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Program Trading Averaged 33.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan 13-17, 2003

Date 24/01/2003

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 Jan. 13-17, 2003.
OneChicago: Philip Morris Companies, Inc. ("MO/MO1C") Name Change To: Altria Group, Inc.

Date 24/01/2003

The New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") has informed OneChicago that Philip Morris Companies, Inc. ("MO/MO1C") will change its name to Altria Group, Inc., effective for trading on Monday, January 27, 2003. The stock and futures symbols will remain the same. No adjustment to the MO/MO1C futures contracts will be made to reflect this name change.
New RTS Stock Exchange Guidelines To Allow Trading In Mutual Funds

Date 24/01/2003

Effective January 30, 2002, the revised version of the RTS Stock Exchange Trading Rules comes into force. The revision allows market participants to trade shares of mutual funds, admitted to trading on the RTS Stock Exchange.
Manuel Alves Monteiro Leaves Euronext Lisbon

Date 24/01/2003

Euronext announces the resignation of Manuel Alves Monteiro from the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Euronext Lisbon.
Malaysia Derivatives Exchange To Launch Single Stock Futures

Date 24/01/2003

Malaysia Derivatives Exchange Berhad (MDEX) will launch a new derivatives instrument, the Single Stock Futures (SSF) by the first quarter of 2003.

Jean-Marie Messier Resigns From NYSE Board

Date 24/01/2003

The New York Stock Exchange announced today that Jean-Marie Messier has resigned from its board of directors, effective December 9, 2002. At the time Mr. Messier joined the board in June 2001, he was the chairman and chief executive officer of a large international group, the NYSE-listed Vivendi Universal. Mr. Messier tendered his resignation following his recent successful launch of a merchant bank, Messier Partners LLC.
HKEx: Status Report On New Product And Market Development Initiatives (Status As Of 15 January 2003)

Date 24/01/2003

The following initiatives are subject to market support and regulatory approval so they may not be implemented. HKEx will announce further details of these initiatives as they progress.
HKEx Publishes Seventh Edition Of Quarterly Publication - Exchange

Date 24/01/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published the seventh edition of its quarterly publication Exchange.
Giovanni Agnelli: Statement By NYSE Chairman And CEO Dick Grasso

Date 24/01/2003

"Giovanni Agnelli was one of the most admired and celebrated business leaders in Italy and the world," said NYSE Chairman and CEO Dick Grasso. "By virtue of his decades of incomparable leadership, vision and determination, Fiat became a global leader and one of the world's most successful companies. Giovanni, who was a partner and friend of the Exchange and so many people throughout the world, will be sadly missed. On behalf of the entire NYSE community, I offer my condolences to his family."
Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange: New Trading Record

Date 24/01/2003

On January 23, 2003, new record - 4 182 trades - was reached at FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) derivatives market (futures traded 4,030 times, options - 152 times). The previous daily trading record of 3,785 trades as of November 26th, 2002, was exceeded by 10,5%.