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Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Of Interest Rate Etc. Financial Futures Transactions Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 January 2006

Date 23/01/2006

TFX announced the temporary change of trading hours for all Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Transactions (except for Exchange Forex Margin Transactions) on 30 January 2006, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 23/01/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Monday, January 23, 2006:
Share & IWF Changes In The S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 23/01/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 indices effective after the close of trading, Tuesday, January 31, 2006: Air Water Inc (Japan, SEDOL: 6441465, GICS: Materials, GICS Code:15101040) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 8,576,125 to 160,277,067 due to the merger and the exercise of convertible bonds and its IWF will be updated to 0.75 due to the m
Securities Industry Association: New Brussels Financial Attaché Beneficial To Industry

Date 23/01/2006

Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association (SIA), today welcomed the Treasury Department’s establishment of a Financial Attaché in Brussels and congratulated both Barbara Matthews on her appointment to this new post and Maureen Grewe on her appointment as Tokyo Financial Attaché.
Osaka Securities Exchange Revision Of Earnings Forecast

Date 23/01/2006

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) announces revision of earnings forecast for Fiscal Year 2005 (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006), which was previously announced on September 29, 2005.

OMX And The Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Sign Letter Of Intent Regarding Technology Partnership

Date 23/01/2006

OMX, a leading expert in the exchange industry, and the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE), the Egyptian Exchange and Exchange Technology group, have today signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to establish a Joint Venture to offer IT services to the financial markets in Egypt as well as the Middle East and Africa. Final agreements are expected to be signed during Q1 2006.
NYSE Regulation To File Proposed Rule On Business Entertainment Rule With SEC

Date 23/01/2006

New York Stock Exchange Regulation today announced that it will submit a rule filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed principle-based standards that address the obligations of securities firms and individual brokers in connection with business entertainment.
NYBOT Sugar Market Rings Up Big Numbers - New Volume And Open Interest Records In Frantic Trading Day

Date 23/01/2006

The Sugar No. 11sm (symbol SB) market at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) is on a record roll. NYBOT’s largest market became a juggernaut on January 20, 2006, when a record 232,560 total contracts changed hands, smashing the old high of 179,562 contracts set on Jan 26, 2005. New marks went up for futures (153,201 contracts) and options (79,359 contracts). Options open interest also hit an all-time high of 654,712 contracts, as the NYBOT World Sugar price hit its highest level since 1981
NYBOT Announces New Margin Requirements

Date 23/01/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the opening of business on Tuesday, January 24, 2006, new margin requirements apply.
National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited Deliveries For January Contract

Date 23/01/2006

January contracts saw record open interest to deliveries ratio. Out of the 20 commodities delivered on the exchange, 11 commodities saw an open interest to deliveries ratio of above 80%.