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São Paulo Stock Exchange Monthly Report – July 2004

Date 31/08/2004

Investment in stocks ended July as the outstanding component of the financial market. The Bovespa Index (Ibovespa) ended the month at 22,336 points, reflecting a 5.6% increase in nominal terms and a rise of 8.4% in dollar terms. In the year to date, total nominal appreciation amounts to 0.4%. Likewise, the Brazil Index (IBrX-50) increased by 5.1% in nominal terms, reaching 2,758 points.
OMHEX Changes Name To OMX

Date 31/08/2004

As part of a new brand strategy, OM HEX AB - owner and operator of Northern Europe's largest securities marketplace and a leading provider of transaction technology, processing and outsourcing solutions - has changed name to OMX AB, following a decision by an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held today in Stockholm.
NZX Accredits OMFinancial As First NZX Futures & Options Firm And Enters Market Making Agreement With Citigroup

Date 31/08/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is delighted to announce that it has accredited OMFinancial Limited as the first NZX Futures & Options Firm to deal in any futures or options product worldwide, including the NZFOX products, on behalf of New Zealand investors.
New Record For Options Trading On ASX

Date 31/08/2004

The ASX options market has continued to reach higher levels of trading activity, with a new average daily volume record set in August. An average of 83,673 options contracts were traded each day compared with the previous highest average volume of 82,139 set in March this year. This represents an increase of 21% over the trading activity of August 2003.
NASD Granted First Temporary Cease And Desist Order To Stop Ongoing Fraud By Brokerage LH Ross - Firm Charged With Illegally Raising Millions Through Fraudulent Self-Offerings

Date 31/08/2004

Finding that L.H. Ross and Company, Inc.'s "misconduct poses an extreme threat to the investing public," an NASD Hearing Panel for the first time has granted a petition for a temporary cease and desist order (TCDO) to immediately stop ongoing fraud by a brokerage firm while an NASD disciplinary proceeding is underway.

LME Monthly Averages - August 04

Date 31/08/2004

Click here to download the LME August 2004 Monthly Averages.
Federation Of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges August Newsletter Posted On The Web

Date 31/08/2004

The FEAS August Newsletter, the monthly bulletin, bringing you general secretariat news, Member statistics on stock, bond and other volume comparisons on a monthly, year-to-date and prior period basis, in addition to market cap, currency changes, number of companies traded and index fluctuations, has been published. To view click here.
Eurex Launches Options On Swiss Equity Synthes Inc.

Date 31/08/2004

On September 20, Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange, will be expanding its Swiss equity option segment and introducing options contracts on Synthes Inc. registered shares. This will allow investors to trade options on Synthes prior to the introduction of the shares in the Swiss SMI share index on October 1. One contract consists of 10 shares and has a maximum maturity of 24 months. Eurex intends to increase the liquidity of trading in the new product from the very beginning
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Focus: Digital Financial Statements

Date 31/08/2004

For a long time, companies, public authorities and auditors have wanted to beable to digitalise companies’ annual reports and other types of reporting tothe external environment. This may soon be possible because there is nowbroad support for a common market standard, says State Authorised PublicAccountant Lars J. Dyrner, KPMG, Chairman of XBRL Denmark, in Focusno. 88, which was published today.
CFTC Staff Allows The Mercato Italiano Dei Derivati’s Futures Contracts Based On The S&P/MIB Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 31/08/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on August 30, 2004, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of the Mercato Italiano Dei Derivati’s (“IDEM’s”) futures contracts based on the S&P/MIB Index (“S&P/MIB”)—the S&P/MIB Futures Contract and the miniFutures Contract.