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KCBT Changes Minimum Margins For Trading Wheat

Date 14/11/2002

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective tomorrow, come as a result of increased market volatility and are as follows:
Kansas City Board Of Trade Announces Thanksgiving Schedule

Date 14/11/2002

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following Thanksgiving holiday hours.
IPE Brent Crude Futures Sets New Daily Record

Date 14/11/2002

The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange, today reported a new daily record for its Brent Crude futures contract.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited: Margin Parameters And Margin Offset For Mini-Hang Seng Index Options

Date 14/11/2002

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced the margin parameters and margin offset for Mini-Hang Seng Index (Mini-HSI) Options, which will commence trading on 18 November (Monday).
HKEx: GEM Website Incident

Date 14/11/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will deactivate the temporary backup website address at http://www.backup.hkex.com.hk/news/index.htm from 6pm today (Thursday, 14 November).

Futures & Options On The Russian Trading System: Record Trading Results

Date 14/11/2002

On November 13, 2002, the all-time total trading volume record of 172 745 contracts or 726.46 million rubles in underlying value was set on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS), the derivatives section of the RTS Stock Exchange.
FTSE Group Launches European Sector Indices With iShares ETFs

Date 14/11/2002

FTSE Group, the global index company, today announces the launch of the new FTSE European Sector Index Series, a set of eight tradable indices designed to allow fast and efficient trading for investors worldwide. The indices will go live on November 18th 2002 with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) issued by iShares, the world's leading ETF provider, managed by Barclays Global Investors (BGI).
DTN Market Access LLC Enters Landmark European Sales Alliance With CMS WebView plc

Date 14/11/2002

DTN Market Access, LLC (DTN) and CMS WebView plc (CMS) are pleased to announce a landmark European sales alliance in which CMS, utilising its 20 years of experience as a quote vendor company, will market and support ProphetX in Europe.
Baltic Exchange Launches FFA Settlement Prices Service

Date 14/11/2002

The Baltic Exchange has launched a service to assist in the settlement of forward freight agreement (FFA) contracts on its website balticexchange.com.
Archipelago Reaches Record Volume Highs on the ECN and Exchange - Archipelago Volume Records Broken Repeatedly in October: ECN Breaks Previous High - Volume Marks, ArcaEx Achieves Significant Milestone In Listed Trading Volume

Date 14/11/2002

Archipelago announced on November 5 that throughout October it reached new volume highs on both the Electronics Communication Network (ECN) and on the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx). During the month, Archipelago recorded its top ten record volume days in terms of combined shares for the ECN and ArcaEx.