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Thailand Securities Depository Forges Ahead To T+2 Clearing & Settlement Period

Date 10/11/2003

Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD) forges ahead with its post-trade integration project to develop full back-office services and shorten the clearing and settlement period from three to two business days (T+2). This shortened period is intended to cope with new instruments such as the Asian bonds. TSD is now ready to present the project's progress to related parties, e.g., SET member companies, clearinghouses, and mutual funds.
Open Interest In Minneapolis Grain Exchange Hard Winter Wheat Index (HWI) Futures And Options Doubles In Two Weeks

Date 10/11/2003

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) announced today that in two weeks, open interest in Hard Winter Wheat Index (HWI) futures and options has doubled. HWI open interest at the end of trading day on Friday, November 7 reached 6,367 contracts. Of the 6,367 HWI contracts, 2,308 were futures and 4,059 were options. Open interest is the number of open positions held at the end of the day by market participants in all contract months and is a measure of a market's liquidity.
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 10/11/2003

DIAMONDS® Spreads Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 6.8-cent spread on average* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 68% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 10% of the time*
NYSE To Commemorate Veterans Day

Date 10/11/2003

The Exchange to Honor Veterans with Two Minutes of Silence.
National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania Monthly Bulletin - October

Date 10/11/2003

During the nine months of the year, the GDP of Lithuania, according to the preliminary data, augmented by 8.1 %, compared to that of the corresponding period last year. At the beginning of November, the international rating agency Fitch revised its credit rating for Lithuania upgrading it from 'stable' to 'positive'. The same ratings were assigned to Lithuania by Moody's and Standard & Poor's rating agencies.

Merrill Lynch Buys International Securities Exchange Primary Market Maker And Competitive Market Maker Trading Rights

Date 10/11/2003

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) said today that Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp., a unit of Merrill Lynch & Co., purchased one Primary Market Maker (PMM) and eight Competitive Market Maker (CMM) memberships held by Bear Stearns & Co.
London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For October 2003 - SETS Trades Continue To Grow

Date 10/11/2003

The number of trades on SETS™, the London Stock Exchange's electronic order book, increased to 3.27 million in October 2003, a rise of 23 per cent on the number of trades in October 2002. The value traded on SETS during the month was £73.0 billion, up from £62.2 billion in October 2002. The average daily number of trades on SETS was 142,278, up from 116,144 in October 2002.
HEXClear Settlement System Launched

Date 10/11/2003

Today sees the clearing and settlement of the first trades in HEXClear, the new settlement system at HEX Helsinki. HEXClear will gradually replace the old KATI system. Shares will be directed to the new system by classes of shares; all shares will be transferred to HEXClear by the end of 2003.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Profit Of DKK 44.8 Million In The First Nine Months Of 2003

Date 10/11/2003

Today, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange has published its interim report for the first nine months of 2003, which shows a profit after tax of DKK 44.8 million, against DKK 52.2 million in the first nine months of 2002, a fall of 14 per cent.
Cincinnati Stock Exchange Takes Historic Step - Adopts New Name After 118 Years - Becomes 'National Stock Exchange'

Date 10/11/2003

The Cincinnati Stock Exchange (CSE) on November 7 announced that it is changing its name to the National Stock Exchange (NSX), effective today. The name change marks a significant milestone in the Exchange's 118-year history, formally acknowledging its evolution into a national entity from its roots as a regional exchange.