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The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions

Date 25/09/2002

As of mid-September, short interest in 3,045 NASDAQ National Market® securities totalled 4,031,261,847 shares compared with 4,028,597,671 shares in 3,068 National Market issues for the month of August.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Holdings Of Major Shareholders Published On The Internet

Date 25/09/2002

Under the following link SWX Swiss Exchange's Disclosure Office publishes a database containing details of the holdings of major shareholders. Thanks to this facility, the information published in connection with the disclosure requirements stipulated in Switzerland's Stock Exchange Act can be consulted on the Internet free of charge.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 25/09/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index:
Singapore Exchange: Clarification Of Rumours - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited

Date 25/09/2002

On 27 August 2002, Chartered received inquiries from Dow Jones, Reuters, AFX-Asia and The Straits Times about the possibility of making a rights issue.
SEC Files Financial Fraud Case Charging Three Former Homestore Executives; Defendants Agree To Repay $4.6 Million In Illegal Trading Profits-Defendants To Plead Guilty In Related Criminal Actions Brought By U.S. Attorney's Office For The Central District

Date 25/09/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against three former senior executives of Homestore Inc. (formerly Homestore.com Inc.), based in Westlake Village, Calif., for perpetrating an extensive scheme to fraudulently inflate Homestore's online advertising revenues in 2001. The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charges that John Giesecke Jr., Homestore's former chief operating officer; Joseph J. Shew, its former chief financial officer; and John DeSim

Instinet To Release 2002 Third Quarter Earnings On October 15

Date 25/09/2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) will release its results for the third quarter of 2002 on Tuesday, October 15, 2002, after the close of the U.S. market.
HKEx To Introduce Mini-Hang Seng Index Options On 18 November

Date 25/09/2002

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), will introduce Mini-Hang Seng Index (Mini-HSI) Options for trading on Monday, 18 November.
Futures & Options On Russian Trading System Daily Trading Volume Hits All Time High

Date 25/09/2002

On September 24, 2002, a new record was set on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS), the derivatives section of the RTS Stock Exchange. Total daily trading volume reached the all-time high of 141 587 contracts, compared to the previous, August 7th, record of 138 142 contracts. Total underlying value topped 396 million rubles; the number of trades reached 2 995.
FTSE Group Chooses Madrid For New Southern Europe Office

Date 25/09/2002

FTSE Group today officially opens its newest office, based in Madrid, dedicated to markets and investors in Spain, Italy and Portugal. The office, headed by Pito Nadal, is the fourth European office for the fast-growing index provider. Pito Nadal's role includes close liaison with local market users to ensure that FTSE products and services are in line with the needs of Southern European markets as well as the international investment community.
Deutsche Börse: Six New Exchange-Traded Funds In XTF - XTF Largest Segment For ETFs In Europe - High Share Of The Volume Traded In Cross-Listed ETFs In Europe

Date 25/09/2002

Deutsche Börse is continuing to expand its XTF segment for exchange-traded funds. As of Thursday, six new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will be tradable in XTF. This will make XTF the largest segment for ETFs in Europe, with one of the most diverse product offerings in this sector. With the new index funds, the number of ETFs in the XTF segment will increase to 63.