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NYMEX Holdings, Inc., To Distribute Special Dividend To Shareholders

Date 11/01/2006

The board of directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., voted to declare and distribute a special dividend of $30 million to stockholders of record as of January 21, 2006.
Nymex Announces Accountability Levels, Position Limits For New Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 11/01/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced accountability levels and position limits for the five new electricity futures contracts that began clearing and trading on NYMEX ClearPort® on January 8 for the trade date of January 9.
London Stock Exchange: 33 Per Cent Increase In Value Traded On SETS In December - IPOs Raise A Total Of £16.2 Billion In 2005

Date 11/01/2006

December 2005 was a very strong month for trading on SETS, the London Stock Exchange's electronic order book, with a substantial year-on-year increase in the value traded. The average daily value traded on SETS during the month increased 33 per cent on December 2004 to £4.1 billion. December was the third month in a row in which the average daily value traded on SETS grew faster than the average daily number of trades, which was up 24 per cent on December last year to 207,860.
Ibovespa Breaks 4th Record Of The Year By Closing January 11 At 35,952 Points

Date 11/01/2006

Brazilian stocks closed Wednesday 11 at record high for the fourth time this year. The benchmark Ibovespa stock index ended the session up 2.58%% at 35,952 points, highest close since January 6, when it reached 35,475 points. The trading value registered on Wednesday 11 amounted to R$ 2.5 billion.
FTSE Xinhua Index Announces January Review Results - Changes To The FTSE/Xinhua A50 And FTSE Xinhua 200 Index

Date 11/01/2006

FTSE Xinhua Index (FXI), the independent China index provider, held its quarterly Index Committee meeting on Tuesday 10th January to review and approve constituent changes to the FTSE Xinhua China Index Series. The FTSE Xinhua Index Series has fast become recognised as the leading measure and the first complete set of indices for the China market.

First Polish Trading Participant On EEX

Date 11/01/2006

At the beginning of January the Polish company of Elnord S.A. was admitted to trading on European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) as the 133rd trading participant. “With Elnord we have admitted an important Polish player to our market. At the same time we have established partnership with a new EU member state, which we see as a particularly important one”, the chairman of the managing board of EEX, Dr. Hans-Bernd Menzel, comments. This means the number of countries from which companies are active on E
Euronext.liffe Commodity Products Record-Breaking Performance - 2005 Highlights

Date 11/01/2006

Euronext.liffe’s Commodity Products set numerous volume and open interest records during 2005: Total Commodity Products annual volume record of 8,498,870 contracts, breaking the previous record of 8,007,318 contracts set in 2004, an increase of 6% Total Commodity Products open interest record of 564,313 contracts on 14 June Cocoa futures annual volume record of 2,690,105 contracts, breaking the previous record of 2,643,199 contracts set in 2004, an
Dow Jones Indexes Further Expands Its Select Dividend Index Series

Date 11/01/2006

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend Index, which tracks the top 20 yielding stocks in Spain. The index components are derived from the Dow Jones Spain Total Market Index, a subset of the Dow Jones STOXX TMI.
Correction To The Change In Shares For The National Australia Bank Limited In The S&P/ASX 50

Date 11/01/2006

Standard & Poor’s previously announced a share change in National Australia Bank Limited (Australia, SEDOL: 6624608, GICS Code: 40101010) to 1,569,248,850 in the S&P/ASX 50 index effective after the close of trading Friday Jan. 13, 2006. The correct number of shares in National Australia Bank Limited after the close of trading Friday Jan. 13, 2006 will be 1,598,278,850.
Corporation Finance Division Director Alan Beller To Leave Securities And Exchange Commission - Led Unprecedented Era Of Division’s Investor Protection Rulemaking

Date 11/01/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Alan L. Beller, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Senior Counselor to the Commission, will leave the Commission to return to the private sector. Under Mr. Beller’s leadership, the Division produced the fastest-paced and most far-reaching corporate governance, financial disclosure and securities offering reforms in Commission history.