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Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics 01/2001

Date 13/02/2001

Riga In January Latvian capital market turnover was EUR 36.27 million. Equity trading volume was EUR 1.5 million, while trading with debt securities amounted to EUR 34.77 million. Equity market capitalisation at the end of the month stood at LVL 370.97 million (EUR 653.22 million); total value of debt securities was EUR 303.46 million. Dow Jones RSE index appreciated by 1.35% since end of December, while RICI lost 3.87% of its end of December closing value.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Surpassed 1 Million Canola Contracts Traded To Date In 2000/01 Crop Year

Date 12/02/2001

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) surpassed the previous record pace established in pit trade volume of canola futures during the 2000/01 crop year.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sets Equity And Options Volume Records

Date 12/02/2001

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity options volume for the month of January 2001 reached a new monthly record of 10,705,795 contracts traded, a 134 percent increase over the same month last year when 4,581,850 contracts changes hands.
Standard & Poor's – Index Changes To TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap And TSE 200 Indices

Date 12/02/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, February 13, 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 Changes To S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology And S&P/TSE Canadian Energy Sector Indices

Date 12/02/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, February 13, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology and S&P/TSE Canadian Energy Sector Indices.

Nymex Announces Margin Increases On Western Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 12/02/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will increase the margins on its California Oregon border; Palo Verde; and Mid-Columbia River electricity futures contracts as of the close of business tomorrow.
Nasdaq Opens Liaison Office In Bangalore, India Appoints Ghanshyam Dass As Director South Asia

Date 12/02/2001

Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna, Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Nasdaq® Vice-Chairman, Alfred R. Berkeley, III, inaugurated the Nasdaq liaison office in Bangalore today by lighting the traditional lamp. Ghanshyam Dass, who has been appointed as Director, South Asia will be based in Bangalore to co-ordinate Nasdaq’s activities in the region.
Nasdaq Appoints James Cangiano Liaison To NASD Regulation

Date 12/02/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced that James Cangiano has been named Nasdaq’s liaison to NASD Regulation® (NASDR®). In this role, Cangiano will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administration of Nasdaq’s contract with NASDR for regulatory services. He will also be working with NASDR and the industry to identify emerging trends and "best practices" in compliance and regulation, as well as defining technological solutions for compliance issues.
LIFFE To Provide Global Access To Swap Market

Date 12/02/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced the launch of Swapnote®, a family of futures contracts providing cost-effective and easy global access to the Euro interest rate swap market. LIFFE is launching Swapnote® with the committed support of Garban-Intercapital plc., the world's leading swap broker. The contracts will begin trading on Tuesday 20 March.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Survey Shows Over One Million Stock Investors In Hong Kong

Date 12/02/2001

A survey conducted by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) between November and December 2000 found that 21 per cent of Hong Kong's adult population were stock investors (defined as those who held or had traded Hong Kong listed stocks including equities, warrants or Tracker Fund during the previous 12 months) and 19 per cent were shareowners (defined as those who held stocks at the time of the survey). These percentages represent approximately 1.1 million stock investors and one mill