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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 23/07/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: Effective after the close on Tuesday, July 23, 2002, Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp. (TSXVN:IDO) will change its name to Beartooth Platinum Corporation (TSXVN: BTP). The new CUSIP number is 074012 10 5.There is no consolidation of capital.
Russian Trading System Bonds: Weekly Results

Date 23/07/2002

From July 15, 2002, to July 19, 2002, the trading volume of RTS Bonds system - the system that facilitates trading of corporate, government, municipal bonds and Eurobonds - fell to 998 thousand dollars from 197.8 million dollars the week before.
Partnership Council Approves Priorities For Russian Trading System Activities In 2002-2003

Date 23/07/2002

On June 27th, 2002, the Council of Partnership "The RTS Stock Exchange" unanimously approved the Directions for non-for-profit Partnership "The RTS Stock Exchange" activities in the next year (July 1, 2002, through July 1, 2003).
London Stock Exchange To Explore Ways Of Reducing Failed Cross-Border Trades

Date 23/07/2002

The London Stock Exchange today announced that it is looking at ways to reduce the number of failed cross-border trades, which are estimated to cost the global securities industry around £2.2 billion every year.
Euronext: Seven Companies To Join The NextEconomy And NextPrime Market Segments

Date 23/07/2002

NextPrime and NextEconomy, the market segments launched on 2 January 2002, will welcome 7 additional companies on 29 July. This will raise the total to 256 companies, representing almost one quarter of all domestic listed companies on Euronext Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris regulated markets.

CME's GLOBEX® Electronic Trading Volume Posts New Record As E-mini™ S&P 500 Surpasses 900,000 Mark

Date 23/07/2002

Trading volume on GLOBEX®, the electronic trading platform of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), set a new single-day volume record yesterday, July 22, with 1,333,476 contracts traded. This record surpasses the previous one set on July 16 at 1,258,514 contracts.
Clearnet's Bond And Repo Clearing Service Comes Of Age

Date 23/07/2002

Clearnet, the pan-European Clearing House, announces significant new developments and business turnover in its rapidly expanding bond and repo clearing services.
CBOT Volume In Dow Complex Reaches All-Time High - Mini-Sized ($5) Dow Sets New Volume Record - Declares "Trade The Mini-Sized ($5) Dow Day At The CBOT" - July 25

Date 23/07/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today its Dow complex traded 84,024 contracts on Monday, July 23, 2002, reaching a new all-time high. In addition, a new daily volume record was set yesterday in the CBOT®mini-sized ($5) Dow Jones Index futures contract, the latest addition to its Dow Jones complex which is based on the DowSM Jones Industrial Average. A total of 13,775 contracts were traded, breaking the former daily volume record of 13,579 contracts set on June 24, 2002.
BrokerTec Futures Exchange Trades One-Millionth Contract

Date 23/07/2002

BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the nation's only fully-electronic futures market for U.S. Treasury futures, announced that it traded its one-millionth contract on July 22, 2002, only seven and a-half months since the Exchange commenced trading operations in U.S. Treasury bond and note futures on November 30, 2001.
American Stock Exchange Posts Mid-Year Results Amid Tough Market Conditions - Product Diversification & Next Generation Preparation Key To Resoluteness - Amex Composite Outperforms Other Exchange Indexes For Three Years Straight, Options Market Share Hold

Date 23/07/2002

Amid the continued market downturn, the American Stock Exchange (Amex) today released its mid-year results, citing product diversification and next generation preparation as key attributes to weather current market conditions.