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Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange Derivatives Market Weekly Trading Data: April 4th – April 8th, 2005

Date 11/04/2005

For the week of April 4th – April 8th, 2005, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) increased by 6% in rubles and 3% in contracts and reached 6 546 million rubles and 752 thousand contracts. Total open interest as of April 8th, 2005, increased by 10% in rubles and 9% in contracts and equaled 14 775 million rubles and 1 695 thousand contracts.
Five Years Of Deutsche Börse’s XTF Segment - XTF Is The Leading Market Place For ETFs In Europe - Q1/2005 The Most Successful Quarter Since The Introduction Of The Segment - Deutsche Börse Receives Award As Europe’s Most Proactive ETF Exchange - Indexchan

Date 11/04/2005

Five years after the introduction of the XTF segment, Deutsche Börse has further solidified its position as the leading marketplace for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). "The XTF segment presently boasts 68 index funds, the largest range of ETFs offered by any exchange in Europe," said Rainer Riess, Managing Director of Stock Market Business Development at Deutsche Börse, and responsible for the XTF segment. "In the first quarter of 2005, XTF generated with more than EURO 11 billion the highest quar
Eurex Repo Continues To Grow In The First Quarter - Euro Market Up By 76 Percent - Successful Start For The New Euro GC Pooling Segment

Date 11/04/2005

The repo markets of the worlds largest derivatives exchange Eurex continued to grow in the first quarter of this year. The average outstanding volume, the key performance figure for repo market and the number of trading participants continued to increase. Eurex Repo thus further cemented its position as a pan-European marketplace for repo trading.
Deutsche Börse To Begin Share Buyback On Wednesday

Date 11/04/2005

Deutsche Börse will begin its share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 13, 2005. This share repurchase program is part of an ongoing effort to optimize the capital structure of the Group and will terminate on 20 May 2005, two trading days prior to the AGM on May 25. The company will use the current authorization by its shareholders to repurchase up to 10 percent of its share capital, or up to 11,180,288 shares. However, the buyback is limited to a number of shares, equivalent to the re
Daily Trading Volume On JSC "RTS Stock Exchange" Exceeded 500 Million Rubles

Date 11/04/2005

On April 8 th , 2005, total trading volume on the Order-driven market of the JSC "RTS Stock Exchange" reached the all-time record of 527,5 million rubles (18.9 million dollars), 58% higher than the previous record posted on March 31 st , 2005 (334 million rubles). The daily average trading volume since the launch of the market on November 23 rd , 2004, equals 123 million rubles. The daily number of registered trades also reached the record value of 1348.

CME Announces Weekly Expirations For CME Eurodollar One-Year Mid-Curve Options

Date 11/04/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced that it will launch weekly expirations on the One-Year Mid-Curve options on CME Eurodollar futures, the world’s most actively traded interest rate futures contract. The new expirations are scheduled to commence trading at 5:00 p.m., Central Time, on Sunday, April 24, 2005, on the exchange’s CME® Globex® electronic trading platform. On Monday, April 25, the contracts will be available first on the CME enhanced options system electronic pla
Boston Options Exchange Market Share Sets New Weekly Record

Date 11/04/2005

For the week ending April 8, 2005, BOX market share in the 347 classes listed was 7.5%, a new record. BOX market share of all OCC-listed equity options classes for the week was 5.6%, also a new record.
UK's Office Of Fair Trading: Anticipated Acquisition By Euronext NV Of The London Stock Exchange Plc

Date 08/04/2005

The OFT's decision on reference under section 33(1) given on 29 March 2005. Full text of decision published 7 April 2005. PARTIES Euronext N.V. (Euronext) is a pan-European exchange offering listing and trading services in Belgian, Dutch, French and Portuguese securities through the Brussels, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Paris bourses respectively. Euronext is active in derivatives trading via Euronext.liffe, which comprises the London-based derivatives exchange, LIFFE, togeth
UK’s Office Of Fair Trading: Anticipated Acquisition By Deutsche Borse AG Of London Stock Exchange Plc

Date 08/04/2005

The OFT's decision on reference under section 33 (1) given on 29 March 2005. Full text of decision published 7 April 2005 PARTIES Deutsche Boerse AG (DBAG) operates the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapier Boerse, FWB). DBAG demutualised in 2001. The main business activities of the DBAG corporate group are: trading services in spot markets (which include listing and trading services); trading services for financial derivatives; the generation and distribut
UK’s Financial Services Authority Fees Update

Date 08/04/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will shortly finalise its fees for 2005/06 and will issue combined invoices, covering FSA fees and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) levies, from June onwards. Provisional figures were published in the FSA fees consultation paper in January (CP05/2). The final figures will reflect the result of the FSA's year end audit and take into account any reduction to FSA fees as a result of enforcement fine income for