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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.
London Stock Exchange: Closing Auction And Closing Price Dissemination - SETS Stocks

Date 10/09/2001

Following a review, the Exchange is making some changes to the closing auction process for SETS securities on 10th September 2001, relating to Price Monitoring Extensions parameters and the length of the potential extension periods. This guidance note highlights the revised timings and details how the closing price will be determined where there is no auction match because of a potential excessive price movement with inadequate volume or no matching orders.
London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report - August 2001 - Number Of Sets Trades In August 2001 Double That Of August 2000 - Number Of Trades On Sets In First 8 Months Of 2001 Exceeds Total For 2000

Date 10/09/2001

The number of trades on SETS, the Exchange's electronic order-book, was higher in the first eight months of 2001 than for the whole of 2000 reaching 9.1m trades to date in 2001, compared with 8.6m for all of 2000. The number of trades on SETS was up 100 per cent in August 2001 with 1,307,814 trades, compared to 652,565 trades in August 2000. The value traded also increased by 23.9 per cent to £50.4bn in August 2001, compared to £40.7bn in August 2000.
London Metal Exchange Screen Trading System Goes Live - LME Select Heralds New Era

Date 10/09/2001

The London Metal Exchange today successfully launched Release 2 of its screen trading system - LME Select - making it possible for LME member firms to trade any contract in this unique market electronically.
Lån & Spar Bank - New Member Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 10/09/2001

Lån & Spar Bank has become a member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and begins trading on Tuesday 11 September. Lån & Spar Bank is the ninth new member, which the Copenhagen Stock Exchange welcomes this year, and there are now 48 active members on the Exchange.