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Standard & Poor’s Announces Change To S&P Index

Date 29/07/2004

Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE:FL) will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Friday, July 30. Foot Locker will replace Oxford Health Plans Inc. (NYSE:OHP), which is being removed from the Index after the close of trading this evening. Oxford Health Plans is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) in a transaction anticipated to close before tomorrow’s open of trading. The deal is still subject to certain approvals. Standard & Poor’s will monitor t
SGX Group Results For The Financial Year Ended 30 June 2004 - SGX Group Achieves Record Profit Of S$133.0 Million For FY2004 Record Year For Securities Business, Healthy Growth In Foreign Listings And Asian Derivatives Contracts

Date 29/07/2004

Operating revenue of s$316.3 million, a record
Program Trading Averaged 51.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 19-23

Date 29/07/2004

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 July 19-23.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Expands Electronic Options Trading System - “Starting Today, Market Makers Can Now Deliver Streaming Quotes And Electronically Access Trading Books”

Date 29/07/2004

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that the Securities and Exchange Commission, on July 27, approved an expansion to PHLX XL, the Exchange’s electronic options trading system that was launched last year. Trading on the enhanced platform will start today.
Osaka Securities Exchange, Russell And Nomura Announce Cooperative Effort To Launch Futures Based On New Stock Index

Date 29/07/2004

As of July 27, 2004, Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (“OSE”), Russell Investment Group and Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. have agreed to develop a cooperative effort to introduce listed futures based on the Russell/Nomura Prime Index, a newly developed index co-developed by Russell/Nomura*.

NZX Releases Further Details On Preliminary Half Year Financial Results

Date 29/07/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes announce that it has provided additional details from its preliminary half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2004.
NYBOT Seeks Input On Its Sugar No. 11 Contract Polarization Rule Proposal

Date 29/07/2004

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) released today the following communiqué from its World Sugar Committee: The World Sugar Committee is considering an amendment to the present Allowances for Polarization on deliveries against the Sugar No. 11 futures contract. Before making a final decision, the Committee is soliciting input from any and all interested parties on the possible change.
NYBOT Announces FCOJ Position Rule Changes

Date 29/07/2004

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) announced today that: Effective immediatelyhe limit on the maximum net long or net short position which any one person may hold or control in FCOJ Futures or FCOJ Differential Futures Contracts and Futures Equivalent Contracts has been increased to 2,700 in any other month.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Increase Margins On Heating Oil Futures And Swap Futures

Date 29/07/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will increase the margins on its heating oil futures, New York harbor heating oil calendar swap futures, and New York harbor heating oil crack spread swap futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
Nasdaq Announces Second Quarter 2004 Results - Net Income Equals $4.8 Million - Direct Expenses Lowered By $8.7 Million From Prior Quarter

Date 29/07/2004

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ), today reported results for the second quarter 2004. Net income was $4.8 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004 versus net income of $4.6 million in the first quarter of 2004 and a net loss of $49.0 million for the second quarter of 2003, which includes continued and discontinued operations. Net income applicable to common shareholders for the second quarter 2004 was $1.3 million, or $0.02 per common share versus net l