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The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions

Date 27/03/2001

As of mid-March, short interest in 3,701 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 3,569,101,644 compared with 3,404,775,518 shares in 3,759 National Market issues for the month of February.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 29.4 Billion Krónur.

Date 27/03/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on March 20 of the maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 11.4 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 29.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
SGX-ITS, DBS Securities And OCBC Securities Form Joint Venture - Company First To Offer Outsourced Securities Processing And Settlement Outsourced Securities Processing services Company In Asia Pacific

Date 27/03/2001

Singapore Exchange IT Solutions (SGX-ITS), DBS Securities and OCBC Securities today signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to provide outsourcing services to the securities industry.
Nasdaq Announces Creation Of The Nasdaq-100 After-Hours Indicator - Tracks Nasdaq-100 Stocks In After-Hours Trading - Offers Investors A View Of Stock Movement In the After-Hours Market - Updated Every 60 Seconds After Official Market Close On www.nasdaq.

Date 27/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced the creation of the Nasdaq-100 After-Hours IndicatorSM (AHI), an extension to the Nasdaq-100 Pre-Market IndicatorSM (PMI). Nasdaq® introduced PMI last October to provide better information and to gauge investor sentiment during extended trading hours. AHI, the service announced today, is available on www.nasdaq.com, a leading online resource for financial news and information on the stock market. Nasdaq designed the AHI to help investors gain a bett
Nasdaq Agrees To Acquire Majority Ownership In Easdaq As Part Of European Strategy - Companies Will Form Partnership To Develop Preeminent Pan-European Platform - Discussions With Other Potential European Partners Continue

Date 27/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced it has agreed to acquire a majority ownership in Easdaq, the Belgium-based, pan-European stock exchange.

Board Of Directors Appoints Gisler To Eurex Executive Board - Ferscha: Otto E. Nägeli Made A Major Contribution To Eurex' Success

Date 27/03/2001

The Eurex Board of Directors appointed Daniel Markus Gisler to the Executive Board of Eurex Zürich AG on Tuesday, effective retroactively from March 15, 2001. At the same time, the Supervisory Boards of Eurex Frankfurt AG and Eurex Clearing AG appointed Gisler to the Executive Boards of the respective companies. Gisler will be responsible on the Eurex Executive Board for the Clearing Division, which was headed by Otto E. Nägeli until March 20.
S&P TOPIX 150 Index Change

Date 26/03/2001

TSE and Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TOPIX 150 Index after the close of trading Friday, March 30, 2001.
Nasdaq’s Second Decimalization Pilot To Be Implemented On Monday - Includes 177 Companies And 199 Associated Securities All Nasdaq Securities To Be Fully Converted By April 9

Date 26/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced that it will implement its second decimalization pilot on Monday, March 26, 2001, when an additional 177 companies and 199 associated securities will begin quoting and trading in decimals.
LIFFE And Nasdaq Form Partnership To Offer Single Stock Futures In US And Europe

Date 26/03/2001

Today the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE), the world's leading electronic derivatives exchange, and The Nasdaq Stock Market®, the world's leading electronic stock market, announce a partnership to develop the single stock futures market, based on global stocks, for US and European customers. These products will be listed on LIFFE CONNECT ™, LIFFE's electronic trading platform.
Kerstin Hessius Appointed As New President Of Stockholmsbörsen

Date 26/03/2001

Kerstin Hessius has been appointed as the new President of Stockholmsbörsen. Kerstin Hessius will take up her position on August 6, 2001.