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ICEX: The Exchanges In Sweden And Finland To Merge

Date 20/05/2003

Earlier today it was announced that the Swedish company OM, which owns Stockholmsbörsen, is to merge with the Helsinki Exchange (HEX). This will strengthen the NOREX co-operation between the Nordic exchanges of which Iceland Stock Exchange (ICEX) is a partner.
CREST: ISO Standard Interface - 2003 Mandatory Upgrade To ISO 15022

Date 20/05/2003

Following the introduction of the ISO standard interface to CREST in November 2001 and the availability of this service via the existing SWIFT and Syntegra networks during 2002, CRESTCo is now focusing on further developments to this interface.
CBOT President Dan Remarks To FOW Derivatives And Risk Expo

Date 20/05/2003

Thank you very much for that kind introduction. I want to thank FOW for inviting me to speak here today representing one of the great institutions in the derivatives industry, the Chicago Board of Trade.
WorldCom Litigation Release - Accounting And Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1785 / May 19, 2003 - In Worldcom Case, SEC Files Proposed Settlement Of Claim For Civil Penalty - Proposed Settlement Is Subject To Approval Of Both District Court And Bankrupt

Date 19/05/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a proposed settlement in its civil action against WorldCom Inc. in federal district court in the Southern District of New York. The proposed settlement, which is subject to the approval of both the District Court hearing the Commission's action against WorldCom and the Bankruptcy Court handling WorldCom's bankruptcy case, provides for a judgment in the Commission's action requiring WorldCom to pay a civil penalty of $1,510,000,000. As a result o
Tokyo Stock Price Index License

Date 19/05/2003

Tokyo Stock Price Index Licensense TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index) is an intellectual property that belongs to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE). All the rights to calculate, publicize, disseminate, and use the index value are reserved by the TSE.

SFE 2003 Annual General Meeting

Date 19/05/2003

Please click here to view the address by the Chairman of SFE Corporation Limited, Rick Holliday-Smith, to the 2003 Annual General Meeting held in Sydney on 19 May 2003.
RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market: Weekly Data

Date 19/05/2003

For the week of May 12th - May 16th, 2003, daily average trading volume grew by 60%, and total trading volume reached 2 668 million rubles, compared with 2 566 million for the week of April 28th, 2003. 4 679 direct transactions with 2 028 million rubles in trading volume were executed. Internet trading accounted for 26% of total weekly trading volume.
RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: Weekly Data

Date 19/05/2003

For the week of May 12th - May 16th, 2003, the RTS Index gained 7% and closed at 450.40. The RTS Technical Index increased by 7.46% and reached 494.61. The week's top gainers include Chelyabinsk metallurgic plant common shares (MECH) that gained 20.38% and reached $31.9, Bashkinenergo common shares (BEGY) that gained 16.21% and closed at $0.19 and RAO UES of Russia common shares (EESR) that reached $0.178, up 15.21% on last closing. Among the week's top losers were Orgsintez, Kazan, common share
RTS Stock Exchange Bonds: Weekly Data

Date 19/05/2003

For the week of May 12th- May 16th, 2003, total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading in corporate, governmental, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, reached 1 043 thousand dollars, compared by 1 402 thousand dollars the previous week. Bonds traded in the system 14 times, down from 20 times the week of April 28th.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Chides SEC For Lack Of Action In Banning Exchange-Sponsored Payment For Order Flow In The Options Market; Calls On Chairman Donaldson To Ban The Practice Immediately

Date 19/05/2003

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange today chided the Securities and Exchange for its lack of action in banning exchange-sponsored payment for order flow in the options markets in a letter sent today to the to SEC Chairman William Donaldson. Following the announcement on May 13 by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) of their reinstitution of a payment for order flow program, the PHLX in its letter to the SEC, as in the PHLX's previously filed petition for rulemaking (submitted to the SEC on Feb