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Change Of HEX's Corporate Name

Date 27/04/2001

The name of the corporation Helsinki Exchanges Group Oyj has been changed. The new name of the company is HEX Oyj, in English HEX Plc. The seat of the company is Helsinki.This change has been made today in the Trade Register in accordance with the decisions made by the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Helsinki Exchanges Group Oyj.
Program Trading Averaged 27.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume during April 16-20, 2001

Date 26/04/2001

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 April 16-20.
Nasdaq To Become A Public Company

Date 26/04/2001

The Board of Directors of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®), announced today its decision to become a publicly traded company.
Meeting Of the Oslo Stock Exchange Board On 25 April 2001

Date 26/04/2001

At a meeting held yesterday, 25 April 2001, the Stock Exchange Board resolved to admit shares in Scribona AB to listing on the Main List and to admit shares in Pan Pelagic ASA to listing on the SMB List. The Stock Exchange Board also resolved to remove shares in Nortrans Offshore Limited, RC-Gruppen ASA and Industriinvestor ASA/Telecast Group AS from listing. The Stock Exchange Board imposed violation charges on three companies for breaches of the duty of disclosure.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange: Slovenian Know-How Implemented In Macedonia

Date 26/04/2001

On 25 April 2001, at the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the Macedonian Stock Exchange, Macedonian Prime Minister, Mr Ljubco Georgievski, started the trading on the electronic trading system - BEST that had been developed by the know-how and the transfer of technologies of the BTS trading system of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange. Dr Drasko Veselinovic, President & CEO of the LjSE, as well as Mr Mitja Strukelj, Slovenian Ambassador to Macedonia, and Mr Bojan Skoda, State Undersecretary from

Competing Exchanges: London Stock Exchange’s Don Cruickshank Sets Out Vision For Single Clearing And Settlement Structure

Date 26/04/2001

Don Cruickshank, Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, today set out a vision for a single European clearing and settlement infrastructure which would remove current barriers to a low cost capital market in Europe.
CBOE: MNX Sets Single-Day Volume Record

Date 26/04/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that a single-day volume record for trading options on the popular index product MNXSM, was established on Wednesday, April 25, when a total of 72,650 contracts (31,001 calls and 41,649 puts) traded. The MNX was launched eight months ago, in August 2000, as an exclusive CBOE product.
Two Years Of SMAX - Deutsche Börse Gives Positive Assessment - SMAX Also A Successful IPO Segment - As Of 2002, International Accounting Standards In Small-cap Segment

Date 25/04/2001

Two years after being launched on April 26, 1999, Deutsche Börse's SMAX quality segment has established its position as a successful platform for trading in the equities of small and medium-sized companies. There are 127 companies listed in the small-cap segment in the meantime, and 28 of them combined their IPO (initial public offering) with participation in SMAX, which means that SMAX has also developed into a successful segment for IPOs. "With SMAX we have provided a platform for small caps
Market Touch To Be Powered BY LIFFE CONNECT™

Date 25/04/2001

Today the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announces that Old Mutual Financial Services is to use LIFFE CONNECT™ as the trading system for its Market Touch venture.
KCBT Value Line® Margins Altered

Date 25/04/2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade has altered its minimum margins for trading Value Line® stock index futures. The changes, which will be effective on April 25, are as follows (old margins in brackets): Speculative: initial $3750 ($3500), maintenance $3000 ($2800) Hedge: initial $3000 ($2800), maintenance $3000 ($2800) Omnibus account: initial $3000 ($2800), maintenance $3000 ($2800) Member-For Own Account: initial $3000 ($2800), maintenance $3000 ($2800)