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  • Euronext Brussels: Modification Of composition Of BEL20®-index

    Date 06/11/2002

    Following the press release of October 31, 2002 and further to the take-over bid by the company Ackermans & van Haaren NV on all publicly held GIB shares and based on the information in its possession the Market Authority has decided to apply the following modifications on Friday 8 November 2002 after the close of trading:

  • Eurex Offers First Futures And Options On Exchange-Traded Funds Europe-Wide

    Date 06/11/2002

    On November 18, as previously reported, Eurex, the international derivatives market, will initiate trading in options and futures on exchange-traded index fund shares, so-called exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new growth segment at Eurex will be operated under the name EXTF. The derivatives exchange indicated that trading in the new segment will start out with futures and options on DAX EX, DJ Euro STOXX EX, DJ Euro STOXX LDRS, Fresco DJ Euro STOXX 50 and XMTCH on SMI. The world's leading deri

  • Deutsche Börse Acquires Stake In Infobolsa

    Date 06/11/2002

    Deutsche Börse and Bolsa de Madrid are joining forces to tap the European terminal market as a provider of financial information, as the two partners announced on Wednesday. Deutsche Börse AG will acquire a 50 percent stake in the Spanish company Infobolsa S.A., a 100 percent subsidiary of Bolsa de Madrid.

  • Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Share Trading Increased And The Derivatives Trading Volume Reached New Highs In A Very Volatile Market

    Date 06/11/2002

    In October, share trading amounted to DKK 31.3 billion - which was 16 per cent higher than in September, but 9 per cent lower than in October 2001. The value of average daily trading totalled DKK 1.4 billion, a 6 per cent rise on September. The increase in turnover occurred in a very volatile market - the KFX Index, for instance, recorded day-to-day drops and rises as sharp as 4.3 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively, during October 2002. Over the month, the KFX Index gained 4.2 per cent; a f

  • Chairman Of The US Securities And Exchange Commission Resigns

    Date 06/11/2002

    Harvey Pitt, Chairmanm of the Securities and Exchange Commission has resigned.

  • CFTC Allows Greater Access To Security Futures Markets

    Date 06/11/2002

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is providing relief from its registration requirements to permit certain operators and advisors of pooled investment vehicles to utilize single-stock futures and other futures contracts in their investment and risk management strategies without having to register with the Commission.

  • CBOT Thanksgiving Holiday Trading Schedule

    Date 06/11/2002

    The Chicago Board of Trade established the following trading schedule in connection with the Thanksgiving Day holiday:

  • Brokertec Futures Exchange Sets New Records For Screen Traded Volume

    Date 06/11/2002

    BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the nation's only fully-electronic financial futures exchange, announced today that it set consecutive daily screen- traded volume records on Monday and Tuesday with 25,171 and 27,570 contracts traded, respectively. These are the highest daily screen traded volumes on the exchange since its launch last year on November 30, 2001. Yesterday's daily record of 27,570 contracts represents a 50% increase from the earlier record of 18,296 contracts. These important m

  • The Copenhagen Stock Exchange's Commitee On Good Corporate Governance

    Date 05/11/2002

    The Copenhagen Stock Exchange is pleased to publish the composition of its committee on good corporate governance, whose job it is to stimulate the development of good corporate governance in listed Danish companies.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 05/11/2002

    Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: Effective after the close on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, the shares of Metalex Ventures Ltd. (TSXVN: MTX) will be split on a 2-for-1 basis. After the close of trading on Thursday, November 7, 2002, Tiberon Minerals Ltd. (TSXVN:TBR) will be deleted from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The shares of the company will begin trading on the TSX at the open on Friday, November 8, 2002.