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Cassa Di Compensazione E Garanzia Launches New Central Counterparty Service For Italian Government Bonds Traded On The MTS Market - An Example Of International Inter-Operability Between Central Counterparties

Date 18/08/2004

CC&G (Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia), a Borsa Italiana Group company, is pleased to announce the launch of a new central counterparty (CCP) service for Italian Government Bonds traded on MTS, the leading market in Europe for the trading of fixed income securities.
Banchile Corredores De Bolsa Began Trading On Latibex As A New Member On August 17 - It Is The Biggest Broker In The Chilean Market, With A 30% Market Share In June 2004 - It Is The Second Latin American Member And The First Chilean To Join Latibex

Date 18/08/2004

Banchile Corredores de Bolsa, one of the leading brokers of the Chilean market, met all requirements necessary to become a member of the Latibex market. The company started trading on August, 17.
American Stock Exchange Publishes New Wilderhill Clean Energy Index - The First U.S. Index Comprised Of Companies Focusing On Clean Energy

Date 18/08/2004

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that it has begun publishing the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (Ticker Symbol: ECO); a new index comprised of publicly traded companies that focus on greener and generally renewable sources of energy and technologies facilitating cleaner energy.
STOXX, Ltd. Changes the Composition Of The European Benchmark Indexes Third Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On September 20, 2004

Date 17/08/2004

STOXX, Ltd. today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index, the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index and its sector indexes and the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index.
Singapore Exchange Launches SGX Quest In Its Derivatives Market

Date 17/08/2004

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) yesterday announced the successful launch of SGX QUEST (SGX Quotation and Execution System) for its derivatives market.

Sanofi-Syntholabo SA (ADR) Acquisition Of Aventis S.A. (ADR) In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 17/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective the close of trading on August 19, 2004 Aventis S.A. (ADR) (France, NYSE: AVE, CUSIP: 053561106, Sedol: 2734761) will be excluded from the S&P ADR Index following the successful acquisition of Aventis by Sanofi-Synthelabo SA. Simultaneously, the shares of Sanofi-Synthelabo SA (ADR) (France, NYSE: SNY, CUSIP: 80105N105, Sedol: 2964557) in the S&P ADR Indices will increase by 1,286,017,422 to 2,748,900,914. The IWF wi
NYSE Seat Sells For $1,250,000

Date 17/08/2004

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 for $1,250,000; unchanged from the previous regular seat sale on August 3, 2004.
Nymex To Decrease Margins On Alluminum Futres Contracts

Date 17/08/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will decrease the margins on its aluminum futures contract at the close of business tomorrow.
Nymex Announces Margins For Natural Gas Index And Swing Swap Futures Contracts

Date 17/08/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today proposed margins for the monthly natural gas index and daily swing swap futures contracts it will launch at 7 PM on August 22 for the August 23 trading session.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Announces Electronic Trading Hosting Arrangement With Chicago Board Of Trade

Date 17/08/2004

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) announced today that the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will host electronic trading of MGEX's financially settled agricultural futures and options on e-cbot(R) powered by LIFFE CONNECT(R). The tentative launch date for the products under this new arrangement is December 2004.