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Nymex To Increase Margins For Natural Gas Basis, Index And Swing Swap Futures Contracts

Date 28/12/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will increase the margins on its natural gas basis, index and swing swap futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.

Nymex To Change Margins For Financially Settled Electricity Contracts

Date 28/12/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced margin changes for its ISO New England internal hub location marginal pricing swap futures peak and off–peak contracts, Northern Illinois hub monthly electricity futures – peak, Dow Jones South Path 15 electricity price index futures, Dow Jones North Path – 15 electricity price index futures, Dow Jones Mid–Columbia electricity price index futures, Dow Jones Palo Verde electricity price index futures, and the PJM monthly futures - peak contr

New York Mercantile Exchange To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 28/12/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced margin changes for natural gas futures, Henry Hub swap futures, Henry Hub penultimate swap futures, NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures, and natural gas swing swap futures contracts at the close of business on Friday.

New Trading Hours For Oslo Børs From 2 January 2006

Date 28/12/2005

As previously announced, Oslo Børs will introduce extended trading hours for trading in shares, primary capital certificates and derivative contracts with effect from Monday 2 January 2006. Trading hours for trading in interest-bearing instruments will remain unchanged.

Merger of DEKREBO And WTB - Registration of RMX Risk Man-agement Exchange Imminent

Date 28/12/2005

The DEKREBO Kredit Börse Deutschland AG and the Warentermin-börse Hannover AG (WTB) announce that their shareholders decided on 21 December 2005 the merger into the RMX RISK MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE AG. The registration in the business register is expected for January 2006. Subsequently, the public will be informed.

Københavns Lufthavne Will Be Removed From OMXC20

Date 28/12/2005

Due to the tender offer from Macquarie Airports Copenhagen (MApC) the liquidity in Københavns Lufthavne has decreased remarkably and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange has therefore decided to exclude Københavns Lufthavne (CPH) from the OMXC20 index in accordance to Rule 5.7 in Guidelines for calculation of the OMXC20 index.

JSE Equities Market Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 23.12.2005

Date 28/12/2005

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Equities Market.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Administrative Action On Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd

Date 28/12/2005

Japan's Financial Services Agency Newsletter December 2005

Date 28/12/2005

Click here to download the Financial Services Agency December 2005 newsletter.

IDEMAGAZINE: The December 2005 Edition Of Borsa Italiana’s Newsletter Dedicated To Derivatives Is Now Available

Date 28/12/2005

The “news” section is packed with technical communications concerning the adjustment of options contracts and stock futures that have distributed extraordinary dividend (as in the case of Autostrade and Snam Rete Gas) or where the companies in question have increased their share capital (Alitalia and Fiat).