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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange: Review Of Flaxseed Prices And Enhancements To Contract Design

Date 04/01/2002

Review of flaxseed prices: The nearby flaxseed futures price series has been in an upward trend over the last year and a half. It has ranged from a low of $212.80/tonne in August 2000 to a high of $334.50/tonne in September 2001, a range of over $120/tonne. During this past month, however, Jan 02 Flaxseed futures declined from a high of $326.00/tonne to end the month at $306.00/tonne.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Sees Record 2001 Calendar Year Pit Trade - Total Futures And Options Volume 16% Ahead Of Year Ago Totals

Date 04/01/2002

WCE records were set for the 2001 calendar year in futures volume levels, options volume totals and total futures and options volume levels combined. Calendar-year total volume in futures was 2,679,184 contracts, well ahead of the 2,333,443 contracts traded in 2000. Within that total, canola futures volumes were 23.8% ahead of 2000 levels at 2,249,011 contracts.
Vision 2002: Masaaki Tsuchida, President and CEO Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Date 04/01/2002

I'd like to offer some remarks as we celebrate the beginning of a New Year.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap And TSE 200 Indices

Date 04/01/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - S&P/CDNX Composite Index

Date 04/01/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/CDNX Composite Index: MedMira Inc. (CDNX:MIR) will be removed from the S&P/CDNX Composite Index effective after the close of business Monday, January 7, 2002. The company has been issued a Cease Trade Order by the British Columbia Securities Commission.

Singapore Exchange Limited IT Solutions Head Resigns

Date 04/01/2002

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that Mr Roy Simpson has resigned as Senior Vice President and Head of the IT Solutions division.
NYBOT Announces Amended Hours For Expiring January 2002 FCOJ Futures Contracts

Date 04/01/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that its Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange has amended the trading hours for the last trading day in expiring FCOJ futures contract months, to provide that trading will cease at 1:45 pm (NY Time) in the expiring month on the last trading day. This change will take effect with the expiration of the January 2002 contract, which will cease trading at 1:45 pm (NY Time) on January 10, 2002. All other FCOJ futures contracts
London Metal Exchange December 2001 Volume

Date 04/01/2002

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 4,428,193 lots in December 2001. This figure was made up of 4,225,373 lots of futures, 187,732 lots of options and 15,088 lots of TAPOs.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Korea and Taiwan Stock Futures Contracts

Date 04/01/2002

As stated in the news release dated 14 December 2001, Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has amended the contract specifications and trading procedures of International Stock Futures and Options, with the changes to become effective on 7 January 2002. Accordingly, please be advised that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 7 January 2002, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participan
Euronext 2002: New Year's Speech By Jean-François Théodore, Chairman And Chief Executive Officer Of Euronext N.V., And George Möller, Chief Operating Officer

Date 04/01/2002

George Möller Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to our New Year's reception to mark the beginning of this historic year. Historic, because after a successful introduction at the exchange and in the books of financial institutions in nineteen ninety-nine, the euro has now finally reached our pockets. From now on, the euro will be our currency instead of the guilder or the franc, a fact that will make us more aware than ever before that besides being Dutch or French or Belgian, we