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SEC Approves Amex Rule Proposal Related To The Sale Of NASD's Interest To The Amex Membership Corporation

Date 23/12/2004

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its proposed rule change in connection with the sale of the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc.'s interest in the American Stock Exchange LLC to The Amex Membership Corporation.
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

Date 23/12/2004

Standard & Poor’s as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding for the S&P/HKEx LargeCap effective at the open of business Friday, December 31, 2004.
Program Trading Averaged 59.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 13-17

Date 23/12/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 13-17.
Oslo Børs Introduces A Liquidity Provider Scheme

Date 23/12/2004

Oslo Børs has decided to introduce an organised scheme for liquidity providers in the Norwegian market. The scheme will come into effect from 1 January 2005.
OMX Exchanges: Share Quantities In BALTIX For Q1 2005

Date 23/12/2004

The BALTIX index is a capitalization-weighted chain-linked total return index that was launched on September 27, 2004. The index is calculated daily using the most recent official closing prices of all shares listed on the Main Lists of the Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius stock exchanges. The index constituents are subject to quarterly weight limits of 10% of the compound market capitalization and the weight-limits are applied during quarterly rebalancings by reducing the indexed share quantities.

Labuan International Financial Exchange Market Cap Reaches US$10 Billion With Khazanah's Notes

Date 23/12/2004

Market capitalisation at the Labuan International Financial Exchange Inc (LFX) increased to US$10.13 billion (RM38.49 billion) with the primary listing of US$414.5 million exchangeable notes issued by Labuan-based Feringghi Capital Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the Malaysian government investment holding arm.
Korea Futures Exchange Trading Hours To Be Changed On January 3, 2005

Date 23/12/2004

The Korea Futures Exchange (KOFEX) has announced the following trading schedule for the first trading day of 2005. On January 3, 2005, when the market opens for the new year, trading in stock index products will start at 10:00, one hour late than usual, in line with the opening time of the underlying stock markets. Trading hours for the rest of the products will be the same.
Jukka Ruuska To Leave Role Of Deputy CEO Of OMX

Date 23/12/2004

Jukka Ruuska, President of the OMX Exchanges division and as of January 1, 2005, also President of the Stockholm Stock Exchange, has decided to temporarily leave his position as Executive Vice President and deputy CEO of OMX. No new deputy CEO will be appointed.
Japan’s Financial Services Agency's Comments On The Draft ''Concept Paper On Equivalence Of Certain Third Country GAAP And On Description Of Certain Third Countries Mechanisms Of Enforcement Of Financial Information'' By The Committee Of European Securiti

Date 23/12/2004

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) sent a comments letter on December 21, 2004, regarding the draft ''Concept Paper on Equivalence of Certain Third Country GAAP and on Description of Certain Third Countries'', which was published on October 21, 2004, by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR). In the European Union, third country issuers will be required, from around 2007, to prepare and present financial statements on the basis of IAS/IFRS or the third count
Investable Weight Factor Change For Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 23/12/2004

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (Italy, ISIN IT0001254884), a member of the S&P/MIB Index, from 0.450 to 0.384 effective at the close of trading Wednesday, December 29, 2004. This is following the increased holding of several shareholders in the recent period.