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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Canola Futures Prices Dropped Sharply During May

Date 02/06/2004

Canola futures prices dropped sharply in very volatile trade during the month of May. The July futures contract closed at $363.80 per metric tonne on May 31 after trading as high as $448.30 as recently as April 4, 2004. The sharp canola price decline was part of a dramatic sell-off in the overall oilseeds complex, as the CBOT soybean futures have also seen tremendous selling since early spring. Reasons for the major price shift in soybean and canola futures included large commodity fund l
UK’s Financial Services Authority fines Leopold Joseph & Sons Limited For Systems And Controls Failings

Date 02/06/2004

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today fined Leopold Joseph & Sons Limited (LJSL) £85,000 for serious failings in its system for monitoring adherence to credit limits. The weakness was first identified in 1999.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 02/06/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, June 2, 2004: Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSXVN:AZD) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol “AZD” at the open on Friday, June 4, 2004.
SEC Votes To Propose Provisions Implementing Gramm-Leach-Bliley Bank Broker Rules

Date 02/06/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to publish for comment proposed Regulation B. This new regulation is designed to implement provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 that delineate the securities activities banks may engage in without registering as brokers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
NZX: Six-Month Review Shows Success Signs For NZAX Market

Date 02/06/2004

Six months on from its launch, the NZAX Market is showing positive signs of success, a New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) review into the alternative market for growing companies shows.

NYSE Seat Sale

Date 02/06/2004

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 for $1,515,000; up $5,000 from the previous regular seat sale of $1,510,000 on April 27, 2004.
NYBOT Rolls Up Fifth Consecutive Month Of Solid Gains In 2004

Date 02/06/2004

Total futures and options volume at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, leaped forward again in May, with year-to-date (YTD) volume now 37% ahead of the first five months of 2003.
New York Mercantile Exchange Established Margins For Dow Jones Electricity Index Futures Contracts

Date 02/06/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced the margins for the financially settled Dow Jones electricity price index futures contracts that will be launched at 3:15 PM tomorrow afternoon on NYMEX ClearPortsm for the June 4 trading session.
MTSNext Launches Eurozone Inflation-linked Bond Index

Date 02/06/2004

MTSNext is pleased to announce the launch of the EuroMTS Inflation-linked Index, the first inflation-linked government bond index using transparent, real-time tradable prices. The new index, the first step in the expansion of the EuroMTS Global Index, will initially be calculated and published twice daily (11:00 and 16:00 CET) with a real-time index being introduced in July 2004. The launch of the EuroMTS Inflation-linked Index (EMTXi) follows the introduction of the EuroMTS Linkers Market, whic
May 2004 - Euronext Key Indicators - Record May For Derivatives - Volumes Ahead By 20% Year-On-Year -11 Million Transactions In Cash - Over 64 Million In The Year-To-Date

Date 02/06/2004

Cash products 11 million transactions were completed on Euronext’s cash markets in May, bringing the total number of transactions for the first five months of 2004 to 64 million, up 4.4% on the same period in 2003. The activity in May 2004 is 12.8% below the one in May 2003, which was a particularly active month. The average daily number of 612,000 transactions completed since January is up 3.4% compared to the same period of last year.