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The Bank Of New York, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Introduce New Collateral Management Program To Help Members Meet Margin Requirements

Date 19/08/2002

The Bank of New York, a leading provider of securities services, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced the introduction of a new program which expands the range of collateral that CME members can use to satisfy margin requirements. The Bank of New York's collateral management system will provide CME participants with enhanced collateral flexibility.
Russian Trading System: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th -August 16th, 2002, the RTS Index posted a 4.74% gain from 324.78 on August 9th to close at 340.18. The RTS Technical Index stood at 373.72, up 4.16% on the week.
Russian Trading System Bonds: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th-August 16th, 2002, total volume in the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, decreased from 1 577 thousand dollars to 1 090 thousand. The number of trades went up from 15 to 21.
NYSE Announces First-Half 2002 Financial Results

Date 19/08/2002

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenues of $425.0 million and net income of $20.7 million in the first six months of 2002, as compared with $444.7 million in revenue and $41.7 million in net income during the same period a year ago.
NYBOT Exchanges' Rulebooks On Website

Date 19/08/2002

Beginning today, Monday August 19th, the by-laws and rules for NYBOT, each of the NYBOT exchanges and the New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) can be directly accessed on the NYBOT or the NYBOT Member websites. To access the rulebooks, go to the home page of either the NYBOT (www.nybot.com) or NYBOT Member (www.member.nybot.com) websites and click on "NYBOT Rulebooks". There you will find links to each of the rulebooks.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month HIBOR Futures Contract

Date 19/08/2002

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 Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 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.
Futures & Options On Russian Trading System: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th-August 16th, 2002, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 434.2 thousand contracts or 1 483 million rubles in underlying value. 10 279 trades were executed. The previous week data are as follows: 12 614 trades; 546 thousand contracts with an underlying value of 1 784 million rubles.
CBOT Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Its Interest Rate Complex - A Quarter-Century Later, CBOT's Interest Rate Complex Still Makes A Difference To The Consumer's Bottom Line

Date 19/08/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOT) premier interest rate futures and options complex--with CBOT® Treasury bond futures and options and 10-year Treasury Note futures marking anniversary milestones this year--continues to provide global market users the highest standard for liquidity, transparency and integrity in the ever-competitive risk management industry.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 19/08/2002

The market bounced back almost 1% this week but on low volumes with institutional investors generally sitting on the side lines.
Palestine Securities Exchange Trading Session On Afternoon Of Saturday August 17

Date 17/08/2002

The Palestine Securities Exchange said in a press release today: "This is to announce that a trading session at the PSE will take place (Exceptionally) today afternoon between 2-3 PM. This should be the first trading session since about two months because of the curfew and closure imposed on the City of Nablus and other cities from the Israeli army."