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Options Industry Council And The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Offer Free Seminar On Option Trading

Date 14/01/2004

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, in conjunction with the Options Industry Council, will be offering a free seminar on covered calls on Monday, January 26 at the Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom Street from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Options Clearing Corporation Announces Record-Breaking Week

Date 14/01/2004

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reported yesterday that during the week of Jan. 5-9, a new weekly record was set for total options trading volume with 29,814,477 contracts. The previous record occurred April 16-April 20, 2001 with 25,453,849 contracts. In addition, two of the five highest trading days for total options volume occurred last week.
NZX Announces New Market Participant Structure

Date 14/01/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes to advise all market participants that after thoroughly reviewing all submissions, it has sent the proposed new NZX Participant Rules to the Minister of Commerce for review. It is anticipated that the new Rules will be effective from 1 April 2004.
NYSE Closed On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Date 14/01/2004

The NYSE is Closed on Monday, January 19, in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Montréal To Be A Key Player In The U.S. Equity Options Market

Date 14/01/2004

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the Montréal Exchange and its American partners the authorization to launch the Boston Options Exchange (BOX), a new American equity options exchange that is expected to begin operations before the end of this month. The Montréal Exchange will be the technical facilities manager of BOX.

Montréal Exchange - The Growth Continues - Total Volume Up 21 % Summary Statistical Report 2003

Date 14/01/2004

Bourse de Montréal Inc. (Montréal Exchange) traded 17.7 million derivatives contracts in 2003, which is a 21% increase over the 14.6 million contracts traded in 2002. Trading volume is up 40% since the Montréal Exchange became fully automated two years ago.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Board Of Directors Elects Michael Krueger As Nonmember Director

Date 14/01/2004

At the January 8 meeting of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) board of directors, Michael Krueger, founder and president of The Money Farm, was elected to serve on the board as a nonmember director. The Money Farm is a grain marketing advisory service located near Fargo, North Dakota.
Irish Stock Exchange New Website Launched

Date 14/01/2004

The Irish Stock Exchange has just launched its new website. It offers significant new functionality, more user-friendly navigation and greater depth of analysis and coverage of its products and markets. A wide range of instrument trading details, extensive market reports and detailed information about the key areas of the Exchange's business are available on the website which is radically altered from its predecessor.
HKEx Submits Its View On Proposals To Enhance The Regulation Of Listing

Date 14/01/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Wednesday) submitted its views on the Government's consultation document on proposals to enhance the regulation of listing in Hong Kong.
Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes To Calculate And Disseminate Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks - Indexes Will Be Quoted Daily In The Wall Street Journal And Weekly In Barron’s

Date 14/01/2004

Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes (DJHFI) today announced that its new hedge fund strategy benchmark series representing five hedge fund strategies is now being calculated, published and disseminated on a daily basis.