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CBOE Trading Schedule For President's Day Holiday

Date 07/02/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the President's Day holiday:
US Agencies Publish "Privacy Choices for Your Personal Financial Information"

Date 06/02/2002

In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week, several federal agencies today released a guide to help consumers make informed choices about whether to allow their personal financial information to be shared. Privacy Choices for Your Personal Financial Information guides consumers through the choices they face as a result of the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The theme for National Consumer Protection Week this year is "Consumer Confidential: The Privacy Story.
Oslo Børs: Introduction Of Saxess Delayed

Date 06/02/2002

Some delays have been experienced in the testing of Saxess, the new trading system that Oslo Børs intends to introduce during the spring of this year.
Nymex Chairman And President Issue Statement Opposing Transaction Tax On Futures

Date 06/02/2002

Vincent Viola, chairman of the board of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., and J. Robert Collins, Jr., president of the Exchange, today issued the following statement in opposition to the tax on futures and options transactions proposed as part of the President's budget: "At a time when the New York exchanges are already under maximum economic stress and Congress is examining the disparity in regulation between futures and over-the-counter energy and metals markets, we are concerned that ou
Nasdaq Announces New Pricing Package For Market Participants

Date 06/02/2002

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced that it has submitted two new rule filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase the competitiveness of its pricing and to provide market participants with valuable risk management functions at a lower cost.

HKEx, S&P Sign Statement of Intent On New Index Series

Date 06/02/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and Standard & Poor's, a global leader in financial information and investment analysis, have signed a Statement of Intent for the creation of a new series of equity indices covering stocks listed on HKEx's stock exchange, the two firms announced today.
HEX25 Index Shares Available From HEX As Of 11 February 2002

Date 06/02/2002

HEX launches a market for index shares (exchange traded funds, ETFs) on 11 February 2002. The first listed index share is based on the HEX25 index.
Euronext: Total Turnover On Shares 34% Up In January Compared To December - Derivatives Volumes Strongly Up

Date 06/02/2002

Equity products Total turnover on shares up 34% Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, 6 February 2002 -- Share trading through Euronext NV orderbooks totalled EUR 138.48 billion in January, up 34% from the previous month. Compared with January 2001, which was the most active month in Euronext's history, the daily average for January 2002 was down from EUR 7.85 billion to EUR 6.29 billion. In 2001, daily trading on Euronext averaged EUR 6.59 billion.
Deutsche Börse Expands European Segment - "Xetra European Stars" Launch On February 11 - Eurex Trading In International Equity Options Increases 48%

Date 06/02/2002

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its segment for European equities on Xetra in the framework of its Global Markets Concept to include the 17 French equities as well as the Belgian and the Finnish equity in the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 index. Starting February 11, they will round out the "Xetra European Stars" segment, in which the seven Dutch equities in the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 index are already tradable. For the second half of 2002, a further extension of the Xetra European Stars has be
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Share Trading Reached Its Highest Level Since June 2001

Date 06/02/2002

Share trading in January amounted to DKK 40.4 billion in market value. The average daily trading volume rose by 14 per cent compared with December 2001 and reached DKK 1.8 billion. The share turnover in January was the highest since the implementation of the new reporting rules in July 2001. The changed rules both implied a significant reduction in the number of double reports as well as a drop in the turnover and also a considerable improvement of the price picture.