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Euronext Paris: Second Marché Celebrates 20th Anniversary - Driving Growth For SMEs New Opportunities For Investors

Date 30/01/2003

Launched on 1 February 1983, the Second Marché is now 20 years old. A regulated market, it is designed especially for small and medium-size companies with good profitability and attractive growth prospects that have reached maturity in their sector. In its early years, the Second Marché was primarily a marketplace for family-owned companies seeking to broaden ownership. As time went, it became a source of new financing as seen in increasing volumes of secondary issues.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Record Revenues, Earnings For 2002 - A 35 Percent Increase In Average Daily Trading Volume, Led By A 141 Percent Increase In Electronic Trading Volume, Contributed To Record Revenues

Date 30/01/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) today reported record revenues and earnings for 2002, primarily due to increased trading volume. Net revenues increased 17 percent to a record $453.2 million for 2002, compared with $387.2 million for 2001. Net income was $94.1 million for 2002, an increase of 25 percent from $75.1 million for the previous year. Diluted earnings per share were $3.13 for 2002 versus $2.57 for 2001.
UBS To List Fresco DJ EURO STOXX 50 Bees Tracker On EURONEXT

Date 29/01/2003

Euronext Paris will today start trading in Fresco Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Bees tracker listed on NextTrack, the Euronext segment dedicated to trackers.
SEC Charges KPMG And Four KPMG Partners With Fraud In Connection With Audits Of Xerox - SEC Seeks Injunction, Disgorgement And Penalties

Date 29/01/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today sued KPMG LLP and four KPMG partners - including the head of the firm's department of professional practice - in connection with the audits of Xerox Corp. from 1997 through 2000. The Commission's action, filed in federal district court in New York, charges the firm and four partners with fraud, and seeks injunctions, disgorgement of all fees and civil money penalties.
OM AB - Financial Statement 2002

Date 29/01/2003

Summary Revenues totalled SEK 2 640 m (3 072). Income before depreciation amounted to SEK 304 m (130). Operating income totaled SEK -24 m (-453). Pre-tax profit was SEK -56 m (-469). Earnings per share was SEK -0.85 (-0.30). Cost-reduction program carried out. Closure of Jiway. EDX London created together with London Stock Exchange. New clearing order to NordPool.

Market Participants Discuss The Current State And The Prospects Of The Government Securities Market At A Meeting Organized By The RF Finance Ministry, The Bank Of Russia, The MICEX And The NSA

Date 29/01/2003

The 2003 government borrowings program provides for the increase of the volume of the government securities market, the optimization of interest expenses on the servicing of the national debt, the launching of new instruments and the widening of the investor base. These are the main issues discussed at the meeting of market professionals, organized by the RF Finance Ministry, the Bank of Russia and the MICEX with the participation of the National Stock Association (NSA). At the meeting, Deputy F
KCBT Delists ISDEX® Futures And Options

Date 29/01/2003

The board of directors of the Kansas City Board of Trade voted yesterday to delist and declare dormant the ISDEX® futures and options contracts traded at the exchange. The action is effective immediately. The contracts have no open interest and have not had significant trading volume for several months.
HKEx: Temporary Interruption In HKATS operations

Date 29/01/2003

HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, experienced a temporary interruption from 16:11 to 16:20 and resumed normal operations thereafter.
Euronext.liffe Market Solutions Newsletter

Date 29/01/2003

I have great pleasure in attaching a copy of the Euronext.liffe first Market Solutions newsletter. It provides an update on Euronext.liffe's current projects with TIFFE, the CBOT and NQLX as well as the migration of the Paris and Brussels markets. It also explores some of the functionality provided by LIFFE CONNECT trading platform.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Focus: Short selling - A Positive Contribution To The Equity Market

Date 29/01/2003

Short selling is an important equity market activity that supports more liquid and efficient markets. This is the preliminary assessment in a report issued by the FSA, the British financial supervisory authority. The report has been submitted for consultation in the public until 31 January 2003.