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HEX Helsinki Closed On New Year's Eve

Date 02/12/2003

HEX Helsinki equity and derivatives markets will be closed on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2003.

Dow Jones Indexes Changes Composition Of Dow Jones TRAC-X North America High Yield Portfolio

Date 02/12/2003

Dow Jones Indexes today announced the new composition of the Dow Jones TRAC-X North America High Yield Index series.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: American Growth Boom Creates A Basis For A Continued Positive Atmosphere On The Equity Markets - But For How Long?

Date 02/12/2003

At present, the USA is experiencing a genuine growth boom, but the question is how soon will the boom times end? In Focus no. 70 Equity Analyst Bjørn Schwarz, Sydbank Markets, looks at the forces behind the recovery and the risks lurking in the horizon.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Bond Trading In The First 11 Months Of 2003 Exceeded The Total Turnover In 2002

Date 02/12/2003

In the first 11 months of the year, turnover on the bond market exceeded the total turnover in 2002. Until end-November, the turnover thus came to nearly DKK 6.000 billion, which is approx. DKK 87 billion more than the total turnover in 2002. In November, the turnover reached more than DKK 512 billion, a 3 per cent increase on the month before.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange Amendment To The Rules On Capped Indices

Date 02/12/2003

From 1 January 2004, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange will calculate the weights for the capped indices KAXcap and KBXcap every week as opposed to every six months, which is the practice today. At the same time the Exchange lowers the capping thresholds of a company's maximum weight, and the thresholds for how much companies with significant shares in the index may weight in the aggregate.

CBOT® Posts Solid November Volume Gains - Up 18.2 Percent From 2002

Date 02/12/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced November trading volume rose 18.2 percent over November 2002 levels to 37,556,325 contracts.

CBOT® Announces Fairfax International To Receive Reduced Transaction Fees Under New Passive Investor Category

Date 02/12/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that Fairfax International Investments Ltd. is one of the firms recently to qualify for reduced transaction fees under the CBOT's revised membership requirements.

CBOT Fed Watch - December 2003

Date 02/12/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 9, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

ASX Research Provides Insight Into Self-Managed Super Funds

Date 02/12/2003

Most self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees find developing an investment strategy the biggest challenge of having their own fund, research commissioned by ASX has found.

The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Short-Interest Release Dates For 2004

Date 01/12/2003