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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For October 2006 Contract

Date 01/11/2006

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for October 2006 contract is 42,480 yen. On the last trading day, trading for October contract is only settled by offsetting current positions by resale or repurchase based on this final settlement price. Please also note that on the last trading day, only market orders are accepted.

Share Change In S&P/TOPIX150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 31/10/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P/TOPIX150 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Wednesday November 8, 2006: Aeon Co., Ltd. (Japan, SEDOL: 6480048, GICS: Consumer Staples, GICS Code: 30101040) a member of the S&P/TOPIX150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 70,000,000 to 795,409,348 due to the public offering.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 31/10/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, October 31, 2006: Carpathian Gold Inc. (TSXVN:CPN) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the same ticker symbol.

The Montréal Exchange Announces Its Financial Results For The Third Quarter Of 2006

Date 31/10/2006

HIGHLIGHTS   Q3 2006 vs Q3 2005

NYMEX Shareholders Vote in Favor of Comex Transaction

Date 31/10/2006

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYMEX) announced that its shareholders approved the COMEX transaction at a special meeting held today. More than 98% of the shares voted in connection with this meeting were voted in favor of the deal, as reported by the company's inspector of election and transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

FISD Issues Derived Data And Non-display Usage Draft - Industry Comment Sought

Date 31/10/2006

The Financial Information Services Division of the Software and Information Industry Association (FISD) today announces the release of a white paper that frames the issues associated with the use of market data in non-display applications and for the creation of derived data products.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Holiday Notice – November 13, 2006

Date 31/10/2006

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. and WCE Clearing Corporation will be closed for trading and clearing operations on Monday, November 13, 2006. Overnight trading will also be closed on Sunday, November 12, 2006.

Company Share Change In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 31/10/2006

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday November 1, 2006. Shanxi Top Energy Company Ltd. (Exchange Ticker SH600780, GICS code: 55105010), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index will increase its index shares from 618,001,837 to 649,646,503. This change is due to a resumption of trading in 31,644,666 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result, the company’s Fr

NYSE Announces Trading Floor Consolidation Plan - Productivity Improvements Enable Phasing-Out Of One Of Five Trading Rooms Over 18-Month Period

Date 31/10/2006

Technology-driven productivity gains in recent years will enable the New York Stock Exchange LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX), to consolidate trading operations from five rooms to four over the next 18 months, the Exchange announced today. The trading floor consolidation plan calls for Bear Wagner Specialists LLC and approximately 33 floor brokerage firms to relocate from the leased 30 Broad facility to the NYSE’s other trading rooms.

CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review Of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Date 31/10/2006

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has notified the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) of the results of a rule enforcement review of the CME’s audit trail, trade practice surveillance, disciplinary, and dispute resolution programs. The review, recently completed by the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversig