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Royal Bank Of Scotland Group PLC Shares Increase In The S&P European Indices

Date 10/05/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom Indices effective the close of trading Wednesday, May 12, 2004: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (United Kingdom, SEDOL 0754783, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101010), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom Indices, shares will increase by 167,090,180 to 3,127,858,180. The new shares originated from the placing of new ordinary shares to finance in part the acquisition of Ch

Preparation Of Eurogroup And Council Of Economics And Finance Ministers, Brussels, 10-11 May 2003

Date 10/05/2004

Eurogroup Finance Ministers are due to meet in Brussels at 19h00 on Monday 10th May. A press conference is due at the end of the Eurogroup meeting. The meeting will be preceded by the Macroeconomic Dialogue meeting at political level where representatives of the Council (Troika), the Commission, the European Central Bank and the Social Partners will exchange views on monetary, fiscal and wage policies. There will also be a meeting between the Troika a

OneChicago Week In Review

Date 10/05/2004

Liquidity and Volume Highlights

NZX Announces Selection Of NZX Discipline Members

Date 10/05/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is pleased to announce that the Securities Commission has confirmed the appointment of members of NZX Discipline, a new regulatory body established under the NZX Discipline Rules which came into force on 3 May, 2004.

NYBOT Cotton OJ Margin Release

Date 10/05/2004

Please click here for details of the Cotton OJ margin release.

News Corporation (ADR) And News Corporation (DP) (ADR) Share Increases In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 10/05/2004

Investable Weight Factor change For Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 10/05/2004

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (Italy, ISIN IT0001254884) a member of the S&P/MIB Index from 0.698 to 0.638 effective at the close of trading Wednesday, May 12, 2004. This is following the new shareholders agreement signed by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Assicurazioni Generali SpA and Dorint Holding SA.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Sets New Single-Day Volume Records - Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Sets New Single-Day, GLOBEX® And Eurodollar On GLOBEX Trading Volume Records On Friday, May 7 - Total CME Volume Surpasses 6.5 Million Contracts

Date 10/05/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced that it set a new total single-day trading volume record on Friday, May 7 of 6.5 million contracts, exclusive of CME’s non-traditional TRAKRSTM contracts. Friday’s volume topped the previous single-day record of 5.5 million contracts set on March 5, 2004. Total volume on GLOBEX® reached 2.85 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2.6 million contracts traded on March 11, 2004.

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 10/05/2004

The market firmed further on improved volumes with BIHL the biggest gainer percentage wise as it leapt 3.2% or 10t to P3.15 on almost 285,000 shares.

Binck Shares Launched On Euronext Amsterdam

Date 10/05/2004

The shares of online broker Binck N.V. were first traded today, Monday 10 May, on Euronext Amsterdam. Binck is the first independent internet broker listed on Euronext.