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Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Workshop On Islamic Finance Basics

Date 12/07/2005

The Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges in collaboration with HSBC Bank Egypt organized a one-day workshop to introduce Islamic finance to Egyptian market participants in an attempt to facilitate the mobilization of capital and enhancing the flow of international capital (Gulf area in specific) to Egypt.
Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistical Report June 2005

Date 12/07/2005

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Share Increase & IWF Change For Lenovo Group Ltd. In The S&P/CITIC China 30 Index

Date 11/07/2005

Standard & Poor’s and CITIC Securities will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC China 30 Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Lenovo Group Ltd. (Hong Kong, SEDOL: 6218089, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45202010), a member of the S&P/CITIC China 30 Index, will increase its shares from 7,474,796,000 to 8,411,455,000, following the company’s purchase of the PC business of IBM. The Investable Weight Factor (IWF) will be revised to 0.4045
RTS passes functional conformance for Liffe/eCBOT Version 9 - First ISV To Support Linux For LIFFE And eCBOT®

Date 11/07/2005

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global Independent Software Vendor, today announces that they have successfully passed the conformance test for all the new functionalities introduced to the new Liffe Connect Version 9.0 platform for e-CBOT® and Liffe.
Reuben Jeffery III Sworn In As CFTC Chairman

Date 11/07/2005

Reuben Jeffery III was sworn in today as a Commissioner and the 10th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and options on futures trading in the U.S.

Nymex To Increase Margins For Gasoline Futures And Calendar Swaps Futures Contracts

Date 11/07/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will change the margins for gasoline futures and calendar swap futures contracts effective at the close of business on July 12.
Nymex To Increae Margins For Heating Oil And Gasoil Futures Contracts

Date 11/07/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today it would increase the margins for its heating oil futures and calendar swap futures, as well as its and Northwest Europe gasoil futures contracts at the close of business on July 12.
NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. Selects Alps Mutual Funds Services, Inc. To Inform Investment Professionals About Enhanced Portfolio Techniques Using QQQ

Date 11/07/2005

NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. has entered into a professional services agreement with ALPS Mutual Funds Services, Inc. to wholesale the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking StockSM QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQQ), the most actively traded exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the world.
London Stock Exchange: Main Market Has Best Month For IPOs In Four Years

Date 11/07/2005

June 2005 was the strongest month for IPOs on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 2001. There were 15 IPOs on the Main Market during June, raising a total of £1.9 billion between them, the largest amount of money raised by IPOs on the Main Market since July 2001 and the largest number of IPOs since November 2000. AIM saw 36 IPOs during the month raising £552.8 million between them.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report June 2005

Date 11/07/2005

Turnover The total turnover (excluding block trading) on all market segments of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) in June 2005 amounted to SIT 9.1 billion. The turnover in June was therefore 45.2% lower than last year’s average. In comparison to June 2004, the total turnover decreased in size by SIT 3.6 billion (-28.1%). In June 2005, shares of joint-stock companies amounted to 60.6% in the overall LJSE turnover structure. Bonds came second with a 23.8% share of the over