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Kansas City Board Of Trade To Offer Electronic Trading

Date 17/08/2004

The Kansas City Board of Trade announced today that the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT‚) will host the KCBT futures and options contracts on its e-cbot‚ electronic trading platform powered by LIFFE CONNECT‚ in the fourth quarter of 2004. The KCBT‚ wheat futures and options contracts will continue to be traded by open outcry during regular trading hours. Under the hosting agreement, the KCBT will remain independent and determine its own open and close times.
Jukka Ruuska Elected Chairman Of NOREX

Date 17/08/2004

Following the signing of the new NOREX Co-operation Agreement on 7 April 2004, HEX Integrated Markets has now become a shareholder in Nordic Exchanges A/S. Oslo Børs and Copenhagen Stock Exchange have both sold 9% of their shareholding to HEX Integrated Markets, and the share distribution in the company is the following: · HEX Integrated Markets: 50% (including the shares formerly owned by Stockholmsbörsen) · Oslo Børs: 23% · Copenhagen Stock Exchang
Clearstream Extends Global Reach With Access To 40 Markets - Iceland Is Added To Widen Clearstream's Global Network For Customers

Date 17/08/2004

Clearstream, via its Danish depository Danske Bank, now offers access to the Icelandic market. Clearstream customers can settle free of payment transactions in Icelandic government debt executed on the Icelandic Stock Exchange (ICEX). With this addition, Clearstream's network now reaches 40 markets around the globe: 24 in Europe, five in the Americas, ten in the Asia Pacific region and in South Africa. This network is the widest of any international central securities depository and enables cou
CBOT Expands Its Electronic Trading Platform

Date 17/08/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT® ) announced today it will host on its electronic trading platform the agricultural futures and options products of the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT?) and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE), providing a single operating system for the largest agricultural commodity exchanges in the United States. In addition, the agreement designates the CBOT as the two exchanges' sole direct distributor of market data through the CBOT Quote Vendor Network.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Annual Report 2004

Date 16/08/2004

Click Here to view the Tokyo Stock Exchange Annual Report for 2004.

Tim Breedon Joins The UK’s Financial Reporting Council

Date 16/08/2004

Patricia Hewitt, Trade & Industry Secretary today confirmed the appointment of Tim Breedon as a director of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
Standard & Poor’s Announces Change To S&P US Indices

Date 16/08/2004

Synaptics Inc. (NASD:SYNA) will replace U.S. Oncology Inc. (NASD:USON) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Friday, August 20. U.S. Oncology is being taken private by Oiler Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX L.P., in a transaction expected to close on or about that date. The deal is still pending shareholder approval. Standard & Poor’s will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com.
RTS Stock Exchange - Order-Driven Market Weekly Data

Date 16/08/2004

For the week of August 9th – August 13th, 2004, the total trading volume of direct and indirect transactions (including REPO transactions) reached 4 160 million rubles. Internet trading accounted for 42%, down from 465 last week. 5 152 transactions were executed.
RTS Stock Exchange - Classic Market Weekly Data

Date 16/08/2004

For the week of August 9th– August 13th, 2004, the RTS Index gained 3.03% points and closed at 555.37. The RTS Current Quotes Index (RTST) increased by 3.00%, from 593.72 to 611.51.
Report Finds CalPERS Investment Portfolico To Be Low Cost, Less Risky Than Other Public Pension Funds

Date 16/08/2004

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) added more value to its investment portfolio at less risk and at a lower cost than other large public pension funds over the five-year period ended December 31, 2003, according to a report released today.