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FTSE & Euronext Launch Two New European Indices

Date 29/04/2003

FTSE and Euronext today introduce FTSEurofirst, a new tradable suite of pan-European indices. FTSEurofirst is the result of a co-operation between FTSE and Euronext and combines high liquidity with better market coverage, representation, and index tracking, to offer a superior index solution for trading European equities.
FTSE & Euronext Launch 2 New European Indices

Date 29/04/2003

FTSE Group and Euronext co-operate to create 2 new indices for Europe: the FTSEurofirst series
Eurex Enhances Efficiency And Flexibility In Clearing - Sector-Based Risk Management Has Definite Cost-Related Advantages For Eurex Clients - Eurex Accepts Fixed-Income ETF As Clearing Collateral

Date 29/04/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives market, will further enhance efficiency in the netting of risks for derivatives transactions, so-called cross margining, as well as flexibility by expanding the depositable collateral. The world's largest derivatives market announced this on Tuesday. As of June 2, 2003, offsetting risks from positions in derivatives on equities and indices in the same sector will be netted in the calculation of margin payments. Bundling the margin collateral reduces the margi
Deutsche Börse Intends To Issue Inaugural Benchmark Bond - Corporate Bond To Replace Short-Term Financing Through Commercial Paper

Date 29/04/2003

Deutsche Börse announced on Tuesday it will issue its inaugural benchmark bond with a volume of 500 million euro and an intermediate maturity. The issue will be launched after a pan-European roadshow commencing on May 5. Deutsche Börse expects the transaction to be finalized in May, subject to market conditions. With the money raised Deutsche Börse will replace a short-term financing incurred by the acquisition of Clearstream International in July 2002; Clearstream is the settlement entity withi
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: New Danish Accounting Standards On Leases And Revenue

Date 29/04/2003

Two new Accounting Standards have been published by the Accounting Standard Committee under the Institute of State Authorised Public Accountants.

CBOT May 2003 Fed Watch

Date 29/04/2003

Based on the April 29 market close, the CBOT®30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for the May 2003 expiration is currently pricing in a 19 percent probability that the FOMC will lower the target rate by at least 25 basis points from 1-1/4 percent to one percent at the FOMC meeting on May 6 (versus a 81 percent probability of no rate change).
Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchange Newsletter 80 - March/April 2003

Date 29/04/2003

Please click here to view the Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchange Newsletter 80 - March/April 2003.
April 2003 "Market's Measure" - Preliminary - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes And STOXX Ltd. On The Performance Of U.S., European And Other Global Stock Market Indexes

Date 29/04/2003

Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 6% Gain in April, European Stocks Gain 12%, Asia Falls 4% and World Equities Rise by 8% Insurance Sector Posts Biggest Gain for April in Europe and Worldwide Energy Sector Takes the Hardest Hit in US & Worldwide The U.S. blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.99% in April, closing at 8471.61. Stock market indexes measuring Asia fell, while Europe and world markets closed up in April, according to preliminary monthly figures f
Update In Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Syariah Index Component

Date 28/04/2003

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is updating the component stocks of the KLSE Syariah Index (KLSE SI) in line with the revised list of approved securities issued by the Syariah Advisory Council of the Securities Commission on 25 April 2003. The component stocks update to the KLSE SI will come into effect on Monday, 19 May 2003.
TIFFE Launches JPY Swapnote<SUP><SMALL>TM </SUP></SMALL>

Date 28/04/2003

TIFFE (The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange) has officially announced to list JPY Swapnote TM which has been jointly developed with Euronext.liffe, ICAP, and AVM, on May 9h. The contracts which will be listed at launch will be the 5-year and the 10-year contracts, covering the mid-to-long-terin markets.