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SEC: Extension Of Compliance Date For Rule 612, The Sub-Penny Rule, Of Regulation NMS

Date 02/08/2005

Today the Commission extended the compliance date for Rule 612 of Regulation NMS, the Sub-Penny Rule. Rule 612 will prohibit market participants from submitting quotations or orders in NMS stocks in increments below $0.01, except that quotations or orders priced less than $1.00 may be priced in increments as small as $0.0001. The Regulation NMS Adopting Release established a compliance date of Aug. 29, 2005 for Rule 612. By its action today, the Commission extended the compliance date for Rule 6
SEC Advisory Committee On Smaller Public Companies Solicits Public Input On Ways To Improve The Current Regulatory System For Smaller Companies

Date 02/08/2005

The SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies today published a series of questions to solicit public input from investors and companies on ways to improve the current regulatory system for smaller companies and to examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Saudi Stock Market Report July 2005: Index Year To Date Records 60.71% Growth - Over SR 234 Billion Traded In July

Date 02/08/2005

The index for July closed at 13,188.75 points compared with 13,455.24 for June 2005, with a drop of 1.98 %. Year to-date, the index increased by 60.71 %.
RTS Index Futures Are To Be Launched On The August 3rd

Date 02/08/2005

Futures on the benchmark indicator of the Russian stock market – the RTS Index are to be launched on the August 3 rd , 2005. The settlement months of the contracts to be introduced are September and December, 2005, March and June, 2006. Futures contract specification was registered by FSFM on the 26 th July, 2005.
PCX Holdings Announces Date For Archipelago Vote

Date 02/08/2005

PCX Holdings, Inc. (PCXH), parent company of the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (PCX), today announced that a special meeting for PCXH stockholders will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2005, in San Francisco, to consider a proposal to approve the merger agreement between PCXH and Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX).

Oslo Børs: Monthly Statistics For Equities 2005

Date 02/08/2005

Indices, turnover per sector, winners and losers, key figures per instrument, shareholder structure, new issues and new listings last month and year to date. The archive includes monthly statistics from May 2001.
NZX July Operating Metrics

Date 02/08/2005

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) today released its July 2005 operating metrics. NZX releases operating metrics on the first Tuesday of each month prior to the start of trading at 10am. These metrics compare the current period to the corresponding period of the previous year to account for seasonal fluctuations (i.e., reporting periods) that impact market activity.
NYSE Composite Index Sets New Closing High

Date 02/08/2005

The New York Stock Exchange Index ® (NYA) closed at a new high of 7556.59. The previous closing high for the NYSE was 7516.78 on July 28, 2005.
NYBOT Trading Volumes Continue Strong In July Year To Date, 12% Ahead Of Record 2004 Numbers

Date 02/08/2005

Trading volumes at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) continued their upward climb during July, with a total of 2,174,385 futures and options contracts traded on the month. Particular strength was shown in NYBOT’s Currency Futures complex, which at 182,375 contracts was up 39% vs. July 2004; the Index Futures and Agricultural Futures complexes were up 4% and 3% respectively on the month. July’s strong volume growth is on the heels of record trading in June 2005, the biggest volume month in
NYBOT Announces Antwerp Coffee Warehouse Actions

Date 02/08/2005

A severe thunderstorm and possible tornado recently damaged the coffee warehouses of Molenbergnatie and Wilmarsdonk, which are licensed by the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. The warehouse locations are Molenbergnatie 3 Way 6-7 and Wilmarsdonk 3 Way 9. No other licensed warehouses in the Port of Antwerp were damaged.