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NZX Announces New Market Participant Structure

Date 04/12/2003

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes to announce that it has redefined the framework for regulating and monitoring the conduct of NZX market participants. Accordingly, NZX is releasing today a new market participant structure and draft NZX Participant Rules for public review and submission. The NZX Participant Rules will replace the NZX Business Rules, NZX Regulations and Code of Practice. The rules that apply to market participants have been renamed the "NZX Participant Rules", to better r
Nymex: Position Limit Rules Amended For Aluminum And Copper Futures; Reporting Levels Changed For Gold, Silver, And Copper Options

Date 04/12/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., has increased the position limit on spot month aluminum contracts, increased the minimum size of the spot month position limit in copper futures, and adjusted the large trader reporting levels for the gold, silver, and copper options contracts to reflect the same levels as the related futures contracts.
Nymex: Exchange To List Additional Gasoline Months

Date 04/12/2003

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday approved listing the November and December 2004 unleaded gasoline futures contracts as of the December 8 trading session, which begins at 7 PM on December 7 on NYMEX ACCESS®.
NYMEX Holdings, INC., To Distribute Dividend To Shareholders

Date 04/12/2003

The board of directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., voted last night to declare and distribute a dividend of $2.5 million to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2003.
November On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 04/12/2003

In November 2003 all WSE indices fell. The WIG20 index, which groups together the largest companies, fell the most.

New Laws To Improve UK Corporate Conduct Published - Companies Bill Introduced In The House Of Lords

Date 04/12/2003

Protecting Britain against Enron style corporate scandals and creating a new form of company for social enterprise are at the heart of new legislation unveiled by the Government today.
New EuroMTS Market For EU Accession States Successfully Launched

Date 04/12/2003

NewEuroMTS, the market for trading euro-denominated government securities of the EU Accession States, was successfully launched on November 17. Securities from Poland and Hungary, the first countries to meet the listing requirements of the segment, immediately benefited from the liquidity, efficiency and transparency of the MTS model. New EuroMTS is aimed at promoting the efforts of the EU Accession States towards integration into the European fixed-income capital markets.
Listing On NYSE Reduces Trading Costs And Volatility, Says Study

Date 04/12/2003

Trading costs and volatility are lower at the NYSE than at Nasdaq, according to a New York Stock Exchange study that examined 39 companies that transferred to the NYSE from Nasdaq.
Instinet To Disclose Top Routed Volume

Date 04/12/2003

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INGP) today announced that INET, the electronic marketplace that will represent the combination of Instinet ECN and Island ECN, will disclose routed transaction volume for its most actively routed stocks. Following the close of U.S. equity markets on Dec. 4, a "Top Routed List," will be available on INET's public website, and will sort securities based on volume routed externally using Instinet's SmartRouter. In addition, a "Top Volume List" will display the
Impressive Trading Volume Continues As NYBOT Sustains Record Pace - Ag And Financial Products Register Another Month Of Big Gains In 2003

Date 04/12/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) rolled up more dramatic gains amid intense activity across nearly every market. Heading into the final month of 2003, the NYBOT markets maintained a 17% lead over the previous year (year-to-date [YTD] 2003 = 22,593,799 vs. 2002 = 19,384,177). By the end of the first week of November 2003, the NYBOT markets had surpassed the total trading volume for the entire year of 2002.