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TSX A Global Leader In Trading Liquidity - Trading Liquidity At The TSX Better Than In Japan, UK And At NASDAQ

Date 12/12/2002

The liquidity of Canada's principal marketplace, the TSX, as measured by the market impact cost of trading, is among the best in the world, according to a recent study by Deutsche Bank and Birinyi Associates, Inc. The study, conducted earlier this year, ranks Canada just behind France and the stocks trading in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The study found that Canada's trading costs are 3.81 basis points per trade (BPS). BPS is the volume weighted price change per trade as a percentage
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) As Of December 12, 2002

Date 12/12/2002

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 12/12/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: At the open of trading on Friday, December 13, 2002, VoiceIQ Inc. will change its symbol from VIQ to VIQ.T. There will be no change in the company name, no change in the CUSIP number and no consolidation of capital.
Singapore Exchange Rewrites SGX-ST Rules - Seeks Public Views On Consultation Paper

Date 12/12/2002

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) today issued a Consultation Paper on amendments to the securities trading rules and invited market practitioners and members of the public to give feedback on the proposed changes.
Program Trading Averaged 31.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 2-Dec. 6, 2002

Date 12/12/2002

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 2-Dec. 6, 2002.

Philadelphia Stock Exchange Board Of Governors Elects Christopher R. Carter To Its Board

Date 12/12/2002

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today the election of Christopher R. Carter to its Board of Governors filling a vacant seat of an off-floor broker governor. Mr. Carter is a managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston in the Equity Division based in New York. He is global head of equity options and structured derivatives and is responsible for customer trading and proprietary arbitrage of listed and structured equity derivatives.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Board Of Governors Authorizes PHLX Management To Pursue Demutualization Plan For The Exchange

Date 12/12/2002

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that at last night's year-end meeting of the Board of Governors, PHLX Chairman and CEO, Meyer "Sandy" Frucher was authorized to pursue the development of a plan to demutualize the Exchange - converting it from its current membership structure to a shareholder-owned, for-profit corporation.
NYSE Appoints Bryant W. Seaman III As Group Executive Vice President, International

Date 12/12/2002

The New York Stock Exchange has appointed Bryant W. Seaman III as group executive vice president, International, effective immediately. Mr. Seaman, 49, who has extensive experience in global investment banking and corporate finance, will report to Robert G. Britz, president, co-chief operating officer and executive vice chairman.
Nymex to Change Margin Rates For Some Natural Gas Basis Contracts

Date 12/12/2002

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will change the margins on its San Juan; Southern California; Transco Zone 6, Northwest Pipeline, Rockies; and Texas Eastern Zone M-3 natural gas basis swaps contracts, as of the close of business tomorrow.
NYBOT Euro/Japanese Yen Contract Sets New Volume Record

Date 12/12/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®)announced today that its Euro/Japanese yen futures contract set an all-new dailyvolume record of 9,487 contracts on Monday, December 9, 2002. The new high replaces the old record of 8,958 contracts set on Thursday, March 14, 2002.