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ASX Profit And Loss Drivers Review

Date 25/05/2005

ASX today announced an update on its Profit and Loss Drivers Review. The review has set some new directions for growth, determined significant costs savings and focused on capital management and the future of adjacent businesses. It provides a reinvigorated focus on servicing key customers and in continuing to ensure a capital market of integrity.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Free-Float Weight Of Constituents In Provisional TOPIX

Date 24/05/2005

Free-Float Weight (FFW) is a weight of listed shares deemed to be available for trading in the market. FFW is determined and calculated by TSE for each listed company for use in index calculation.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For May 2005

Date 24/05/2005

As of mid-May, short interest in 2,742 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 5,566,939,248 shares compared with 5,452,690,039 shares in 2,736 National Market issues for the month of April.
The MICEX Stockholders Discuss The Results Of The Exchange’s Work In 2004, Decide To Increase The Authorized Capital To 807.9 Million Rubles And Pay A Dividend

Date 24/05/2005

The meeting of stockholders of Moscow Interbank Curency Exchange (MICEX) has discussed and adopted the results of the financial and economic performance of the Exchange in 2004 and decided to distribute the net profit and increase the Exchange’s authorized capital.
SET Emphasizes Equitable Disclosure Of Information To Investors

Date 24/05/2005

Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Mr. Suthichai Chitvanich talked about the SET’s measures on market surveillance and monitoring of information disclosures to assure investors that the SET will closely monitor trading and related information that may result in negative repercussions. Investors will then receive information equally and in a timely manner encouraging fairness in securities trading.

S&P To Launch New U.S. Style Indices - S&P/Barra Indices To Be Replaced By New S&P Style Indices

Date 24/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading provider of independent investment research, indices and ratings, announced plans today to launch two new sets of style indices for the U.S. market. The complementary indices will divide the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the S&P SmallCap 600 into sub-indices designed to track the growth and value portions of each index. The new style indices will ensure that Standard & Poor’s suite of U.S. indices continues to meet the evolving needs of all index users.
RTS Stock Exchange Becomes The Controlling Shareholder Of The Depositary And Clearing Company

Date 24/05/2005

Non-profit partnership "RTS Stock Exchange" has announced the purchase of the controlling interest (52.18%) in the closed joint-stock company "Depositary and Clearing Company" from the non-profit partnership "DCC". Cash assets equal to 3 million US dollars were transferred to the appropriate account of "DCC" on May 16 th , 2005. The record confirming the transfer of rights was obtained from the Central Moscow Depositary on May 23 rd , 2005.
OneChicago Will Be Closed May 30 For Memorial Day

Date 24/05/2005

OneChicago will be closed May 30 for Memorial Day.
Nymex Sets Annual e-miNY<SUP>sm</SUP> Futures Volume Record

Date 24/05/2005

The e-miNYsm futures contract surpassed its previous annual volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., on May 19 when the total reached 1 million contracts for the year, surpassing the annual record of 856,544 contracts set in 2004.
NYBOTs Cocoa Contract Now Deliverable On eCOPS

Date 24/05/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it has added the unique capability to process Cocoa delivery on its eCOPS® system and has begun the process of converting each paper warehouse receipt for cocoa to an eCOPS Electronic Warehouse Receipt (EWR). The system, which is now active for the July Cocoa delivery, offers the user increased cost savings and efficiency, with greater speed and convenience of electronic documentation and transfer.