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

Date 21/07/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, July 21, 2003: Pursuant to a special resolution passed by shareholders on July 11, 2003, Northern Empire Minerals Ltd. (TSXVN:NEM) will change its name to Stornoway Diamond Corporation. The company will trade under the new ticker symbol "SWY" and the new CUSIP number 86222Q 10 3. There is no consolidation of capital.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 21/07/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Tuesday, July 22, 2003: The relative weight of Pengrowth Energy Trust (TSX:PGF.UN) will increase by approximately 0.38% in the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.77% in the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units.
RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 21/07/2003

For the week of July 14th - July 18th, 2003, the RTS Index lost 5.41 points and closed at 437.20 while the RTS Technical Index decreased by 6.14%, from 508.89 to 477.65.
RTS Order-Driven Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 21/07/2003

For the week of July 14th - July 18th, 2003, daily average trading volume of direct, indirect and REPO transactions on Order-driven market equaled 6 489 million rubles, compared with 14 483 million rubles the previous week. The number of indirect transactions equaled 7 671; indirect transactions volume reached 4 781 million rubles, with 144 million shares changing hands. Internet trading accounted for 27% of total weekly trading volume.
RTS FORTS: Weekly Market Data

Date 21/07/2003

For the week of July 14th- July 18th, 2003, daily average trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 741 thousand contracts and 5 217 million rubles, compared with 757 thousand contracts and 5 415 million rubles. The number of transactions reached 15 926, down from 17 905 transactions last week. Total open interest as of July 18th, 2003, stood at 425 thousand contracts or 2 750 million rubles in underlying value.

RTS Bonds: Weekly Market Data

Date 21/07/2003

For the week of July 14th-July 18th, 2003, total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading in corporate, governmental, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, grew 13% on the week and reached 290 thousand US dollars. Four trades were registered in the system, compared with five trades the week before.
Record Trading In Derivatives At Stockholmsbörsen

Date 21/07/2003

Friday July 18, saw record volumes in the trading of derivatives at Stockholmsbörsen. The number of traded contracts amounted to 1 067 657, which is the highest number of contracts ever traded at Stockholmsbörsen and an increase of the previous record by 56 per cent. The previous record number of traded contracts amounted to 686 781 on June 15, 2001.
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 21/07/2003

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NYSE And SEC Jointly Fine Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, L.P. $450,000 - Firm Disciplined For Failing To Reasonably Supervise Its Employees To Prevent Their Aiding And Abetting A Customer To "Mark The Close" Of A Listed Security

Date 21/07/2003

The New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission, as result of a coordinated investigation, today announced enforcement actions against Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, L.P., an NYSE member firm, in which it was alleged that the firm failed to establish and maintain reasonable supervisory procedures and systems to prevent two of its trading floor order clerks from assisting one of the firm's direct-access customers in marking the close of an NYSE-listed security (Southern Union Comp
New York Stock Exchange Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

Date 21/07/2003

The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 15, 2003, reflecting transactions through July 10, 2003.