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Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Phased Roll-Out Plan For Standard Board Lot To Ensure Orderly Market

Date 13/03/2003

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) will be implementing the trading of securities in standard board lot of 100 units in four stages. The first stage will be launched beginning April 2003.
ISMA Releases Latest European Repo Market Statistics - Repo Market Reflects General Difficult Trading Conditions

Date 13/03/2003

The International Securities Market Association (ISMA) today released the results of its latest semi annual survey of the repo market in Europe conducted on December 11, 2002. The survey estimates the total value of outstanding repo contracts on the books of participating institutions at that date to be EUR 3,377 billion. This figure effectively establishes the lower boundary for the size of the European repo market and suggests that the market growth has stalled in the six months to December re
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month HIBOR Futures Contract

Date 13/03/2003

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 14 March 2003, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
HKEx: Amendments To Listing Rule 38.06 Regarding The Membership Of The SFC(HKEC Listing) Committee And Listing Rule 38.07 Regarding The Quorum Necessary For The Transaction Of Business Of The SFC (HKEC Listing) Appeals Committee

Date 13/03/2003

Listing Rule 38.06 has been amended to provide for an increase in the number of members of the SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee and make minor changes of an administrative nature. The amendments to Listing Rule 38.07 relate to the quorum necessary for the transaction of business of the SFC (HKEC Listing) Appeals Committee where the Chairman of the Commission has a conflict of interest.
FTSE Quarterly Reviews - Changes Announced

Date 13/03/2003

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E-mini™ S&P 500 Futures Surpass 1 Million Contracts On CME

Date 13/03/2003

Trading volume in E-mini™ S&P 500 futures surpassed one million contracts in a single day for the first time today, as 1,003,414 contracts changed hands on Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) GLOBEX® electronic trading platform. In addition, volume in NASDAQ-100 futures set a new daily record of 382,611 contracts today.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Stocknet-Aston Securities ASA - New Member Of The FUTOP Clearing Centre

Date 13/03/2003

The FUTOP Clearing Centre has approved Stocknet-Aston Securities ASA as member, and the number of members now totals five.
CFTC Modernizes Rules For Pools, Advisors, And FCMs

Date 13/03/2003

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that it is proposing to modernize a number of major rules affecting commodity pool operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors (CTAs), futures commission merchants (FCMs), and others who trade or deal in commodity futures and options. The proposals, to be discussed by CFTC Chairman James E. Newsome at the 28th annual International Futures Industry Conference this week, further implement the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. The
CBOT's Mini-Sized DJIA Futures Contract Sets Volume Record

Date 13/03/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that a new daily volume record was set for mini-sized DowSM Jones futures with 43,416 contracts traded on March 12, breaking the previous record of 36,083 contracts set on February 14, 2003.
CBOT: Continued Strength - Mini-Sized Dow Sets Open Interest Record

Date 13/03/2003

CBOT® mini-sized DowSM futures set another open interest record on March 12 of 25,024 contracts, eclipsing the previous record set December 18 of 24,055 contracts. Overall, the CBOT Dow futures complex open interest rose to 60,637 contracts.