FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

News

KCBT Increases Number Of Wheat Option Serial Months

Date 25/06/2003

The Board of Directors yesterday approved a resolution amending the number of wheat option serial months that are listed for trading. In an effort to satisfy the hedging needs of market participants in serial months further out than those currently available, the Board expanded the listing procedure to the maximum allowable number of wheat option serial months for trading.
ICEX News And Views - An Ombudsman For Cross-Border Financial Services' Providers In Europe

Date 25/06/2003

FESE's proposal for an ombudsman for the European financial market, new law on 1 July, new forms for announcements to ICEX and access to prospectuses are discussed in this issue.
Clearnet And LCH To Merge To Form The LCH.Clearnet Group

Date 25/06/2003

Clearnet and LCH to merge to form the LCH.Clearnet Group, Europe's leading independent group of central counterparty clearing houses. Click here for full details.
CBOT Fed Watch: June 2003

Date 25/06/2003

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 25, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOE To List Full Value 2005 LEAPS On S&P 100 Index (OEX And XEO) And iShares S&P 100 Index (OEF)

Date 25/06/2003

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced it will list full value 2005 LEAPS on S&P 100 Index with American style exercise (OEX), S&P 100 Index with European style exercise (XEO), and iShares S&P 100 Index exchange-traded fund (OEF) beginning Thursday, June 26. LEAPS (Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities) are stock options with an expiration date of up to three years in the future.

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 1 July 2003

Date 24/06/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 1 July 2003, responding to the release of BOJ's TANKAN report at 8:50am.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Announces An Alternative Exchange For Small And Medium Businesses

Date 24/06/2003

Yesterday, the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) announced the first alternative exchange in Africa that will list small and medium growing companies. It has been named AltX. The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) endorses and supports this initiative.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 24/06/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, June 24, 2003: TNR Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:TRR) will change its name to "TNR Gold Corp." The company will trade under the new ticker symbol "TNR" and the new CUSIP number 87260X 10 9. The shares of the company will be consolidated on a 1-for-4 basis. The new number of shares in the index will be 9,505,545. The company is classified as a "Junior Natural Resour
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 24/06/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, June 25, 2003: The relative weight of Inter Pipeline Fund (TSX:IPL.UN) will increase by approximately 0.32% in the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 24/06/2003

Standard & Poor's wishes to announce that following changes: On June 23, 2003, the shareholders of Dundee Realty Corporation (TSX:D) approved a plan of arrangement whereby the company would be converted into an income trust, Dundee REIT. After the close of trading on Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Dundee Realty Corporation will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, S&P/TSX Capped Composite, S&P/TSX SmallCap, S&P/TSX Capped Financials, S&P/TSX Capped Real Estate and TSX 200 Indices.