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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 07/03/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Monday, March 10, 2003: The relative weight of CREIT - Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: REF.UN) will increase by approximately 0.17% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.67% in the S&P/TSX Canadian REIT Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance o
SGX To Launch DRAM Futures In 2Q Of This Year

Date 07/03/2003

SGX will launch the Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) futures contract in the 2nd quarter of 2003. Apart from minor adjustments to the trading hours and contract months, the contract size is also reduced from 10,000 to 1,000 pieces. To view the DRAM contract specs please click here
RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market Posts New Record

Date 07/03/2003

On March 7th, 2003, the RTS Order-driven market posted a new record of 1 billion 44 million rubles, a 36,6% increase over the previous, March 5th, 2003, record of 764 million. 1 657 trades were executed.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc., Reports Earnings For 2002

Date 07/03/2003

NYMEX Holdings, Inc., the holding company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday reported net income of $12.3 million for 2002 compared with net income of $0.7 million in 2001.
NYBOT Launches Revised NYSE Composite Index® Contracts

Date 07/03/2003

The New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) subsidiary of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) has launched trading in futures contracts based on the newly revised New York Stock Exchange Composite Index®. The NYSE's flagship index represents the aggregate performance of the world's best companies that meet NYSE standards, and the revisions are designed to make the Index a better measure of the performance of NYSE-listed issues.

London Stock Exchange: Monthly Market Report For February 2003 - Number Of UK Trades Continue To Rise In February

Date 07/03/2003

The total number of UK and international trades on the London Stock Exchange in February 2003 was 4.21 million, up six per cent from 3.96 million in February 2002. This was despite a year on year decline in the number of international trades.
Financial Supervision Commission: Increase In Non-Resident Company Duty

Date 07/03/2003

With effect from 1st April 2003, the rate of Non-Resident Company Duty ("NRCD") is being increased to £1000.
Exchange To Begin Offering Coal Futures Contract On NYMEX ClearPort<SUP>sm</SUP> Trading Platform

Date 07/03/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will move its NYMEX Division coal futures contract from open outcry trading to its NYMEX ClearPortsm electronic trading platform starting the afternoon of April 3 for the April 4 trading session.
Eurex Expands French Equity Options Segment - 27 New Equity Options Tradable At Eurex As Of March10 - Trading With Two Expiration Cycles

Date 07/03/2003

On March 10, as previously announced, Eurex, the international derivatives market, is launching 27 new options as well as the related LEPOs (low price equity options) on French equities, thus further expanding its worldwide leading position in the trading of equity option contracts. The world's Number One equity options exchange will offer nearly all of the equities in the CAC 40 French benchmark index as options on the Eurex platform. Eurex is the only exchange to make French equity options ava
Changes To Nominees For OM's Board Of Directors

Date 07/03/2003

OM Board member Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus has declined to be put forward for re-election at the Annual General Meeting on March 19. As a result, the Nominating Committee will propose seven Board members instead of eight as announced in the notice to attend the Annual General Meeting.