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CBOT Fed Funds May Settlement

Date 01/06/2005

The CBOT® 30-Day Fed Fund futures contract for May 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 96.997, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 3.003 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOE May Volume Increases 24%; Options On Nasdaq-100 And S&P 500 Indexes Set New CBOE Records

Date 01/06/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that May trading volume at CBOE was 34,689,801 contracts traded, an increase of 24% over the year-ago level of 27,906,821 contracts.Trading volume in index options at CBOE increased 14% over 2004, driven by two new records set in options on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX).In Nasdaq-100 Index options, CBOE set a new record for monthly volume with 559,122 contracts traded in May, eclipsing the previous r
Bursa Malaysia’s New Trading Platform To Enhance Liquidity, Trading Efficiency And Quality Of Market Surveillance

Date 01/06/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s (Bursa Malaysia) new trading platform will provide enhanced capabilities for the exchange to encourage better market liquidity and velocity, increase trading efficiency and quality of market surveillance.
Borsa Italiana Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Shanghai Stock Exchange And Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Date 01/06/2005

On the occasion of the World Federation of Exchanges Forum in Beijing, Borsa Italiana today signed a memorandum of understanding with and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and a memorandum of understanding with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
ASX: Resignation And Appointment Of Company Secretary

Date 01/06/2005

Following the recent restructure, ASX advises that Anthony D’Arcy has resigned from the position of Company Secretary to take up the position of General Counsel within the company. Giri Tenneti has also resigned from the office of Company Secretary.

97 Million Contracts Traded On Eurex In May - Turnover Up 16 Percent Year-On-Year/European Equity Options Trading Further Increases

Date 01/06/2005

The international derivatives market Eurex traded 97 million contracts in May. This is an increase of around 16 percent year on year (May 2004: 83.6 million contracts). The average daily trading volume in the first five months increased 12 percent and reached 4.9 Mio. contracts (Jan-May 2005: 4.4 Mio. contracts).
World Economic Forum Africa Economic Summit 2005: Leaders Call For Closer Involvement Of Business In Efforts To Step Up Aid And Investment In The Continent

Date 31/05/2005

The World Economic Forum begins in Cape Town on Wednesday with leaders from some of Africa’s top companies and multinationals calling for the strong voice of business in the flow of “targeted” aid and investment in the continent. The meeting – the fifteenth Africa Economic Summit held by the World Economic Forum – will focus on the recent Commission for Africa report and its recommendations for far-reaching intervention and actions by the G-8, African States, business and other actors to amplify
Wiener Börse: ATX With New All-Time-High

Date 31/05/2005

On Monday, May 30, 2005, the Austrian Traded Index reached a new all-time-high of 2,785.10 points.
TSX Group CEO Sees Canada As An Important World Energy Market - Richard Nesbitt Tells Canadian Europe Roundtable That Canada Is Northern Anchor For A Single, North American Energy Market

Date 31/05/2005

In his opening remarks to the Canadian Europe Roundtable's Energy Forum in Toronto today, TSX Group CEO Richard Nesbitt discussed the growing importance of energy markets in Canada and, in particular, to TSX from both the listings and trading business. Between Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, there are more oil and gas companies listed than on any other exchange or group of exchanges in the world.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Historical Index Values Of Provisional TOPIX

Date 31/05/2005

The historical index values of Provisional TOPIX the total return indices that Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced in the press release on April 1, 2005 "Publication of Provisional Indices and EX-TOPIX with the Introduction of Free Float Adjusted Indices", are now available. The calculation period is from the end of September 1998 to the end of April 2005.