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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Cancels After-Hours Electronic Trading This Evening

Date 11/09/2001

In coordination with other financial exchanges and U.S. regulatory authorities, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced that after-hours electronic trading on the exchange's GLOBEX®2 system will be cancelled this evening, following suspension this morning of all trading in the exchange's contracts. CME officials said the exchange will maintain constant communication with other markets and regulatory authorities in order to determine when open outcry and electronic trading will resume
CBOT Suspends Trading In All Floor, Electronic Markets Today

Date 11/09/2001

Trading at the Chicago Board of Trade for its financial and agricultural products was suspended for the rest of the day at 9:15 a.m. (Chicago time) in its open outcry pits and on a/c/e, its electronic trading platform.
CBOE Announces Trading Suspended For The Day

Date 11/09/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that trading will be suspended for the day and offices will be closed.
Brooker Group, The First Company To Trade On The Thailand Market For New Investment On September 12

Date 11/09/2001

The Market for New Investment (MAI) will start trading on September 12 with Brooker Group as the first listed company. The corporate tax rate for the company has been reduced to 20% for five years. Tax incentives is believed to attract more listed companies to the MAI.
Administrative Court Decision On Refund Of VAT To HEX

Date 11/09/2001

The Administrative Court of Helsinki has decided on 7 September that HEX Group is entitled to a refund of the value added tax that Helsinki Stock Exchange Ltd paid in 1995 and 1996 on its services relating to stock exchange trading, other public trading and clearing.

47 Funds Now Use The Oslo Børs Mutual Fund Index

Date 11/09/2001

A total of 47 Norwegian mutual funds started to use the Oslo Børs Mutual Fund Index as their benchmark index from 1 September. This index takes into account the legal restrictions on investment allocation that apply to the majority of equity funds that invest in shares listed on Oslo Børs. The Mutual Fund Index shows a higher historical return than both the old All Share Index and the new Benchmark Index (OSEBX).
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Sets Record Volume Levels During 2000/01 Fiscal Year

Date 10/09/2001

Total futures and options pit trade during the fiscal year (September 1, 2000 to August 31, 2001) reached a record 2,925,700 contracts, compared to the previous record of 2,348,385 contracts set during the 1999/00 fiscal year.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Feed Wheat Volume Levels Setting New Trends

Date 10/09/2001

Total feed wheat volume levels have increased roughly 34.7% over the same time last month and by 49.4% over year ago levels. Market participants say that the increases in total volume levels for feed wheat is mainly due to uncertainty about the quality of this year's wheat crop in Canada. Ultimately, the quality will determine the size of the Canadian feed wheat crop. Drought conditions throughout the prairies this summer is expected to affect crop yields, however, trade sources noted that droug
Stock Exchange of Newcastle Limited Closes $2.4m Capital Raising Fully Subscribed

Date 10/09/2001

NSX Limited, holding company of The Stock Exchange of Newcastle Limited (NSX), has closed its $2.4 million capital raising fully subscribed.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian Midcap, S&P/TSE Canadian Smallcap, S&P TSE Canadian Energy Sector, TSE 200, TSE 100 And Toronto 35 Indices

Date 10/09/2001

In anticipation of the completion of the distribution of Canadian Pacific Limited companies, Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on October 2, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, S&P TSE Canadian Energy Sector, TSE 200, TSE 100 and Toronto 35 Indices.