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Stockholmsbörsen: Trading In Pfizer Shares As Of May 5

Date 29/04/2003

Trading in Pfizer shares on Stockholmsbörsen will commence on May 5, 2003. Pfizer shares will be traded on a new list for non-Swedish shares - the Xternal list. The Pfizer shares, which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, will be traded in the same manner as trading in other shares on Stockholmsbörsen.
RTS Stock Market Derivatives Market Tariffs To Change

Date 29/04/2003

Effective April 30th, 2003, the off-market transaction registration fees will be lowered. The fees applicable to each side of the party (with VAT) will change as follows: "LUKOil" futures contract - from 1 ruble to 0.75 rubles USD/RUR exchange rate - from 1.5 rubles to 0.75 rubles Options on futures on "Gazprom" stock - from 0.6 rubles to 0.45 rubles.
New Volume Record in Options Set On Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange

Date 29/04/2003

The new all-time daily record in option trading - 36 million rubles - was set on FORTS (Futures &Options on RTS), the derivatives section of the RTS Stock Exchange. The previous all-time options trading volume, as of March 3, 2003, equaled 35 million rubles.
Nasdaq Liffe Markets Announces New Product Listing - 4 New Stocks - Taking NQLX Listing To 91 Products

Date 29/04/2003

Nasdaq Liffe Markets, LLC (NQLX) announced today that it intends to add four new single stock futures beginning May 2, 2003. These additions will take the total number of NQLX products to 91, including futures on 85 individual stocks and 6 ETFs.
London Stock Exchange Plans Enhanced Trading Services For Mid-Cap Stocks

Date 29/04/2003

The London Stock Exchange announced today plans to enhance its trading service for mid-cap securities with the creation of a new hybrid market segment that will combine the benefits of the SETS electronic order book with those of market making.

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Successful Conversion Of 108 Main Board Counters To Standard Board Lot Of 100 Units

Date 29/04/2003

One hundred and eight securities listed on the Trading/Services sector of the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) were successfully converted to trade in standard board lots of 100 units with effect from 9.00a.m. yesterday, Monday, 28 April 2003.
HKEx Launches Web-Based Platform For Online Subscription And Dissemination Of Historical Data Products

Date 29/04/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announces today (Tuesday) the introduction of HKEx Data Products - a web-based platform which provides easy access to HKEx's historical data products through online subscription, payment and delivery.
FTSE & Euronext Launch Two New European Indices

Date 29/04/2003

FTSE and Euronext today introduce FTSEurofirst, a new tradable suite of pan-European indices. FTSEurofirst is the result of a co-operation between FTSE and Euronext and combines high liquidity with better market coverage, representation, and index tracking, to offer a superior index solution for trading European equities.
FTSE & Euronext Launch 2 New European Indices

Date 29/04/2003

FTSE Group and Euronext co-operate to create 2 new indices for Europe: the FTSEurofirst series
Eurex Enhances Efficiency And Flexibility In Clearing - Sector-Based Risk Management Has Definite Cost-Related Advantages For Eurex Clients - Eurex Accepts Fixed-Income ETF As Clearing Collateral

Date 29/04/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives market, will further enhance efficiency in the netting of risks for derivatives transactions, so-called cross margining, as well as flexibility by expanding the depositable collateral. The world's largest derivatives market announced this on Tuesday. As of June 2, 2003, offsetting risks from positions in derivatives on equities and indices in the same sector will be netted in the calculation of margin payments. Bundling the margin collateral reduces the margi