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First Tracker On FTSEurofirst 80 Index To Be Launched By Lyxor AM On Euronext

Date 11/06/2003

A tracker (Exchange Traded Fund) on the FTSEurofirst 80 index is to be launched by Lyxor AM on Euronext in September: it will be the first ETF based on a FTSEurofirst index, newly created in co-operation by Euronext and FTSE Group, and will track the FTSEurofirst 80 covering the current Eurozone.
Federation Of European Securities Exchanges General Assembly In London

Date 11/06/2003

FESE sees timely completion of FSAP and co-ordinated action on Corporate Governance as "vital" for global competitiveness of European financial markets Exchanges express concern about level of detail in European legislation - "The spirit of Lamfalussy is being betrayed" Clearing and Settlement: FESE works with EACH and ECSDA to evaluate and implement Giovannini and G30 recommendations FESE resumes dialogue with US SEC - Steil paper seen as "excellent roadmap" for further d
CME Surpasses 25 Million Exchange-Wide Open Interest

Date 11/06/2003

Open interest on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) surpassed 25 million positions for the first time yesterday, June 10, with 25,115,283 positions, up from the June 5 record of 24,993,257 positions.
Borsa Italiana: May 2003 Monthly Newsletter - New Historical Highs In The Trading Of Eurobonds On The Euromot And In The Trading Of Idem Stock Futures - Share Prices Continue To Recover

Date 11/06/2003

In May, share prices continued to rise along with substantial stability in trading volumes.
Bolsa De Madrid Signs A Co-Operation Agreement With Quito Stock Exchange - The Project Is Part Of Bolsas Y Mercados Españoles (BME)'S Strategy To Deepen Co-Operation With Latin American Markets.

Date 11/06/2003

Bolsa de Madrid and the Quito stock exchange signed a co-operation agreement whereby the Quito stock exchange will use the Madrid stock exchange's trading system, SIBE.

ASX Top 50 To Join S&P Global 1200

Date 11/06/2003

ASX has welcomed Standard & Poor's intention to include the S&P/ASX 50 into the S&P Global 1200.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 10/06/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, June 11, 2003: The relative weight of Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:FCP.UN) will increase by approximately 0.4% in the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units.
Singapore Exchange: HSBC Now A Participating Bank Of CDP's Direct Crediting Service

Date 10/06/2003

SGX welcomes HSBC as a participating bank in CDP's Direct Crediting Service. HSBC clients can now apply to have their Singapore-dollar cash distributions credited to their bank accounts.
RTS: Order-Driven Market Weekly Data June 2nd - June 6th

Date 10/06/2003

For the week of June 2nd - June 6th, 2003, total trading volume on Order-driven market, including direct transactions and REPO transactions reached 2 520 million rubles, down from 4 481 million rubles the previous week. The number of indirect transaction decreased from 5 459 to 4 491, with total turnover of 1 876 million rubles, or 645 million shares. Internet trading accounted for 31% of total weekly trading volume.
RTS: Client Repo Transactions Introduced On Order-Driven Market

Date 10/06/2003

Effective June 9th, 2003, clients of each company-broker will have an opportunity to conduct repo transactions with each other (so called "client repo"). This option became available upon unveiling of the new version of Plaza, RTS Plaza 7.2.