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The Korea Futures Exchange Weekly Bulletin February 25 To March 1

Date 06/03/2002

Following the previous week's mild upward trend, the KOSDAQ50 Index futures market represented some strength over the week. In spite of the continued strength in the local stock markets, the KTB futures market rallied over the week as we just saw during the previous week. The strong tie between the foreign investor's purchasing pattern in local stock markets and the price of USD/KRW seemed to continue this week.
SWX Monthly Report February 2002

Date 06/03/2002

The SWX Monthly Report with statistics as at February 2002 can be accessed at: http://www.swx.com/market/downloads_monthly_02_en.html .
Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Listed Companies Report Total Profits Of 200 Billion Baht In 2001, A Rise Of More Than 5 Times

Date 06/03/2002

Listed companies reported their 2001 operational performance with a 206 billion baht net profit, a rise of more than 5 times from last year, led by the Energy Sector, Building Materials, Communications, Transportation, and Agribusiness. The Finance and Banking Sector also reported a rise in net profits.
Standard & Poor's Announces S&P/TSE Canadian Sector Indices

Date 06/03/2002

Standard & Poor's announces the constituents of the seven new live sector indices and two new live sub-industry indices that will be introduced after the close of business on Thursday, March 21, 2002. A list of the sector constituents can be found in the attached file. Also included are the regular quarterly revisions to the existing three live sector indices and one live sub-industry index. These changes are effective after the close of business on Thursday, March 21, 2002.
Partnership Agreement Between Fininfo And Euronext

Date 06/03/2002

Fininfo and Euronext have signed a partnership agreement aiming at establishing a joint venture in the field of securities information.

LIFFE Announces A Further 22 Universal Stock Futures

Date 06/03/2002

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has announced that it will list a further 22 Universal Stock Futures from 18 April 2002. From that date a total of 118 Universal Stock Futures will be available, the greatest number and broadest range of international single stock futures on any exchange in the world. The 118 companies have an underlying market capitalisation of €7.69 trillion.
HKEx Welcomes The Government's Plan To Strengthen Hong Kong's Financial Markets

Date 06/03/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Financial Secretary's pledge to continue to work with the financial markets participants to further strengthen Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange Council Approves Xetra BEST - Trading Hours Under Consideration

Date 06/03/2002

The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) approved the introduction of an additional trading service by Deutsche Börse AG for private investors' orders on the Xetra platform, effective September 2. The new service, Xetra Best Execution ? Xetra BEST for short ? supports the immediate execution of orders from private investors as well as a better price compared with the price that currently would have come about in the Xetra order book. Technical imple
Euronext: Daily Turnover In Shares Down 0.4% In February. Strong Growth Of Nexttrack Activity

Date 06/03/2002

-- Share trading through Euronext NV orderbooks averaged €6.36 billion per day in February 2002, down slightly (0.4%) from the previous month. Total trading in February 2002 was €127.2 billion. Daily average trading was €7.18 billion in February 2001 and €6.59 billion over the whole year 2001.
Euronext.Liffe Trades 56.8 Million Contracts In February, Up 37% From February 2001

Date 06/03/2002

Euronext.Liffe, the derivatives business of Euronext, traded a total of 56.8 million contracts during February 2002. Average daily volume amounted to 2.84 million contracts, which represents an underlying nominal value of €646.3 billion, confirming Euronext.Liffe as the second largest derivatives exchange in the world in terms of value. Total open interest stood at 115 million contracts at the close of trading on 28 February 2002.