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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 30/12/2002

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 2 January 2003, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the cle
HEX Share Turnover In 2002 Over 188 Billion Euro

Date 30/12/2002

On 27 December, the accumulated share turnover for 2002 reached 188 billion euro (2001 total: EUR 203 bn) which was seven per cent less than in the previous year. The number of shares traded increased by almost 40 per cent and was 16 billion. The total market capitalization of listed companies was 150 billion euro (2001: EUR 217 bn).
Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange Weekly Data: December 23rd-December 27th

Date 30/12/2002

For the period of December 23rd-December 27th, 2002, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 303 thousand contracts. In terms of underlying value total trading volume reached 1 3751 million rubles. The number of trades reached 9 020. Total open interest, as of December 27th, 2002, stood at 302 thousand contracts and 1,2 million rubles.
Euronext Amsterdam: LogicaCMG Replaces CMG In Next 150 index

Date 30/12/2002

As a result of the merger between CMG (N150) and Logica into the new company LogicaCMG, the new company LogicaCMG will replace CMG in the Next 150 index (N150) as of Tuesday 31 December 2002.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Nosedive Of The International Equities In 2002 Resulted In The Sharpest Fall In Prices On The Copenhagen Stock Exchange For A Decade

Date 30/12/2002

Like the international equity markets, the KFX Index on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange also fell in 2002. If you compare the fall of the KFX Index with the movements in market prices on major international stock exchanges and the other partners of the NOREX Alliance, the KFX Index once again outperformed the others, as it has done in the last two years. Only Nikkei and Dow Jones did relatively better than the KFX Index. The fall in the FTSE indices is on a par with the fall in the KFX Index. In g

CME Unbundled Trading Right Sold For USD420,000

Date 30/12/2002

A CME trading right and its associated B-1 share of CME Holdings Inc, representing the right to trade all products on Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), sold for USD420,000 on Friday, Dec. 27, 2002.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 30/12/2002

Trading activity was thin over the short three-day week, with only six counters trading.
Beirut Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 30/12/2002

The local stock market went through another week of gains as the Lebanese Government invited local and international telecommunication companies to bid for two licenses for Lebanon's cellular phone sector. The latter shows Government's serious attempts at tackling mounting debt problem through a series of reforms among which is the awaited privatization of the mobile phone sector.
Bahrain Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 30/12/2002

Bahrain equities ended the week in the red pulled down largely by the 15-fils drop in Batelco. By the close of the trading week, the SICO index dropped by 1% to 1168.77, while the benchmark BSE index slid by 0.6% to 1821.06, respectively.
Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 30/12/2002

The market witnessed a slight decrease earlier in the week before the Christmas holiday and by the end of the week it was not able to bounce back. Thus the ASE index finished its weekly session on bearish ground, closing at 171.56 pts, representing a decrease of 0.2%. The market capitalization for the week stood at JD5,017,811,786. As the year is coming to an end major house keeping block deals took place during the week and more is expected to take place early next week. The political instabil