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Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 17/02/2003

The market continued to lose ground in one of the more active weeks in some time. Much of the activity was due to portfolio rebalancing by some institutional investors.
Warsaw Stock Exchange And Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange Sign A Memorandum Of Co-Operation

Date 14/02/2003

On 14 February 2003, the Warsaw Stock Exchange and MICEX (Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange) have signed in Moscow a memorandum of co-operation, information exchange and development of the infrastructure of the two countries' capital markets.
Warsaw Exchange Announces Annual Revision Of Composition Of WIG20 And MIDWIG Indices

Date 14/02/2003

The Warsaw Stock Exchange announces the following annual changes to the WIG20 blue-chip and MIDWIG MidCap Indices:
The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange And The National Stock Market Association Agree To Cooperate In The Development Of The Stock Market

Date 14/02/2003

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) and the National Stock Market Association (NSMA) have signed an agreement of cooperation in the development of the stock market. The agreement, signed today by the MICEX CEO Alexander Zakharov and the NSMA president Konstantin Volkov, envisages working out proposals to develop instruments, operations, technologies and the normative and legal base of the stock market, improving control over the observance of laws on the securities market, creating be
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 14/02/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: After the close of trading on Friday, February 14, 2003, Del Roca Energy Ltd. (TSXVN:DRQ) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the exchange at that time. The company has been acquired by Tusk Energy Inc. (TSX:TKE).

Osaka Securities Exchange: No-Action Letter Received For MSCI JAPAN Index Futures & FTSE Japan Index Futures

Date 14/02/2003

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) is pleased to announce that a No-Action Letter for MSCI JAPAN Index Futures Contract and FTSE Japan Index Futures Contract ("Futures Contracts") has been received from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of February 13, 2003 (U.S. EST). In order to broaden the investor base in Futures Contracts, OSE applied to the CFTC to issue a No-Action Letter in this regard and trading in the above Futures Contracts commenced on July 15, 200
NYBOT Announces New Cotton Margins

Date 14/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the opening of business on Wednesday February 19, 2003, the Cotton No. 2 margin requirements are as follows: COTTON (CT)
NYBOT Announces Changes To Trading Hours For Last Trading Day For Cotton No. 2 Futures Contract

Date 14/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the start of trading on Tuesday, February 18, 2003, the hours of trading for the Cotton No. 2 futures contract have been amended to eliminate the provision for trading in the expiring futures contract month on its last trading day to cease 2 hours prior to the close of trading in all other contract months on that day.
NYBOT Announces Amended Trading Hours For All FINEX Futures And Options Contracts

Date 14/02/2003

New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the start of trading on Tuesday, February 18, 2003, trading hours for all FINEX futures and options contracts will change. In each case, the change lengthens the trading session that takes place in Dublin by 5 minutes, effectively eliminating the 5-minute trading halt that has existed between the end of the Dublin session and the start of the New York trading session for each contract (hours for the New York session are not a
Nasdaq Liffe Markets To Offer More Russell ETF Futures

Date 14/02/2003

Nasdaq Liffe Markets, LLC (NQLX) will offer four additional futures contracts on the Russell iShares products beginning February 24, 2003. This is in addition to the futures contracts on three Russell iShares products already active on NQLX. The new listings are: