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CBOE Index Options Volume Increases 34% In November - Registers Gains For Seventh Consecutive Month

Date 03/12/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that total volume in index options increased 34% in November 2002 when compared to November 2001. This marks the seventh consecutive month that index options volume at CBOE has registered a gain over the previous year.
BrokerTec Futures Exchange Trades Its Two Millionth Contract As It Marks Its One-Year Anniversary - Sets Monthly Volume Record In November

Date 03/12/2002

BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the nation's only fully-electronic fixed income futures exchange, announced that it traded its two millionth contract today, just three days after celebrating its one-year anniversary on November 30th. BTEX also set a new monthly volume record with 430,888 contracts traded during November, a 105% increase over the previous monthly record of 210,586 contracts traded in October.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Derivative admission by Internet

Date 02/12/2002

In December, SWX Swiss Exchange is launching a web-based admission facility for derivatives. The online option is a more efficient complement to the traditional paper-based procedure. Data are entered once only by the issuer directly and are available to SWX immediately, thereby reducing administration work, throughput time and costs. Data quality will be improved and issuers will be able to track the progress of their applications using the Internet.
Stockholmsbörsen Statistics Report November 2002

Date 02/12/2002

The SAX index increased by 12.6% and the OMX index increased by 12.5%. The average number of closed transaction per business day increased by 35% compared to the past 12- month period.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index

Date 02/12/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index: Effective after the close of trading on Tuesday, December 3, 2002, the following change will take place in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index. The weight of Placer Dome Inc. (TSX: PDG) will decrease by approximately 5.12% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares pursuant to S&P/TSX Canadian Sector Index methodology.

Singapore Exchange: Incorrect Figures For STI

Date 02/12/2002

There were incorrect figures for the STI and BT SRI on 2 Dec 2002 from 0951 hrs to 1147 hrs. This was due to errors in the foreign exchange data feed received by SGX, resulting in erroneous computation for US dollar-denominated components of the two indices. The exchange is taking steps to prevent a similar occurrence.
SEC Historical Society To Host Roundtable on Investment Company Regulation

Date 02/12/2002

The Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society will host an Oral Histories Roundtable on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, focusing on investment company regulation.
Russian Trading System Weekly Data Bonds Weekly Data: November 25th - November 29th

Date 02/12/2002

For the week of November 25th-November 29th, 2002, the total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, increased by 14% and reached 637 thousand US dollars. The number of trades rose from 9 to 11.
Russian Trading System Order-Driven Market Weekly Data: November 25th - November 29th

Date 02/12/2002

For the week of November 25th-November 29th, 2002, securities traded on the Order-driven market 7 945 times. The total turnover on the unified market of two exchanges equaled 2 226 million rubles, with 215 million shares changing hands (last week showed 2 312 million rubles, 247 million traded shares).
Russian Trading System Classic Market Weekly Data: November 25th - November 29th

Date 02/12/2002

For the week of November 25th -November 29th, 2002, the RTS Index gained 2.24% and closed at 361.15. The RTS Technical Index rose inched 1.84% up to 397.01.