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National Stock Exchange(SM) November Trades Up 87 Percent And Share Volume Up 53 Percent From Year Earlier; Year-To-Date Trades And Share Volume At New All-Time Highs

Date 06/12/2004

National Stock Exchange (NSX(SM)) today announced that trades in November 2004 reached 29.3 million, up 87 percent from 15.7 million trades in November 2003. Share volume of 10.7 billion in November 2004 rose 53 percent from 7 billion in November 2003.
NASD Fines Morgan Stanley $100,000 For Municipal Bond Disclosure Violations - Over $200,000 In Restitution Paid, Offer To Repurchase Bonds Required - Firm Fined Additional $25,000 For Slow Response To Investigators’ Inquiries

Date 06/12/2004

NASD announced today that it sanctioned Morgan Stanley DW Inc. for failing to disclose to purchasers of municipal bonds that those bonds could be called prior their stated maturity dates, which could result in losses to the investors. Morgan Stanley’s failure to disclose the call feature violates Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Rule G-15.
Michael V. Dunn Sworn In As CFTC Commissioner

Date 06/12/2004

Michael V. Dunn was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and option trading in the United States.
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 03.12.2004

Date 06/12/2004

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 Securities Exchange South Africa.
ITG Europe In Talks To Acquire E-Crossnet - Consolidating Position Of POSIT® As Europe's Top Crossing System

Date 06/12/2004

ITG Europe, the technology-based equity trading services group, announced today that is has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire E-Crossnet (EXN) and offer professional investors in Europe an integrated equities crossing system with access to a greatly expanded liquidity pool. ITG Europe is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NYSE-listed Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG).

Investable Weight Factor Change For ST Microelectronics In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 06/12/2004

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for ST Microelectronics (Italy, ISIN NL0000226223), a member of the S&P/MIB Index, from 0.659 to 0.721 effective at the close of trading Thursday, December 09, 2004. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by France Telecom, which has reduced its holding to less than 5% of shares outstanding.
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange Derivatives Market

Date 06/12/2004

For the week of November 29th – November 3rd, 2004, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) increased by 13% in rubles and 21% in contracts and reached 10 178 million rubles and 1 286 thousand contracts. Total open interest as of December 3rd, 2004, increased by 3% in contracts and equaled 12 640 million rubles and 1 513 thousand contracts.
Fred Hatfield Sworn In As CFTC Commissioner

Date 06/12/2004

Fred Hatfield was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and option trading in the United States.
Eurex US To Launch Futures On Russell Indexes At The End Of January 2005 - Russell 1000® And Russell 2000® Products Are First U.S. Equity Index Derivatives On Eurex US - Nandapurkar: New Asset Class On Eurex US Offers New Trading And Arbitrage Opportuniti

Date 06/12/2004

Eurex US, the fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, announced today that the exchange will launch futures on the U.S. large-cap Russell 1000® index and the U.S. small cap Russell 2000® index at the end of January 2005. This marks the expansion of Eurex US' product portfolio and Eurex's global liquidity network into U.S. index derivatives for the first time. Eurex US currently offers futures and options on futures on U.S. Treasury products.
Eurex US Christmas And New Year’s Day Trading Schedule

Date 06/12/2004

Eurex US has established the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays: