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Reuters To Launch New Electronic Trading Capability

Date 06/03/2006

Reuters today unveiled an electronic trading capability for professionals dealing in exchange traded markets. Reuters Trading for Exchanges will, for the first time, allow buy-side users to discover the price of an instrument, select from a range of brokers with which to trade and execute a trade, all from a single screen. Sell-side brokers will benefit from access to Reuters global community of desktop users, and the opportunity to target trading strategies at the buy-side. Deutsche Bank, Barcl

QQQDirect Allows Dollar Cost Average Investors To Buy QQQQ Directly Through The Nasdaq-100 Trust

Date 06/03/2006

Nasdaq Global Funds, Inc. and MyStockFund Securities, Inc. today announced they have jointly developed QQQDirectSM, a service that allows dollar cost average investors to buy the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock® (NASDAQ: QQQQ) directly through the NASDAQ-100 Trust, holder of the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock, also known as “QQQ®.” QQQ is an exchange traded fund (ETF) designed to correspond to the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index®,

On 6 March 2006, The MICEX Launches An Additional, Intra-Day, Clearing Session In The Stock Market

Date 06/03/2006

The intra-day clearing session will be held for all transactions with settlements in Russian rubles, carried out on the MICEX Stock Exchange, which undergo the coverage control procedure before 15:30 of the trading day. An important principle of intra-day clearing will be the continuity of the trading session.

NYSE Members/Holders Of Trading Licenses - Trading License Procedures

Date 06/03/2006

With the close of our merger with Archipelago March 7, NYSE Trading Licenses will be required in order to trade on the NYSE beginning March 8. This memorandum describes procedures for billing and other information related to the launch of NYSE Trading Licenses.

New York Mercantile Exchange To List 10 New European Swaps Contracts On NYMEX ClearPort®

Date 06/03/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will list 10 new European swap futures contracts on NYMEX ClearPort® on March 12 for the trade date of March 13.

MTS S.p.A. Shareholders Elect New 16-Member Supervisory Board

Date 06/03/2006

MTS S.p.A. is pleased to announce the election of a new 16-member Supervisory Board by the Company’s shareholders. The reconstitution of the Supervisory Board follows the purchase, earlier this year, of a majority interest in MTS’s equity by MBE Holding, the joint venture company owned by Euronext (51%) and Borsa Italiana (49%).

Morgan Stanley Licensed To Establish First Middle East Office At Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 06/03/2006

Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm and a market leader in securities, investment management and credit services, has received a license from the DFSA (Dubai Financial Services Authority) to operate as an authorised firm in the DIFC.

Media/Analyst Briefing On HKEx 2005 Final Results Announcement

Date 06/03/2006

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will announce its 2005 final results on Wednesday, 8 March 2006. HKEx Chief Executive Paul Chow and Chief Financial Officer Archie Tsim will host a media/analyst briefing on the results on the same day.

KAS BANK Joins DIFX As A General Clearing Member And Sub-Custodian

Date 06/03/2006

Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - February 2006

Date 06/03/2006

Equity turnover for February was EUR 9,785.39 million; ETF turnover was EUR 24.75 million while that for bonds was EUR 2,500.53 million.