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Warsaw Stock Exchange Records In Turnover And WIG20

Date 22/08/2003

On the closing of yesterday's session index WIG20 reached 1514 points. It is the highest value since 26th February 2001. Since the beginning of this year WIG20 increased of 29%.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Quarterly Adjustment Of WIG20 And MIDWIG indices

Date 22/08/2003

The Warsaw Stock Exchange announces the following quarterly changes to the WIG20 blue-chip and MIDWIG MidCap Indices:

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 August 2003

Date 22/08/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 29 August 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Indices

Date 22/08/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes after the close of trading on Friday, August 29, 2003: The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) code for Quebecor World Inc. (TSX:IQW) will change from 25401040 - Publishing to 20201010 - Commercial Printing. Quebecor World Inc. is a constituent of the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped and the TSX 100 Index. The company will move from the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Discretionary Index to the S&P/TSX

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 22/08/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and the S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Thursday August 28th 2003: Nissho Iwai-Nichimen Holdings Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6594143, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20107010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 13,934,423 to 200,208,389 due to the execution of exercise of convertible bonds. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd. (

Replacement Of Component Issues For The FTSE Japan Index

Date 22/08/2003

According to delisting of a component of the FTSE Japan Index, FTSE announced the following partial change of the components. Issue to be Deleted (Code)

NYBOT Announces U.S. Labor Day Holiday Schedule

Date 22/08/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the U.S. Labor Day holiday trading schedule for its subsidiary exchanges the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), and the FINEX Division of the New York Cotton Exchange:

NYBOT Announces Revisions To Trading Hours For Coffee "C" And Reuters CRB Index Contracts

Date 22/08/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the move to the new trading facility on Tuesday, September 2, 2003, trading hours for the Coffee "C" futures and options contracts shall be from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (all times NY), and trading hours for the Reuters CRB Index futures and options contracts shall be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.*

ICEX News & Views

Date 22/08/2003

How news affects the Icelandic equity market and the upcoming SAXESS training course is discussed in this issue.

Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange: Open Interest Record

Date 22/08/2003

FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) Derivatives Market posted a new record on August 21, 2003 - over 4 billion rubles of open interest in terms of notional value. Since the beginning of August, open interest grew 33%.