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Bursa Malaysia: QSR Outcome To Be Decided By The Courts

Date 23/09/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad today confirmed that it has received and assessed the requested information from both parties involved in the QSR boardroom tussle.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Record In Weekly Trading Volume

Date 23/09/2005

For the week of Sep. 19 to Sep. 23, 2005, average daily volume set a new record of 405,691 contracts. BOX ended the week with 2,028,457 contracts traded. This is the first time BOX volume surpassed two million contracts in a single week.
Trading In Equity Derivatives At OMX To Become More Attractive

Date 22/09/2005

In order to strengthen its customer offering, OMX Derivatives Market will reduce its fees for certain customer segments with respect to trading in primarily Swedish stock options. The fee adjustment, which is expected to increase trading in these products on the exchange, will become effective on January 2, 2006.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Of Interest Rate Etc., Financial Futures Transactions Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 September 2005

Date 22/09/2005

TFX announced the temporary change of trading hours for Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Transactions (except for Exchange Forex Margin Transactions) on 30 September 2005, responding to the releases as follows: The Consumer Price Index at 8:30am. The Preliminary Report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am. Opening on that day Pre-open 8:30am - 8:45am (Normal days 8:45am - 9:00am) Open of morning session 8:45am (Normal days 9:00am)
SWX Swiss Exchange: Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG (PWTN) Opens At CHF 95

Date 22/09/2005

Today, the shares of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG, a Swiss freight forwarding and logistics company, were traded in the main segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange for the first time. The offering price was set yesterday, Wednesday, at CHF 80 and the opening price on SWX was CHF 95. This corresponds to a market capitalisation of CHF 2.375 billion. Panalpina shares are included in the SPI® and SPI EXTRA®.

Share & IWF Changes In The S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 22/09/2005

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, Friday, September 30th, 2005: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6250865, GICS: Health Care, GICS Code: 35202010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 229,716,000 to 397,900,154 and its IWF will be updated to 0.34 due to its merger. Okuma Corp (Japan,
Securities Industry Association Endorses Uniform National Standards For Data Breach Notification At Senate Banking Hearing - Current Patchwork Quilt Of Differing State Regulations Unworkable

Date 22/09/2005

The Securities Industry Association (SIA) today testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. In the hearing, SIA affirmed its strong commitment to working with members of the Committee on breach notification legislation in creating a national standard that will prevent consumer confusion and eliminate the potential for conflicting compliance regulations. Demonstrating its commitment to the issue of data breach notification, SIA presented six fundamental principl
Rebalancing For S&P/HKEx Large Cap Index – September 2005

Date 22/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P/HKEx Large Cap Index as a part of the September quarterly rebalancing of index constituent shares and annual rebalance of IWF’s.
Program Trading Averaged 70.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sept. 12-16

Date 22/09/2005

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 Sept. 12-16.
NYSE Seat Sells For $2,600,000

Date 22/09/2005

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today for $2,600,000, down $260,000 from the previous regular seat sale on Sept. 8, 2005.