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Commerzbank Teams With FTSE To Create New Retail Bond Certificate

Date 15/05/2003

Commerzbank, one of the largest German banks, announces a new investment certificate, the Commerzbank Europe ZinsPlus. The certificate is based on the FTSE Euro Corporate Bond Index, and gives retail as well as institutional investors in Germany, the opportunity to invest in investment grade rated Euro denominated bonds, with the backing of two highly respected financial services institutions.
CME Eurodollar Futures Sets New Open Interest Record

Date 15/05/2003

Open interest in Eurodollar futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to record levels yesterday, May 14, with 5,109,036 positions. The previous record of 5,103,238 open positions was set on March 8, 2002. Open interest in Eurodollar mid-curve options on futures also posted a record day yesterday, with 2,415,847 positions, surpassing its previous record of 2,366,555 set on May 13.
Chicago Board Of Trade To Release CBOT Advantage Real-Time Quote Service

Date 15/05/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that it will launch CBOT Advantage--a real-time streaming quotes, charts, news, and weather solution offered on the CBOT web site--on May 21, 2003. CBOT Advantage will replace the exchange's current real-time data offering. Future Source, a leader in the real-time futures, commodities and foreign exchange industry, has designed and developed the solution.
CBOE Trading Schedule For Memorial Day Holiday

Date 15/05/2003

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Memorial Day holiday: Friday, May 23: CBOE interest rate option products will close at 12:00 Noon CDT (Chicago time).
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics April 2003

Date 15/05/2003

Riga In April the Riga Stock Exchange trading volume amounted to EUR 36.78 million. Equity trading with EUR 19.96 million this time surpassed debt trading, which was EUR 16.82 million. Ventspils nafta with EUR 11.8 million was the leader of equity market owing to the transfer of a large block of shares. Latvijas balzams with EUR 6.96 million was number two in terms of traded volume; the trading was brisk during the share buyout period from April 7 till May 6. Latvijas Gâze with EUR

American Stock Exchange Response to SEC on Corporate Governance

Date 15/05/2003

Please click here to view American Stock Exchange response to SEC on Corporate Governance.
Warrants Traded On The Bolsa De Madrid Post A New Record In April - The Number Of Premiums Traded Increased 245%

Date 14/05/2003

Trading in warrants on the Bolsa de Madrid came in at a record 209 million Euros in April 2003, which represents a 17.7% increase on the previous month, in which the value of warrants traded was 177.5 million euros. In comparison with the same period last year trading volumes in warrants shows an increase of 244.65%.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Board Report -April 2003

Date 14/05/2003

Review of Listing Systems to Accelerate Corporate Revival Last year the Japanese government established the Strategic Headquarters for Industrial Revival and Employment Measures, which Prime Minister Koizumi heads, and that headquarters adopted the Basic Guidelines for Corporate and Industrial Revival.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 16 May 2003

Date 14/05/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 16 May 2003, responding to the release of a GDP figure at 8:50am.
SWX Indices: Exclusion Of Securities From The SPI<SUP><SMALL>®</SUP></SMALL> Index

Date 14/05/2003

Recently, shares of various companies have been repurchased in connection with going-private programmes. In view of this and the impending delisting of the securities listed below, the SWX has decided the following: As of the date of the official delisting of Hilti, all shares affected by such a procedure will be excluded from the SPI® Index. The following securities will be excluded from the SPI® as of 26 May (following the close of trading on 23 May):