven by a combination of record trading volume revenue growth (excluding interest) of 17%, a reduction in cash operating expenses (excluding interest) of 4% and higher ne