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Reaction To ASX Foreign Exempt Decision From NZSE

Date 11/04/2002

The ASX announced on Wednesday that it is to proceed with the amendments to its listing rules recorded in its exposure draft of 31 January. These amendments will increase (by a factor of 40 times in respect of net assets and 20 times in respect of annual profits) the size thresholds for companies to have foreign exempt listing on the ASX.
Program Trading Averaged 29.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 1-April 5,2002

Date 11/04/2002

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 April 1-5, 2002.
PHLX Remote Competing Specialist System

Date 11/04/2002

With the introduction of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) Remote Competing Specialist System (RCSS), specialists and order flow providers are no longer tied to providing specialists liquidity and market depth from a central trading floor. PHLX specialists can now trade from remote sites through a sophisticated trading network.
NYBOT Announces The Appointment Of Charles H. Falk As Acting President And CEO

Date 11/04/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today the appointment of Charles H. Falk, NYBOT's Chairman, to the position of acting President and CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Falk replaces NYBOT's President and CEO Mark D. Fichtel.
NAGRON Nationaal Grondbezit In Next 150 Index. New Composition Next 150 Index

Date 11/04/2002

Following the official result of the takeover bid by the Spanish company Grupo Dragados for the Dutch company Hollandsche Beton Groep (Next 150), Hollandsche Beton Groep will be removed from the Next 150 Index.

Futures Trading At The Baltic Exchange

Date 11/04/2002

The Baltic Exchange, the world's leading shipping market, today (Thurs) launches its unique electronic system for the trading of forward freight agreements (FFAs).
CME's Globex® Electronic Trading Volume Rises To Record Levels As E-Mini S&P 500 Futures Volume Surpasses 400,000 Contracts

Date 11/04/2002

Trading volume on GLOBEX®, the electronic trading platform of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), rose to record levels yesterday, April 10, with 726,567 contracts traded. This record surpasses the previous one set on March 6, of 704,711 contracts.
CBOE Publishes First Buy-Write Index, "BXM"

Date 11/04/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it began disseminating the CBOE BuyWrite Monthly Index, (BXM). The BXM is a benchmark index that measures potential returns of a theoretical portfolio of Standard & Poor's 500 Index stocks that also systematically sells S&P 500 Index call options (SPX) against the portfolio.
TSX CEO Opens Montreal Office

Date 10/04/2002

Joined by representatives of the provincial government, the City of Montreal and listed companies, TSX CEO Barbara Stymiest today opened a new and bigger Montreal office at 1000 Sherbrooke West by saying "this is an exciting day for us and it is a wonderful new home for our Quebec headquarters." She added, "this is more than a place in which to conduct our business, it represents our commitment to our long-term future serving Quebecers and Quebec capital markets." The office services Queb
President Of The Shanghai Stock Exchange Visits MICEX To Study Electronic System Of Exchange Trades

Date 10/04/2002

The delegation of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) headed by SSE President Zhu Congjiu has visited MICEX today to study the organization of exchange trades on Russia's largest exchange. The parties discussed a broad range of issues, including experience in forming financial markets in Russia and China, as well as the role and place of the exchange infrastructure in raising the investment attractiveness of countries and the capitalization of companies. The heads of SSE and MICEX agreed to conti