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New York Mercantile Exchange And ICAP To Launch Market In Options On Gas Storage & Oil Inventory Statistics - Exchange To Clear Contracts On Options, Create Liquidity Ahead Of Number Releases

Date 28/04/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., and ICAP (LSE: IAP) announced today that they will launch an electronic market in options on oil and gas inventory statistics.
NASD Files Enforcement Action Against Sigma Financial For Harassing Clients, Violating Arbitration Code

Date 28/04/2004

NASD announced today that it has brought an enforcement action charging Sigma Financial Corporation and its president with unethical conduct and violations of NASD's Code of Arbitration Procedure - for frivolously pursuing legal action against an elderly couple who had won an arbitration award against the firm. This action is the most recent effort by NASD to curb abuses in the arbitration process and ensure compliance by regulated firms.
More NASDAQ Stocks Phased Into Its Market Close Order Facility

Date 28/04/2004

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) has phased in ten additional NASDAQ-listed securities into the NASDAQ Closing Cross, a centralized order facility that provides a highly transparent and accurate market close for NASDAQ securities.
IPE Further Enhances Its Disciplinary Processes

Date 28/04/2004

The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, today announced that it had appointed two additional senior and distinguished independent legal practitioners to its Disciplinary and Appeals Panels.
Instinet Group Announces First Quarter 2004 Results

Date 28/04/2004

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq:INGP) today announced net income of $19 million or $0.06 per share for the first quarter of 2004 compared to a net loss of $34 million or $(0.10) per share for the first quarter of 2003 and a net loss of $38 million or $(0.12) per share for the fourth quarter of 2003. The first quarter 2004 results included a pre-tax unrealized investment gain of $5 million and insurance recovery of $5 million. Excluding these items and the related tax effect, pro forma operat

GICS Sub-Industry Changes In The S&P US Indices

Date 28/04/2004

Please click here for details of GICS Sub-Industry changes in the S&P US Indices.
Futures and Options On RTS Stock Exchange Initial Margin Changes For The Holidays

Date 28/04/2004

On April 28th, 2004, the RTS Stock Exchange decided, at the Derivatives Market Committee recommendation, to set the size of the initial margin for contracts based on single stocks and S&P/RUIX index, at 20% of the value of the contract. The change will be in effect from April 29th, 2004, to May 11th, 2004.
FCT And Chicago Mercantile Exchange Establish Direct Customer Connectivity From Gibraltar - Customer Will Gain Direct, Cost-Effective Access To GLOBEX®

Date 28/04/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced that FCT, an independent proprietary trading and clearing firm, is the first company to initiate direct access and trading from its office in Gibraltar to CME's electronic trading platform, GLOBEX®, through the exchange's newly opened telecommunications hub in the region.
Euronext.liffe Sets New All-Time Open Interest Records In White Sugar Options And Robusta Coffee Futures

Date 28/04/2004

Euronext.liffe’s White Sugar options contracts set a new all-time open interest record of 23,424 contracts on Monday 26 April 2004, breaking the previous record of 23,239 contracts set on 20 June 2000.
Eurex Introduces Three New Options On MDAX Equities - Options On Beiersdorf, Hypo Real Estate Holding And Puma Tradable As Of May 24

Date 28/04/2004

Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange, will be introducing three new equity options on the MDAX securities Beiersdorf, Hypo Real Estate Holding and Puma on May 24. The new equity options will be listed in the "German shares" segment and will feature the appropriate specifications: one hundred shares shall underlie each Hypo Real Estate contract, while ten shares shall underlie each Beiersdorf and Puma contract. The options will be physically settled and they have a maturity of