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LIFFE Announces Increased Profit In First Half

Date 22/08/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announces increased profit in the six months to 30 June 2001.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Stock Futures

Date 22/08/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), will implement stock futures market changes on Monday, 27 August. The stock futures market changes include standardising the contract specifications, where the contract multipliers of the existing stock futures contracts will be changed to one board lot size of their underlying shares, the same as the contract size for stock options. Therefore, the margin levels of the existing Stock
Extraordinary General Meetings Of Oslo Børs Holding ASA And Of Oslo Børs ASA

Date 22/08/2001

In accordance with the Prospectus for the sale of shares in Oslo Børs Holding ASA, new boards of directors have been elected for both Oslo Børs Holding ASA and Oslo Børs ASA by general meetings of the two companies. The companies both held Extraordinary General Meetings on Tuesday 21 August 2001, at which Svein Støle, Bente A. Landsnes and Knut Norheim Kjær were elected as new board members.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., CheMatch.com Announce Sept. 21 Launch Of Benzene, Mixed Xylenes Futures Contracts

Date 22/08/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and CheMatch.com, Inc., today announced a launch date of September 21 for the CME-CheMatch benzene futures contract announced earlier this year. On the same day, CME will launch a second co-branded chemicals product with CheMatch- mixed xylenes futures, officials said today.
CBOT To Launch New Mini-sized Dow Contract On September 30

Date 22/08/2001

Complementing its existing DowSMJones complex, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that it will launch a mini-sized DowSMfutures contract based on the DJIASM (DowSMJones Industrial Average) on September 30, 2001. The CBOT® will launch this new contract exclusively on the a/c/e trading platform.

The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For ISK 30.1 Billion

Date 21/08/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on August 21 of the maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.9 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 30.1 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Securities And Exchange Commission Issues Exemptive Order To Permit Principal-To-Principal Trading In Security Futures Products

Date 21/08/2001

The Commission today issued an order to permit limited trading in security futures products to begin.
Nymex To Narrow Strike Price Increments In Fourth, Fifth, And Sixth Months Of Gold Options

Date 21/08/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will expand the number of gold options trading months with narrower strike price increments from the first three trading months to the first six months, beginning tomorrow.
New York Stock Exchange Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

Date 21/08/2001

The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of Aug. 15, 2001 reflecting transactions through Aug. 10, 2001.
Nasdaq Reports Second Quarter Net Income Of $19.6 Million

Date 21/08/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®), today reported net income of $19.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, compared to net income of $45.3 million for the second quarter of 2000. Diluted earnings per share were $0.16 compared to $0.45 for the second quarter of 2000. Annualized return on average stockholders' equity was 12.7% for the second quarter.