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Nymex Reduces Position Limits For Copper Futures Contract

Date 01/06/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will reduce the copper futures spot month position limit to 500 contracts from 1,000 contracts, effective at the close of business on June 10.
New OMX Board Member Proposed

Date 01/06/2005

Following OMX’s merger with the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (CSE), the Nominating Committee proposed to the Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 3, 2005, the election of Henrik Normann of Danske Bank as a member of the Board of Directors. The election of Henrik Normann was conditional upon the completion of the merger as well as approval from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. Since the necessary approval from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority has not been obtained for
New KFX Portfolio Selected

Date 01/06/2005

The future active and base portfolios of the KFX Index, which enter into force on 20 June 2005, have now been selected.
NASD 2004 Financial Report & Year In Review

Date 01/06/2005

The NASD 2004 Annual Financial Report and Year In Review are available by clicking on the links below.
MICEX Introduces A New Order Of Charging Commission For Swap Transactions Concluded In The Currency Market

Date 01/06/2005

To raise the attractiveness of the orderly currency market, the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) has changed the order of charging commission for swap transactions carried out by a participant in trades in the exchange currency market.

May 2005 Statistics For The Boston Options Exchange

Date 01/06/2005

Boston, June 1, 2005: BOX has completed work on its trading platform expansion as part of its plan to add as many as 250 new classes this calendar year, half of which are planned for early summer. The BOX continues to “build upon its successful market share gains” stated Will Easley, Managing Director. “The expansion will not only accommodate the increase in new listings but also provide additional capacity for new appointments in the existing options classes.”
May 2005 - Euronext Key Indicators - 11 Million Cash Transactions Completed In May - 7 IPOs On Euronext’s Markets In May, 16 So Far This Year - Euronext.liffe’s Interest Rate Products Up 16% On May 2004

Date 01/06/2005

Cash products11 million transactions were completed on Euronext’s cash markets in May 2005, up 1.5% on May last year. During the first five months of 2005, over 63 million cash transactions were registered on Euronext, representing a daily average of 602,000. Shares10.6 million share transactions were completed in May, up 2.6% on the same month in 2004, bringing the total number of transactions since the beginning of the year to over 60 million. In the year-to-date, the a
Mangold Fondkommission AB New Member At Stockholm Stock Exchange

Date 01/06/2005

Mangold Fondkommission AB becomes a new cash member of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and will start trading in the SAXESS trading system as of June 1, using the abbreviation MGF.
Leaders Open Africa Economic Summit With Call For Business To Take Up Central Role In Africa’s Regeneration

Date 01/06/2005

The World Economic Forum’s Africa Economic Summit has opened with top business leaders calling on their colleagues to spearhead moves for change in Africa. The three Co-Chairs of the Summit urged captains of industry to join governments and organizations in grasping the current global “will to action” in Africa.
KRX 100, New Integrated Blue Chip Index For KRX Stock And Kosdaq Markets To Be Launched On June 1, 2005

Date 01/06/2005

The Korea Exchange plans to publish KRX100 beginning on June 1, 2005. KRX100 is a free-float market value weighted index and its constituent stocks are chosen from both the Stock Market(87 issues) and Kosdaq Market(13 issues). To ensure that KRX100 accurately represents the market, the 100 constituent stocks are chosen on the basis of such criteria as the market capitalization, liquidity(trading value), profitability(return on equity), soundness(reserve ratio) and financialsecurity(debt