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Hong Kong Futures Exchange Announces Revised Margins For H-Shares Index Futures Contract

Date 20/01/2006

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Tuesday, 24 January 2006, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
HKEx Seeks Further Market Views On GEM

Date 20/01/2006

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Friday) released a Discussion Paper on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). The paper invites market views on the possible further development of GEM.
CBOT Gold Complex Volume Surpasses 34,000 Contracts - Gold Complex Daily Volume Record Surpasses Old Record By 36 Percent

Date 20/01/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that the CBOT Gold Complex (100 oz. Gold and mini-sized Gold contracts) had a record today, setting new daily volume records for each contract as well as the overall complex. Volume for the Gold Complex jumped to 34,338 contracts, up from the last volume record of 25,226 contracts set on January 9, 2006.
CBOE Sets New Single-Day Volume Records: Friday's Volume Of 5.3M Contracts Is The Busiest Trading Day In CBOE History; - SPX Options Trading Sets New Record

Date 20/01/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that reported trading volume at CBOE on Friday, January 20th was more than 5.3 million contracts, setting a new record for the busiest single trading day in the Exchange's 33 year history, and the busiest day for any U.S. options exchange. The previous record of 3.97 million contracts was set at CBOE on April 15, 2005. Trading volume at CBOE in 2005 was a record-setting 468.2 million contracts, with average daily volume of 1.86 million co
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Trading Volume Record

Date 20/01/2006

BOX set a new single session trading volume record with 775,740 contracts. The previous record of 649,875 contracts was set on October 19, 2005

American Stock Exchange Reports Decrease In Short Interest

Date 20/01/2006

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 769,610,713 shares as of the January 13, 2006 settlement date, a decrease of 232,871 from the 769,843,584 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-December. The January figure represents trades through January 10, 2006.
Alpha Bank Will Replace TDC A/S And Pernod Ricard IWF Change, In The S&P European Indices

Date 20/01/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, effective after the close of trading on Tuesday 24th January 2006: Pernod Ricard (France, SEDOL: 4682329, GICS: Consumer Staples), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices - the Investable Weight Factor will change to 0.8659. This is following the merger of the holding company SIFA into Pernod Ricard. Alpha Bank (Greece, SEDOL: 4235864,
Alleged Manipulation Publicized - Thai Bourse Resumes Trading IEC

Date 20/01/2006

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) had previously announced that trading of International Engineering Pcl.’s (IEC) stocks had been suspended for 5 business days (January 16 –20, 2006) due to irregularities in its trading patterns that may constitute price manipulation as per the Security and Exchange Act.
Alan Whiting Joins LIFFE’s Board

Date 20/01/2006

Alan Whiting has joined the Board of LIFFE, as a non-executive director, with specific responsibility for regulatory matters.
Warsaw SE Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 19/01/2006

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 38782,85. The previous closing high was 38138,21 on January 16, 2005.