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Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange Daily Trading Volume Exceeds 50 Million US Dollars

Date 21/05/2003

On May 20th, 2003, daily trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS), the derivatives market of the RTS Stock Exchange, reached 56, 7 million rubles, or 1 752 million rubles in underlying value, the all-time record. The previous maximum set on May 19th, was exceeded by 18%.
Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange Contingency Fund Deposit To Increase by 2.5 Times

Date 21/05/2003

On its May 21st, 203, meeting, the RTS Derivatives Committee has decided to increase FORTS Contingency Fund deposit from 100 thousand to 250 thousand rubles per company. The new requirements take effect on June 17th, 2003.
Euronext Paris: Expert Commission, Indices Committee

Date 21/05/2003

In view of the outstanding public offer for Crédit Lyonnais shares and established practice in such circumstances, the Expert Commission (Indices Committee) has decided to remove temporarily Crédit Lyonnais as a component stock of the CAC 40 and SBF 120 indices at the close of trading on 21 May 2003.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Focus No. 51: Homogeneous Liquidity Pattern Across Equity Markets

Date 21/05/2003

In Focus no. 51 Market Analysts Nikolaj Hesselholt Munck and Kim Mortensen, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, evaluate liquidity on five equity markets, viz. the exchanges in Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, London and Copenhagen.
CBOT Sets Exchange Open Interest Record

Date 21/05/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced a new exchange open interest record set on May 20 at 8,611,989 contracts outstanding, surpassing the previous record of 8,445,750 contracts set August 23, 2002.

CBOT Board Names M. B. Oglesby, Jr., Public Director

Date 21/05/2003

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday appointed M.B. Oglesby, Jr., a non-member Director of the exchange for a three-year term, running from 2003 through 2005.
Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistical Report April 2003

Date 21/05/2003

Listing Total number of listed companies on CASE remained the same in April 2003, as the previous month, at 1151. No new companies were listed this month on the exchange.
American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 21/05/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 543,863,316 shares as of the May 15 settlement date, an increase of 76,761,441 from the 467,101,875 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-April. The May figure represents trades through May 12, 2003.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. Will Offer An Enhanced Flaxseed Futures Contract By Early Summer 2003

Date 20/05/2003

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (WCE) is pleased to announce the introduction of an enhanced flaxseed futures contract, effective with the December 2003 and subsequent contracts.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation

Date 20/05/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, May 21, 2003: The relative weight of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation (TSX: SC) will increase by approximately 0.11% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite Indices, by 0.70% in the S&P/TSX MidCap Index, by 2.31% in the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index and by 0.12% in the TSX 100 Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float