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The 100th Company Joins The Shenzhen Stock Exchange SME Board

Date 27/12/2006

With two new companies coming to the market, the Small and Medium Enterprises Board hosted a total of 100 companies on 26th December 2006. Since its inception in June 2004, this market, targeting smaller companies eligible for main board listing standards, has acquired a free market capitalization of RMB70 billion (US$9 billion).

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Price Limit And Margin For January 2007

Date 27/12/2006

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eight New Options On Wednesday, December 27

Date 26/12/2006

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading eight new options beginning Wednesday, December 27. The following options have been allocated to Group One Ltd.: Builders FirstSource, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UWH/BLDR) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, May and August. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts. Cash America International, Inc. (option/stock symbol:

Dubai Gold And Commodities Exchange Xchange Newswire - December 25, 2006

Date 26/12/2006

Click here to download the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange Xchange Newswire for December 25, 2006.

Norilsk Nickel Parameters Change In The MICEX Index

Date 26/12/2006

MICEX Stock Exchange has made the following changes in the MICEX Index after the close of trading on Monday, December 25, 2006. Norilsk Nickel 4-th and 5-th issues have been substituted with new issue which will trade under the GMNK ticker symbol. The company’s Free Float has been changed from 0.38 to 0.27. As a result Norilsk Nickel, a member of MICEX Index will decrease its index shares from 81,284,235 to 51,469,491.

Osaka Securities Exchange: Introduction Of Non-Auction Large Block Trading System For Equity Options

Date 26/12/2006

Based on the recent increase in trading volume of Equity Options, Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) has decided to introduce Non-Auction Large Block Trading System for Equity Options, in order for institutional investors, etc. to conduct large block trading for Equity Options while avoiding a market impact.

Chinese Listed Companies Not Implementing The Share Reform To Be Differentiated

Date 26/12/2006

It is recently learned from relevant authorities that the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) plan to take special institutional arrangements for the companies without the equity division reform. This is to further speed up the process of ending the equity division reform for a comprehensive settlement of the issue as early as possible. The special arrangements include the trading limit of 5%, elimination from index constituents and adopting of special auction

Shanghai Stock Exchange's President Zhu Congjiu: Competition Among Global Exchanges Getting Fierce

Date 26/12/2006

President Zhu Congjiu of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) pointed out yesterday afternoon, at the Alumni Annual Meeting of Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, that the exchange, an international industry undergoing changes at a critical stage, is facing development opportunities and fiercer competition.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s Eighth Joint Working Meeting Of Sponsorship Institutions Convened

Date 26/12/2006

In order to encourage the sponsorship institutions and sponsorship representatives to speed up the sponsorship work of small and medium-sized enterprises, and to further discussing listing resources fostering regarding small and medium-sized enterprises, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) convened the eighth joint working meeting of sponsorship institutions in Shenzhen On December 23, with the theme “New Market and New Challenges as well as Speed Up the Listing of Quality SMEs”.

Abu Dhabi Securities Market, Lahore Stock Exchange Sign Agreement For Dual-Listing

Date 25/12/2006

Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) and Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pave the way for Lahore listed companies to dual list on ADSM and trading in shares.