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OneChicago Week In Review

Date 23/08/2004

Volume Highlights Each single stock futures contract is equal to 100 shares of the underlying stock or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Aug. 16 Dupont (E.I. Du Pont de Nemours) (DD1C): 4,074 contracts traded, 3,184 SEP04 in a block trade Aug. 17 Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM1C): 2,283 contracts traded, 1,200 SEP04 as part of a block trade, 951 SEP04 as part of another block trade Aug. 18 Eastman Kodak (EK1C): 4,111 con
London Stock Exchange Publishes Guide To Corporate Governance

Date 23/08/2004

The London Stock Exchange, in association with RSM Robson Rhodes, is pleased to announce the publication of a guide to corporate governance for UK listed companies.
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 20.08.2004

Date 23/08/2004

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.
IPE Launches Baseload And Peakload Electricity Futures

Date 23/08/2004

The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, today announced that it would launch baseload and peakload electricity futures contracts on 14 September 2004.
HKEx Introduces New Features Of Investor Accounts In CCASS And Rewards Programmes

Date 23/08/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Monday) introduced enhanced features of the Central Clearing and Settlement System’s (CCASS) Investor Account service, and rewards programmes for new and existing account holders.

Google To Enter FTSE Indices

Date 23/08/2004

Google, the Internet search engine, which started trading on NASDAQ on Thursday 19th August, will be added to FTSE indices on Wednesday 25th August. The company has been classified as 974 (Internet) by the FTSE Global Classification System (GCS), which is used by NASDAQ to classify all new companies which list on its market.
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange Derivatives Market

Date 23/08/2004

For the week of August 16th – August 20th, 2004, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) increased by 49% in rubles and 54% in contracts and reached 5 982 million rubles and 882 thousand contracts. Total open interest as of August 20th, 2004, increased by 6% in rubles and 8% in contracts and equaled 6 902 million rubles and 942 thousand contracts.
FTSE Index Reviews - September 2004

Date 23/08/2004

FTSE Group, the global index provider, will announce the regular quarterly changes to the FTSE UK Index Series (including the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share indices) on Wednesday 8th September 2004.
CME Expands Efforts To Grow Trading Volume Of Equity Index Options On Futures Markets - Plan Includes Conversion To European Style Options Expiration And Addition Of Market Makers In E-Mini<SUP><SMALL>™</sup></small> S&P 500® Equity Options

Date 23/08/2004

As part of its aggressive growth strategy to increase trading in its equity index options on futures markets, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest futures exchange in the U.S., today announced all equity index options products listed on the exchange will be converted from American to European style expiration. Additionally, in response to increased demand for electronic trading of CME’s E-mini™ S&P 500® options on futures contract, the exchange will add designated market makers a
CBOT Labor Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 23/08/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Labor Day holiday: