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The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreement For 24.1 Billion Krónur.

Date 20/02/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on February 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 24.1 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Osaka Securities Exchange And Nasdaq Japan, Inc., Appoint Citibank As the Securities Clearing Agent For International Stocks Traded On The Nasdaq Japan Market

Date 20/02/2001

The Osaka Securities Exchange, Nasdaq Japan, Inc., and Citibank, N.A. today announced their agreement to appoint Citibank as the securities clearing agent for international stocks traded on the Nasdaq Japan Market, a section of the Osaka Securities Exchange
Nymex To Allow Comex Division Seat Owners To Act As Brokers For Platinum, Palladium And Propane Contracts Beginning Feb.21

Date 20/02/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that beginning tomorrow, COMEX Division seat-owners and employees of member firms using COMEX Division seats owned by their firms will be allowed to do brokerage business in NYMEX Division platinum, palladium, and propane futures and platinum options.
Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For January 2001

Date 20/02/2001

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 1339.8 points at the end of January, a decrease of 8.3 points from the closing value at the end of December.
Euronext Amsterdam: E/S Norden A/S Will Be Deleted From The EPRA Indices

Date 20/02/2001

The shareholders of EjendomsSelskabet Norden A/S accepted the takeover bid of Norden Invest. Norden Invest currenly controls 95,1% of the shares outstanding and will be delisted very soon after 8 March. EjendomsSelskabet Norden A/S will be deleted from the relevant indices with effect from Monday 26 February 2001, in accordance with rule 5.3.3. of the index ground rules.

CBOT Announces Appointment Of David Vitale As President And CEO

Date 20/02/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade, the largest futures and options exchange in the U.S., today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed David J. Vitale, a long-time Chicago bank executive with years of experience in capital markets, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Vitale replaces Dennis A. Dutterer, who served as the CBOT®'s Interim President and CEO for nine months since the departure last April of former President and CEO Thomas R. Donovan.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 20/02/2001

It was a week of mixed fortunes but the overall trend was higher with the market up 1.8%.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company news

Date 20/02/2001

Stanchart reported disappointing results for the full year to 31st December 2000.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change In S&P/TSE 60 Capped And S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Indices

Date 19/02/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, February 20, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE 60 Capped and S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Indices.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Taskforce Issues Guidance On Internal Controls

Date 19/02/2001

The Taskforce on Internal Controls, established by Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), has issued the guidance - ‘Statement On Internal Control: Guidance for Directors of Public Listed Companies’. The guidance is being issued in relation to paragraph 15.27(b) of the new Listing Requirements which stipulates that a listed issuer must ensure that its board of directors must make a statement in its annual report about the state of internal control of the company as a group.