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HKEx: Status Report On New Product And Market Development Initiatives (Status As Of 15 January 2003)

Date 24/01/2003

The following initiatives are subject to market support and regulatory approval so they may not be implemented. HKEx will announce further details of these initiatives as they progress.
HKEx Publishes Seventh Edition Of Quarterly Publication - Exchange

Date 24/01/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published the seventh edition of its quarterly publication Exchange.
Giovanni Agnelli: Statement By NYSE Chairman And CEO Dick Grasso

Date 24/01/2003

"Giovanni Agnelli was one of the most admired and celebrated business leaders in Italy and the world," said NYSE Chairman and CEO Dick Grasso. "By virtue of his decades of incomparable leadership, vision and determination, Fiat became a global leader and one of the world's most successful companies. Giovanni, who was a partner and friend of the Exchange and so many people throughout the world, will be sadly missed. On behalf of the entire NYSE community, I offer my condolences to his family."
Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange: New Trading Record

Date 24/01/2003

On January 23, 2003, new record - 4 182 trades - was reached at FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) derivatives market (futures traded 4,030 times, options - 152 times). The previous daily trading record of 3,785 trades as of November 26th, 2002, was exceeded by 10,5%.
Euronext.liffe Launches Investor Trading Tool To Help Investors

Date 24/01/2003

Euronext.liffe, the world's second largest futures and options exchange, today announces the launch of OptionEasy for Euronext.liffe Equity and Index Options. This powerful and user-friendly online service was developed by OptionEasy Ltd, an organisation specialising in online financial analytics applications. The OptionEasy trading tool provides comprehensive and user friendly information on equity options and aims to provide UK investors with the practical trading experience on how to a

Copenhagen Stock Exchange Financial Calendar 2003

Date 24/01/2003

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange has the following plan for the publication of financial statements, etc for 2003. Annual Report for 2002 & preliminary announcement of the annual accounts: 6 February Announcement of results for Q1: 19 May Announcement of results for the first six months: 18 August Announcement of results for Q3: 10 November
CBOT's Mini-sized DJIA Futures Contract Sets Volume Record

Date 24/01/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that its members set a new daily volume record for mini-sized DowSM Jones futures on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 29,492 contracts traded on January 23, breaking the previous record of 28,717 contracts set on October 9, 2002. Total volume for Dow Jones futures and options was 53,460, with 22,851 contracts traded in the CBOT's open auction marketplace.
CBOT January 2003 Fed Watch

Date 24/01/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, the Chicago Board of Trade is reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
A New Open Interest Record For NYBOT's Sugar No. 11

Date 24/01/2003

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today yet another new Sugar No. 11 open interest record of 249,251 futures contracts set on January 23, 2003. The previous high of 249,004 contracts was established on January 17, 2003.
TSX Wants Study Of Transatlantic Securities Link - Hope Is To Bridge North American And European Securities Markets

Date 23/01/2003

TSX Group Chief Executive Barbara Stymiest today called on Canada and the European Union to explore on "an urgent basis the potential for significant benefits to investors and listed companies through mutual recognition of each other's stock markets."