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

Date 13/12/2001

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 100 and S&P/TSE Canadian Gold Sector Indices. These changes will be effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 14, 2001.
SGX And SGX To Launch Co-Trading Link On 20 December 2001

Date 13/12/2001

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) and Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (ASX) today announced that the ASX-SGX co-trading linkage, the first such facility in the world, will go live from 20 December 2001.
Russell 2000 Index Options To Begin Trading On CBOEdirect

Date 13/12/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that on Friday, December 14, 2001, options on the Russell 2000® Index (RUT) will begin trading on CBOEdirectTM, the exchange's new screen-based trading platform.
Program Trading Averaged 30.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 26-30, 2001

Date 13/12/2001

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 Nov. 26-30, 2001.
Nymex To Change Early Closing Time For Propane

Date 13/12/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will change the early closing time for propane futures to 12:15 P.M. for days that the Exchange has designated for early closings.

New Stock Exchange Of Thailand Listing Requirements Adopted:Tax Incentives To Lure In Companies

Date 13/12/2001

The President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, announced that the SET has adopted new listing rules and regulations from this December to be in line with tax measurements for listed companies. Their aim is to facilitate more listing of companies on the Exchange and to encourage privatized SOEs to be listed, in support of the Thai Capital Market Development Plan.
London Stock Exchange Hardens Resolve On Stamp Duty

Date 13/12/2001

Don Cruickshank, Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, today said the Exchange would step up its campaign for the abolition of stamp duty on share transactions.
HKEx Welcomes Standard And Poor's Corporate Governance Assessment Of The Company

Date 13/12/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is pleased with the corporate governance score of 8.3 (out of a possible maximum score of 10) assigned by Standard and Poor's in the latter's corporate governance evaluation of HKEx.
Euronext And BVLP Agree Financial Terms Of Merger

Date 13/12/2001

The Supervisory Board of Euronext NV and the Board of Directors of BVLP - Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto - approved the financial terms of the merger of BVLP and Euronext. BVLP shareholders will be offered 0.806475 new Euronext shares and Euro 5.833333 in cash for each BVLP share. If fully subscribed, these terms would give BVLP shareholders 4% of Euronext's fully diluted and enlarged share capital. The cash element would amount to Euro 35 million. The offer is subject to the finalisation of
CME's Open Interest Reaches 18.8 Million, 11th Consecutive Record

Date 13/12/2001

Open interest on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to a record 18,828,613 million positions on December 11, culminating 11 consecutive records that began on Nov. 27 with 17,826,191 million positions.