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CME's GLOBEX® Marks One Million Milestone

Date 13/06/2002

Less than two weeks before its 10th anniversary on June 25, the GLOBEX® electronic trading platform of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) exceeded one million contracts traded for the first time in a single day yesterday, June 12. The 1,028,191 contracts traded represented a 9 percent increase from the previous daily record of 943,953 contracts set on June 4.
CME Announces July 14 Start Of Electronic Spread Trading For Eurodollars On GLOBEX®

Date 13/06/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced that at 5:30 p.m. Central time on Sunday, July 14 (trade date July 15), it will implement its "Eagle Project" release, the most advanced technology to date on its GLOBEX® electronic trading platform. The Eagle facility will make it possible for the first time to trade calendar spreads electronically on GLOBEX, providing functionality that previously was available only through open outcry execution.
CBOT Interest Rate Swap Futures Update

Date 13/06/2002

CBOT 10-year Interest Rate Swap Futures open interest hit 40,000 on Tuesday, June 11.
CBOE Trading Schedule For Fourth Of July Holiday

Date 13/06/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Independence Day holiday:
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year)

Date 12/06/2002

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Component Stocks Of TOPIX New Index Series

Date 12/06/2002

The component stocks of the TOPIX new index series can be accessed by clicking here.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Announces A New List Of Securities To Be Included In The Calculation Of The SET50 Index: PTT AEONTS GOLD And QH Added Starting From 1 July

Date 12/06/2002

Ms Patareeya Benjapolchai, Executive Vice President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), announced that the SET had selected a number of new securities to be included in the calculation of the SET50 Index for the 1 July - 31 December 2002 period. Four securities are added to the list: PTT Plc (PTT) from the Energy Sector, Aeon Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Plc (AEONTS) from the Finance and Securities Sector, Golden Land Property Development Plc (GOLD) and Quality Houses Plc (QH) from the Property
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 12/06/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Thursday, June 13, 2002: The relative weight of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC) will increase by approximately 0.23% in the S&P/TSX Composite and S&P/TSX Capped Composite, 0.30% in the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P/TSX 60 Capped, 2.39% in the S&P/TSX Consumer Discretionary and 0.26% in the TSX 100 Indices. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares
SEC Charges Former ImClone CEO Samuel Waksal With Illegal Insider Trading

Date 12/06/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Samuel Waksal, the former CEO of ImClone Systems Inc., for illegal insider trading. In its complaint, the Commission charges that Waksal received disappointing news late last December that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would soon issue a decision rejecting for review ImClone's pending application to market its cancer treatment drug, Erbitux. The SEC further charges that Waksal told this negative information to certain fam
Palestine Securities Exchange: No Trading On June 12

Date 12/06/2002

The Palestine Securities Exchange announced that the trading session of today, Wednesday the 12th of June 2002, has been cancelled due to the continuous siege and curfew which has been imposed on the city of Ramallah by the Israeli army. The settlement bank and Ramallah's brokerage firms are forced to close.