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London Stock Exchange Plc Agrees Disposal Of Tower To Hammerson Plc

Date 02/04/2004

London Stock Exchange plc has today announced that Hammerson plc has agreed to acquire the Stock Exchange Tower site (the "Tower"). Total consideration to the London Stock Exchange for the Tower is £67.0 million with completion expected in July 2004.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - March 2004

Date 02/04/2004

Equity turnover for March was EUR 7,523.99 million while that for bonds was EUR 6,096.67 million.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange: HNP Futures And Options To Be Adjusted

Date 02/04/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and the SEHK Options Clearing House Limited, a wholly-owned member of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Group, have jointly announced the arrangements for adjustments to the contract terms of all open futures and options contracts on shares of Huaneng Power International Inc. (HNP) to account for a proposed bonus issue and a proposed capital conversion plan by HNP.
HKEx Announces Chairman's Reappointment

Date 02/04/2004

The board of directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has reappointed Charles Lee as the chairman of HKEx. The reappointment will take effect following the written approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Futures & Options On the RTS Stock Exchange: March 2004 Monthly Data

Date 02/04/2004

In March 2004 total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) increased by 30% in rubles and 25% in contracts and reached 3,4 million contracts and 28 billion rubles. Total open interest as of March 31st, 2004, equaled 6.1 billion rubles and 719 thousand contracts.

First ETFs Based On NYSE Indexes Complete First Day Of Trading - iShares NYSE 100 Index Fund Trades More Than 1.5 Million Shares

Date 02/04/2004

The iShares NYSE 100 Index Fund (NYSE:NY) and the iShares NYSE Composite Index Fund (NYSE:NYC) began trading today, becoming the first ETFs to be based on NYSE-branded indexes. Both funds are sponsored by Barclay's Global Investors (BGI) and give investors access to the quality and diversity of NYSE issuers in a single trade. In its first day, the iShares NYSE 100 traded actively, with volume of more than 1.5 million shares. The iShares NYSE Composite fund traded 28,000 shares.
Financial Services: New Group Will Give Consumers And SMEs A Stronger Voice In EU Policy Making

Date 02/04/2004

The first meeting of a new expert forum called FIN-USE is taking place on Friday 2 April. The new forum will provide policy input to the European Commission on European financial services issues from the point of view of users of those services (in other words consumers and SMEs).
Euronext: Announcement Regarding Severance Payment To Mr Möller

Date 02/04/2004

Mr Möller left Euronext on 1 April 2004. In addition to the amounts relating to Mr Möller's pension, the Supervisory Board agreed on a severance payment of € 1,500,000.
Egypt - Revision To S&P/IFCG And S&P/IFCI Total Return Indices

Date 02/04/2004

The S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI Total Return Indices for Egypt have been revised between March 23, 2004 and March 31, 2004. The indices were revised due to dividends paid out to holders of Mobinil (S&P/IFCID 469325.1/ SEDOL 6103925) shares. The S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI Composite, EMEA and ME & Africa Indices were unaffected by the changes. The correct index values appear below:
CME's March Volume* Averages Over 3 Million Contracts Per Day As GLOBEX® Trading Accounts For 51 Percent Of Total - First Quarter '04 Up 19 Percent Vs. Year-Ago As Eurodollars, FX, E-Minis Surge

Date 02/04/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, yesterday reported its busiest trading month ever in March with average daily trading volume surpassing the 3 million contract level for the first time in a single month. Also for the first time, the majority - 51 percent -- of CME's trading volume was generated on its GLOBEX® electronic trading platform for an entire month.