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Statement from NYSE Chairman and CEO Dick Grasso, April 25, 2002

Date 25/04/2002

The initiative announced today will help strengthen investor confidence in the integrity of a process that is critical to the efficient functioning of equities markets. It is a clear signal to America's 85 million individual investors that their confidence and participation in our markets represent a national asset that is essential to America's leadership in the world arena.
SEC Launches Inquiry Into Research Analyst Conflicts

Date 25/04/2002

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt announced today that the SEC has commenced a formal inquiry into market practices concerning research analysts and the potential conflicts that can arise from the relationship between research and investment banking. The inquiry will be conducted jointly with the New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the North American Securities Administrators Association and th
Program Trading Averaged 28.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 15-April 19, 2002

Date 25/04/2002

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 15-19, 2002.
Oslo Børs Holding ASA First Quarter Report

Date 25/04/2002

Oslo Børs Holding ASA had a first-quarter 2002 operating profit of NOK 15.1 million (1Q 2001: NOK 9.1 million). After-tax profit for the first quarter 2002 reporting period was NOK 13.1 million (NOK 11.1 million).
Nymex Schedules Calendar Spread Options Launch

Date 25/04/2002

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would introduce calendar spread options contracts for light, sweet crude oil; Brent crude oil; natural gas; heating oil; and unleaded gasoline on June 3.

Euronext Launches NextWarrants, A Product Segment Dedicated To Warrants

Date 25/04/2002

Euronext, the first pan-European exchange, is launching NextWarrants, a market segment dedicated to warrants. This segment, backed by a new dedicated electronic trading platform, comes in response to demand from warrants issuers to enhance the visibility of this expanding market. This initiative also aims to promote warrants among an increasing number of investors.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: 24-Hour Service 7 Days A Week Via StockWise

Date 25/04/2002

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange extends its StockWise service for redistribution of company announcements from the listed companies among others to a 24-hour service 7 days a week.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For April 2002

Date 24/04/2002

As of mid-April, short interest in 3,310 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 4,088,289,561 shares compared with 4,050,953,139 shares in 3,348 National Market issues for the month of March.
Standard & Poor's, With The Toronto Stock Exchange, Announces Re-Branding Of The Canadian Indices - Family Of Canadian Indices To Be Known As S&P/TSX

Date 24/04/2002

Following the April 8th press release by The Toronto Stock Exchange announcing a new corporate branding and image, Standard & Poor's is pleased to announce that the Canadian family of indices formerly know as S&P/TSE and S&P/CDNX will be re-branded to reflect the new TSX branding.
NEWEX: Gazprom In NX.plus Segment

Date 24/04/2002

ADRs (American Depository Receipts) of OAO Gazprom, Russia's biggest gas company, are tradable in the NX.plus quality segment at NEWEX from April 25, 2002, as NEWEX, the market for Central and Eastern Europe, reported on Wednesday. With the inclusion of the ADRs of Gazprom NEWEX has further expanded the offerings for its international investors. Gazprom is the biggest Russian company in the gas sector with total assets of 80 billion euros (as of 30 Sep 2001). The corporation has about 300,000 e