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Helsinki Exchanges: Trading Starts At 12.00 With Continuous Trading

Date 19/02/2002

Equity trading starts at 12.00 with continuous trading. No pre-trading will be arranged today. The delay was due to a technical disruption caused by an operating error.
Helsinki Exchanges: Start of trading delayed

Date 19/02/2002

Start of HEX equity trading will be delayed due to technical problems. Further information on start of trading will be given as soon as possible.
Equity Derivatives Will Give Strong Boost To International Stock Trading Says CSFI Report On Single Stock Futures

Date 19/02/2002

Single stock futures - the newest form of financial derivative instrument to reach the market - will give a powerful boost to international equity trading by making it simpler and cheaper for investors to trade across borders. With 15 exchanges now trading single stock futures (SSFs) and the potentially huge US market set to open up, their use is expected to grow rapidly among both professional and private investors.
CC&G And Clearnet To Provide Central Counterparty Services For Italian Government Securities Traded On The MTS Platform

Date 19/02/2002

MTS S.p.A., Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A. (CC&G) and Clearnet yesterday signed an agreement at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in Rome, paving the way for the establishment of a central counterparty service to allow transactions on Italian government bonds to be executed on MTS S.p.A. on an anonymous basis and guaranteed by a central clearing institution.
CBOT 10-Year Interest Rate Swap Futures Set New Volume Record

Date 19/02/2002

Continuing to display one of the exchange's best new-product performances, the Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOT®) 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures contract set a new daily volume record of 6,586 contracts with open interest reaching an all-time high of 11,944 contracts on Friday, February 15. The former daily volume record of 5,319 contracts was set on November 16, 2001.

Boston Stock Exchange, Bourse Montréal Inc. And Interactive Brokers Form Partnership To Develop New Electronic Options Exchange

Date 19/02/2002

The Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. (BSE), the Bourse Montréal Inc., and Interactive Brokers Group LLC today announced the formation of Boston Options Exchange Group LLC (BOX) to jointly establish an electronic exchange for United States securities options.
The Board Of The Iceland Stock Exchange Has Signed The Financial Statement For The Year 2001

Date 18/02/2002

Key results ICEX's financial statement is a consolidated statement for the company and its subsidiary, ICEX Info. Figures from previous years apply to the parent company only, as ICEX Info was established in 2000, but began operations in 2001. Its operations have little bearing on the operations and financial outcome of the consolidated accounts.
'Thai Opportunity Fund' Established To Strengthen The Thai Capital Market

Date 18/02/2002

The President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand , Mr. Kittiratt 18 February 2002) Na-Ranong, in a signing ceremony for the Thai Opportunity Fund today, said that the Fund has been established in line with the Thai Capital Market Master Plan formulated to strengthen the Thai Capital Market.
Futures Contracts On MIDWIG Index Launched On The WSE

Date 18/02/2002

On February 18th, a new derivative instrument, futures contract on MIDWIG index, made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. After futures contracts on the WIG20 and the TechWIG, the MIDWIG futures contract is the third futures instrument for which an index is underlying instrument.
Deutsche Börse's Supervisory Board Approves Clearstream Transaction

Date 18/02/2002

On Monday the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG approved the terms of an offer to be made for the acquisition of Cedel International S.A. and its 50 percent ownership in Clearstream International S.A. by Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse made the announcement following the Supervisory Board meeting. The offer will be subject to an affirmative vote by a two-thirds majority of Cedel shareholders and to certain further conditions, including regulatory approval; it is expected to be initi