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Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sector And Industry Indices Of The CSE

Date 28/02/2003

As of 1 March 2003, foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's all-share, sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
CBOT's Ten-Year T-Note Futures Contract Sets Volume Record

Date 28/02/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that a new daily volume record was set for the Ten-year Treasury note futures contract in the exchange's open auction and electronic platform with 851,198 contracts traded on February 26, breaking the previous record of 849,850 contracts set on November 27, 2002.
CBOT: Record Volume In Swap Futures

Date 28/02/2003

CBOT® 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures traded a record 29,035 contracts on February 27. (The previous daily volume record of 24,960 was set on August 29, 2002.) Open interest rose to 42,398 contracts, close to the 42,946 record set on June 14, 2002. February is on the way to posting a monthly volume record, around 5,640 contracts per day.
CBOT Sets New Total Exchange Daily Volume Record

Date 28/02/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that a new exchange daily volume record was set on February 27 with 2,690,963 contracts traded, eclipsing the previous record of 2,683,610 contracts traded on August 14, 2002. The CBOT's electronic trading platform also set a trading record of 1,305,202 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 1,095,694 set July 24, 2002.
Baltic Exchange Launches New LPG And Tanker Routes

Date 28/02/2003

As of Monday 3 March, the Baltic Exchange, the world's leading maritime market place, will be expanding its range of freight market assessments with the trial of two new tanker routes and introduction of a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) route.<

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Mothers (Market Of The High-Growth And Emerging Stocks) Statistics December 2002

Date 27/02/2003

On November 11, 1999, Tokyo Stock Exchange established a new market named Mothers (market of the high-growth and emerging stocks), in order to provide venture companies access to funds at an early stage of their development and to provide investors with more diversified investment products.
SEC Settles With Rhino Advisors, Thomas Badian - Commission Cautions Companies, Investors About Dangers Of Certain Convertible Securities

Date 27/02/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a settled civil action against Rhino Advisors Inc. and its president, Thomas Badian, for directing a series of manipulative short sales of Sedona Corp. stock that contributed to the decline in price of Sedona's stock. Rhino, based in New York, manages money for two overseas clients. The Commission's complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
RTS Stock Exchange Board Of Directors Accepts Resignation Of Ivan Tyryshkin And Appoints Vladislav Streltsov Acting President

Date 27/02/2003

On its February 27th, 2003, meeting the RTS Stock Exchange Partnership Board of Directors accepted resignation of Ivan Tyryshkin, and appointed Vladislav Streltsov Acting President of the Exchange until the next meeting of Partnership Council. The date of the meeting will be announced later.
Program Trading Averaged 40.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 18-21, 2003

Date 27/02/2003

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 Feb. 18-21, 2003.
Nymex To Raise Margins On Natural Gas Futures, Henry Hub Swap Futures, And e-miNY<SUP>sm</SUP> Natural Gas Futures

Date 27/02/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will increase margins on its natural gas, Henry Hub swap, and natural gas e-miNY futures contracts as of the close of business tomorrow.