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Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 April 2003

Date 23/04/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 30 April 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am. Please note that with the launch of TIFFE new systems from 28 April, Pre-open and Open of the morning session will be changed as follows:
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 23/04/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, April 24, 2003: Energas Resources Inc. (TSXVN:EEG) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange at the request of the company after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 7, 2003. The shares of the company will continue to be listed on Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 23/04/2003

In an effort to build consistency and clarity of its indices, Standard & Poor's and the TSX announce that they will change the names of the indices listed below, effective after the close Wednesday, April 30, 2003. The new names indicate that the indices are capped. The new names also differentiate between the real-time and end of day index values. Each index on the list currently is calculated on a real-time basis and is published daily via various media outlets. Tickers will not be affected.
Securities And Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson Announces Selection Of Leadership Team

Date 23/04/2003

Chairman William H. Donaldson today announced the appointment of Laura Cox, Peter Derby and Patrick Von Bargen to serve as the leadership team in the Office of the Chairman at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
RTS Stock Exchange Launches RTS Money

Date 23/04/2003

On April 22, 2003, the RTS Stock Exchange opened up RTS Money, the system facilitating OTC trading in foreign currency.

Osaka Securities Exchange Introduces A New Generation Trading Platform and Derivatives Clearing Platform

Date 23/04/2003

Osaka Securities Exchange Introduces A New Generation Trading Platform and Derivatives Clearing Platform
Kosdaq Stock Market Inc. Signs A Communique On Mutual Cooperation With The Jasdaq Market

Date 23/04/2003

The Kosdaq Stock Market Inc. held a workshop on the cooperation of growth markets with the Jasdaq Market on April 21 at Tokyo, Japan. Following the meetings, Mr. Ho-Joo Shin, President & CEO of the Kosdaq Stock Market and Mr. Nobuo Kurakazu, President of the Jasdaq Market signed a communique on mutual cooperation. The two markets agreed on exchange of information and promotion of exchanging personnel in the future.
KCBT Announces Lower Wheat Margins

Date 23/04/2003

The Kansas City Board of Trade has lowered its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective today, come as a result of decreased market volatility and are as follows:
Highly Succesful Launch Of Letras Primary Dealership On MTS Spain

Date 23/04/2003

MTS Spain yesterday surpassed volumes of €170 million in Letras del Tesoro, which represents 58% of the electronically traded T-Bill market, as the Spanish Treasury launches a T-Bill Primary Dealership, committing the Official Primary Dealers to continuously quote on these instruments.
Euronext Steps Up Efforts On Behalf Of NextEconomy And NextPrime Companies, Confirming The Strategic Importance Of Its Midcap Market - The Second NextEconomy NextPrime Event & Launch Of Investor Network Services - INeS

Date 23/04/2003

In keeping with its strategy of promoting smallcap and midcap companies, and following on from the success of the first event in September 2002, Euronext will hold its second NextEconomy NextPrime Event on April 23/24 at the Palais Brongniart in Paris.