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London Stock Exchange: Record Boost For AIM

Date 14/12/2001

AIM, the London Stock Exchange's international market for growing companies, today welcomed five new companies to its ranks - a record for a single day. Cabouchon Collection plc, Expomedia plc, Inditherm plc, Stagecoach Theatre Arts plc and Telford Homes plc are between them aiming to raise over £14 million through their IPOs.
HKEx: New ISFO Contract Specifications And Trading Procedures To Be Effective 7 January

Date 14/12/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has amended the contract specifications and trading procedures for International Stock Futures and Options (ISFO) to reduce their transaction costs and strengthen their competitiveness. The changes will become effective on 7 January 2002.
Eurex Expands Euro Repo Facility - New Functionality Enables Selection Of Certain Repo Securities - Thirteen Participants Admitted

Date 14/12/2001

Eurex, the international exchange organization, wants to expand its facility for the fully electronic euro repo market further. As of December 17, Eurex Repo is making a so-called Auto-GC Completion functionality available to the market. This functionality supports the participants in active delivery management and will further simplify the Euro GC (General Collateral) repo business: The participants can specify their portfolio in German government securities and jumbo Pfandbrief issues
Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange - December 25

Date 14/12/2001

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE Group will be closed in conjunction with Christmas Day on Tuesday, 25 December 2001. The offices of the KLSE Group will resume operations on Wednesday, 26 December 2001.
Stock Exchange of Thailand Announced New List Of Securities To Be Included In The Calculation Of SET50 Index: TPI And CCET Added

Date 13/12/2001

Ms Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, Senior Vice President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), announced that the SET had selected a new list of securities to be included in the calculation of SET50 Index for 1 January - 30 June 2002 period. Two securities are added in the list: Thai Petrochemical Industries Plc (TPI) from the Chemical and Plastic Products Sector, and Cal Comp Electronics (Thailand) Plc (CCET) from Electronic Components Sector. These two securities replace The Cogeneration Plc (COCO

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 13/12/2001

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 100 and S&P/TSE Canadian Gold Sector Indices. These changes will be effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 14, 2001.
SGX And SGX To Launch Co-Trading Link On 20 December 2001

Date 13/12/2001

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) and Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (ASX) today announced that the ASX-SGX co-trading linkage, the first such facility in the world, will go live from 20 December 2001.
Russell 2000 Index Options To Begin Trading On CBOEdirect

Date 13/12/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that on Friday, December 14, 2001, options on the Russell 2000® Index (RUT) will begin trading on CBOEdirectTM, the exchange's new screen-based trading platform.
Program Trading Averaged 30.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 26-30, 2001

Date 13/12/2001

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 Nov. 26-30, 2001.
Nymex To Change Early Closing Time For Propane

Date 13/12/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will change the early closing time for propane futures to 12:15 P.M. for days that the Exchange has designated for early closings.