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

    Date 09/04/2003

    Pursuant to quarterly rebalancing methodology, Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday, April 17, 2003. As of the close of trading on Tuesday, April 8, 2003, the index was comprised of 497 companies. A total of 62 companies will be removed from the index and 88 new companies will be added. The revised index will therefore be made up of 523 companies.

  • Settlement Date For Government Bonds Traded On The Korea Stock Exchange Market To Be Changed From T+0 To T+1

    Date 09/04/2003

    The Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) announced that the settlement date for bonds on its Government Bonds Market (GBM) would be changed from the current T+0 to T+1, effective on June 1, 2003. The GBM, formerly known as the Inter-Dealer Market, is a wholesale market where specific benchmark issues such as Korean Treasury Bonds, Foreign Exchange Bonds, Monetary Stabilization Bonds and Deposit Insurance Fund Bonds are traded. It should be noted that the settlement date (T+0) for bonds traded on other m

  • Nymex To Reduce Margins On Crude Oil And Petroleum Product Futures

    Date 09/04/2003

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will decrease the margins on seven of its crude oil futures contracts, e-miNYsm crude oil futures, heating oil futures, New York harbor heating oil swap futures, unleaded gasoline futures, and New York harbor gasoline swap futures at the close of business today.

  • Nymex Revises Margins And Intra-Commodity Spread Rates For PJM Monthly Electricity Futures Contract

    Date 09/04/2003

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it has revised the anticipated margins and intra-commodity spread margins for the financially settled Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) monthly electricity futures contract to be launched on Friday.

  • New Participant On SWX: Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited, London

    Date 09/04/2003

    The SWX Swiss Exchange has gained a new member in Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited, London. The new participant commences trading activities on the SWX platform on Thursday, 10 April 2003.

  • Minneapolis Grain Exchange Establishes Launch Date For New Contracts

    Date 09/04/2003

    The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) ownership has approved rules and regulations for Hard Winter Wheat Index (HWI) futures and options. Ballots were counted on April 8, 2003 and the contracts are scheduled to launch May 9, 2003 on the exchange's electronic trading platform, MGEXpress®.

  • Exchange To Extend Propane Hours On NYMEX ACCESS®

    Date 09/04/2003

    Trading hours for propane futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange ACCESS® electronic trading platform will be extended, beginning tonight, to 7 PM Sundays and 3:15 PM Mondays through Thursdays until 9 AM the following day.

  • Euronext Brussels BEL20® Monthly Selection List

    Date 09/04/2003

    Based upon the figures until the end of March 2003, the Market Authority of Euronext Brussels communicates the new monthly selection list. The first three reserve candidates are CMB, Melexis and Solvus. This list is valid for replacements that would occur from Wednesday 16 April up to and including Tuesday 15 May 2003 after trading hours. This list is also available on the Euronext website: http://www.stockexchange.be/pd/pdc/endca01.htm

  • ELS Listed On The Korea Stock Exchange

    Date 09/04/2003

    For the first time in Korea, the KSE listed two issues of ELS(Equity-Linked Securities) on April 9. The ELS is an instrument whose return is determined by the performance of a single equity security, a basket of equity securities, or an equity index.

  • Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Emu Convergence In The Swedish And Danish Bond Markets

    Date 09/04/2003

    On 14 September 2003, the Swedes will vote on whether their country should become a full member of Emu, and the most recent opinion polls show that the referendum is likely to be a cliffhanger since the Yes and No camps are currently neck and neck.<