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London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For March 2002 - Number Of UK Trades Up 6% On March 2001 - Average Daily Trading Up 7% On March 2001

Date 08/04/2002

The number of UK trades on the London Stock Exchange continued to rise in March, with a 6 per cent increase to 2.9 million trades, compared with 2.7 million trades in the same month in 2001. There were 20 trading days in March 2002, compared with 22 in March 2001. The average number of daily trades in UK and international shares rose by 7 per cent from 193,536 in March 2001 to 207,476 in March 2002. 53.9 billion UK shares were traded in March, up from 51.7 billion in March 2001. T
London Metal Exchange March 2002 Volume

Date 08/04/2002

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,022,179 lots in March 2002. This figure was made up of 4,800,858 lots of futures, 208,561 lots of options and 12,760 lots of TAPOs.
HKEx To Introduce Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures

Date 08/04/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Futures for trading on Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, on Monday, 6 May.
Euronext Executive Wins CFO Europe Award

Date 08/04/2002

Serge Harry, Chief Financial Officer of Euronext N.V, has received a Best Practices Award from CFO Europe magazine, for Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestments in 2001.
CBOE Increases Up To 250 Contracts Order Size Eligible For Automatic Execution In RCQ, RDZ Options Effective Immediately

Date 08/04/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, today announced that, effective immediately, select option orders for Broadcom, Inc. (ticker symbols RCQ and RDZ) of up to 250 contracts and LEAPS (Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Secutities) option orders (ticker symbols ORD, OGJ, VJG, OYG, and LGJ) of up to 100 contracts are now eligible for automatic execution on CBOE's Retail Automatic Execution System (RAES).

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 08/04/2002

All but one stock traded this week and some managed to climb to new highs although volumes have been moderate.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 08/04/2002

Furnmart reported disappointing interim results for the six months to 31st January 2002. Revenue fell 20.3% to P37.4m with operating income down 30.4% to P6.1m. Income before tax was down 46.2% at P4.1m, while earnings were half those of last year at P2.8m. The results also included a foreign exchange loss of P1.6m (on a loan to the Namibian subsidiary) as a result of the depreciation of Namibian Dollar against the pula. The drop in revenue was attributed to extremely difficult trading condition
ASX Listing Rule Amendments For Foreign Companies

Date 08/04/2002

The Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (ASX) will proceed with Listing Rule amendments which raise the threshold for admission to the Foreign Exempt category. To be eligible, entities must have $A2 billion of net assets, or $A200 million profit after tax in each of the previous three years.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange - Old Crop/New Crop Canola Price Trends

Date 06/04/2002

To date this crop year, both Jul 02 and Nov 02 canola futures have been trading at levels above those seen in the previous year. In mid-October 2001, Nov 02 canola futures reached a contract low of $288.00/tonne. Since then, Nov 02 futures have trended higher reaching a contract high of $341.50/tonne on March 12, 2002 and ending the month at $333.00/tonne.
March Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Futures And Options Volumes Traded At More Traditional Levels

Date 06/04/2002

Overall, total futures volume for March 2002 was 40.0% lower than the record 303,720 contracts observed for the same month a year ago. With the Exchange for Physicals (EFPs) included, March 2002 futures trading volume totaled 190,446 contracts. Total futures open interest levels as of March 31, 2002 were 73,613 contracts, 42.3% below the 127,471 contracts open on March 31, 2001.