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Thailand Securities Depository Ready For 100% Scripless In Early 2002

Date 29/11/2001

President of the Thailand Securities Depository Co Ltd (TSD), Ms Nongram Wongwanich, has announced that the TSD has been developing a scripless system since 1992 and is ready to go 100% scripless by early 2002.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap And TSE 200 Indices

Date 29/11/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, November 30, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 200, TSE 100 And S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Indices

Date 29/11/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, November 30, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 200, TSE 100 and S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Indices.
SEC Fee Rate Advisory

Date 29/11/2001

The President today signed the fiscal 2002 Commerce, Justice, State, and related agencies appropriations bill that funds the SEC. Effective 12:01 a.m. EST today, the fee rate on filings made pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 decreased to $239 per $1,000,000 of the aggregate offering amount.
Rebalancing Of MSCI Indices

Date 29/11/2001

MSCI has, on 30 November, implemented changes in the methodology used to calculate its indices. Further information on the complete list of the affected shares as at Oct 2001, as well as a guide to MSCI's enhanced methodology, may be obtained by clicking HERE

Program Trading Averaged 24.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 12-Nov. 16, 2001

Date 29/11/2001

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 Nov. 12-16, 2001.
Nymex To Introduce Temporary Exchange Of Options For Options Transactions In Energy Markets

Date 29/11/2001

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., this morning voted to introduce a temporary program beginning tomorrow that will allow participants in its energy markets to exchange over-the-counter (OTC) options positions for options positions on the Exchange (EOO).
Nymex To Introduce Henry Hub Swaps; Large Order Execution And Extended Months In Natural Gas Futures And Options

Date 29/11/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced an expanded slate of natural gas products and services that it plans to introduce on an expedited basis, including an electronically traded, cleared Henry Hub swaps contract for the December 3 trading session, which begins with the NYMEX ACCESS® session on Sunday night, December 2; listings of additional natural gas futures contracts as far as six years out beginning with the NYMEX ACCESS® session tonight; extended natural gas options contr
NVIDIA Corporation Replaces Enron Corporation In The S&P 500 Index

Date 29/11/2001

NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq:NVDA) will replace Enron Corporation (NYSE:ENE) in the Standard & Poors 500 Composite Index (S&P 500 Index) after the close of trading today, according to Standard and Poors Corporation. NVIDIA is the best price-performer in the Nasdaq 100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX) this year. NVIDIA Corporation's addition to the S&P 500 Index will increase to 77 the number of companies that are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market®, Inc. to be included in the index.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Announces Completion Of Sparks Commodities Research Study On NCI And NSI Futures And Options

Date 29/11/2001

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) announces the completion of a Sparks Commodities research study focusing on the hedge effectiveness of its upcoming National Corn Index (NCI) and National Soybean Index (NSI) cash-settled futures and options contracts. The November 2001 study concludes that "Cash-settled MGEX corn and soybean futures will be a highly effective hedging instrument" due to the predicted high correlation with the respective cash markets. The new contracts are set for launch Fe