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First New Listing In Germany In 2005 - Lanxess Listed On The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB) - First Price Determination On Xetra

Date 31/01/2005

Lanxess AG’s listing in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB) on Monday represents the first new listing of the year. The announcement was made by Deutsche Börse AG, as operator of the FWB. Lanxess’s shares were initially priced at € 15.75. The initial price was determined on Xetra, the pan-European trading platform. Lead managers of the issue were Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.
Eurex US Extends Trading Day To 23 Hours - Trading Hour Extension Effective April 3, 2005 - Nandapurkar: Eurex US Offers Trading During Core Business Hours In All Time Zones

Date 31/01/2005

Eurex US, the fully electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, announced on Monday that it will be extending its trading day by two hours, from 21 hours to 23 hours, effective April 3, 2005. As of that date trading will begin at 5:00 p.m. Chicago time instead of 7:00 p.m.; the trading day will continue to end at 4:00 p.m. Chicago time on the next calendar day. The extended trading hours will apply to all products at Eurex US. Eurex US currently lists futures and options on 2-, 3-, 5- and 10-
Dow Jones STOXX: Development Of Crude Oil Price In US Dollar Versus Performance Of The Global And European Energy Sectors

Date 31/01/2005

The quarterly OPEC meeting has taken place in Vienna yesterday.
Deutsche Börse Expands Range Of ETFs Available In The XTF Segment On Xetra - New DAX And EURO STOXX 50 ETFs Tradable As Of Today - Additional Investment Opportunities For In-Demand Index Funds - DWS Subsidiary DVG Enters The European ETF Market

Date 31/01/2005

Deutsche Börse is expanding the XTF segment for exchange-traded index funds by two new funds. As of today, Deutsche Bank DAX® DVG (ISIN: DE0005318463) and Deutsche Bank DJ EURO STOXX 50 DVG (ISIN: DE0005318448), issued by Deutsche Vermögensbildungsgesellschaft mbH (DVG) in cooperation with Deutsche Bank, will be available for trading. This increases the number of exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) listed in the XTF segment to 57. The two newly listed index funds track the DAX® Performance Index
Committee of European Securities Regulators Publishes Answers Received To Its Consultation On The First Part Of Its Advice On Possible Implementing Measures Of The Transparency Directive

Date 31/01/2005

CESR has published the answers received to its consultation on the first part of its Advice on Possible Implementing Measures of the Transparency Directive.

Clearstream's Global Securities Financing Services Breaks New Record - Average Outstanding Volumes Breaks Through EUR 150 Billion Milestone

Date 31/01/2005

Clearstream’s industry-leading Global Securities Financing services (GSF) has recently broken through a significant milestone with average weekly outstandings reaching EUR 150 billion at the end of January 2005. This represents an increase of over 35 per cent from the same period last year. Clearstream’s GSF business unit comprises Securities Lending Services and Collateral Management Services, with Triparty Repo as the largest contributor to the growth in volumes throughout 2004. Clearstream’s
CBOT Muni Futures Open Interest Surges After Electronic Market Maker Program Launch

Date 31/01/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that total open interest in its 10-Year Municipal Note Index futures contract has seen significant growth, with levels more than doubling since the launch of an Electronic Market Maker (EMM) program on January 3, 2005. Open interest climbed to 3,455 contracts on January 28, continuing the upward trend that started at the beginning of the year.
CBOT January 5 Bund, Bobl, And Schatz Conversion Factors

Date 31/01/2005

The attached conversion factor table for CBOT Bund, Bobl, and Schatz futures indicates securities that, as of 27 January 2005, will be included in reference baskets for March 2005 and June 2005 expiries.
CBOT Fed Watch - January 31 Market Close

Date 31/01/2005

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on February 1-2, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOE Futures Exchange Announces Contract Specifications For Russell 1000 Index And Mini-Russell 2000 Index Futures - LaBranche Structured Products And Timber Hill Named DPMs

Date 31/01/2005

CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) has announced that the exchange will list futures contracts on the Russell 1000 Index (ticker symbol RN) and the Mini-Russell 2000 Index (ticker symbol RT) for trading beginning Friday, February 4, 2005, pending final regulatory approval. CFE, which launched on March 26, 2004, is a new, all-electronic, futures exchange.