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Stock Exchange Of Thailand: BAFS Leads Top Trading Stock In April

Date 03/05/2002

The Managing Director of the Capital Market Opportunity Center (CMOC) and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), Ms. Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, commenting on securities trading figures on the SET and the MAI, has announced the following figures: "In April 2002, securities trading reached 163,071.48 million baht in total, a decline from March 2002 of 27.82% or 62,859.24 million baht. One of the main contributors to this decline appears to have been the number of long holidays in the month of

Pay Parity Voted For CFTC

Date 03/05/2002

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman James E. Newsome expressed profound appreciation to the House and Senate conferees for including a "pay parity" provision for the CFTC in the six-year farm bill that was passed by the House this week and is expected to be voted on by the Senate next week. This provision will permit the CFTC, as a member of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, to compensate its employees at a level comparable to other federal financial regulatory

Pan Capital Starts As A Trading Member Of Helsinki Exchanges

Date 03/05/2002

Pan Capital will start as a trading member of Helsinki Exchanges on May 6, 2002. Pan Capital will trade in the HETI trading system from Stockholm.

Nymex Trading Sets Second Consecutive Monthly Volume Record

Date 03/05/2002

April trading activity set monthly records for the second consecutive month on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., for overall volume; NYMEX Division volume; NYMEX Division futures volume; NYMEX Division options volume; energy futures and options volume; light, sweet crude oil futures volume; light, sweet crude oil options volume; and natural gas futures volume.

Nasdaq Announces Increased Revenue Sharing With Market Participants And A New Way To Assess Regulatory Fee

Date 03/05/2002

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®) today announced a pilot program to increase the amount of tape revenue to be shared with market participants that report trades to Nasdaq and a new process to assess regulatory costs.

HKATS' Bulletin Board Function To Be Available For HK Stock Options Trading

Date 03/05/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Friday) that the Bulletin Board function on HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, will be available for the trading of Hong Kong stock options from the start of trading on Monday, 6 May.

HEX PLC´S Interim Report For 1-3/2002

Date 03/05/2002

Consolidated turnover increased by 3.6 per cent to 23.8 million euro (1-3/2001:22.9 million euro). Operating profit decreased by 7.9 per cent to 6.9 million euro (7.5 million euro), corresponding to 28.9% of turnover (32.5%). Profit before extraordinary items, appropriations and taxes amounted to 7.8 million euro (7.5 million euro), 4.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The full report can be accessed by clicking

FTSE World Markets Report And FTSE UK Markets Report For April 2002

Date 03/05/2002

The FTSE World Markets Report And FTSE UK Markets Report For April 2002 is available by clicking here.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Record For Share Trading In April Despite Price Drop

Date 03/05/2002

The turnover on the equity market amounted to DKK 48.9 billion in April 2002, which was an all-time high since the new reporting rules were implemented in July last year and corresponds to an increase of 34 per cent compared with March. The turnover should moreover be seen in the light of a coinciding fall in the KFX Index of 8 per cent. The average daily trading volume reached DKK 2.4 billion, an increase of 27 per cent on March 2002.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices : S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 02/05/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: Effective after the close on Wednesday, May 1, 2002, Touchstone Resources Ltd. (TSX: TCH.U) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. On that date, the company changed the currency in which it trades to US dollars. Under S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index methodology, only Canadian-dollar denominated securities are eligible for inclusion in the index. Effective after the close