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NZX Issues Statement Of Case Against Access And former Managing Director

Date 14/04/2005

A Statement of Case has been issued by New Zealand Exchange Ltd (NZX) against the collapsed Wellington sharebroking firm, Access Brokerage, and its former Managing Director.
NZX Index Changes

Date 14/04/2005

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) has announced the following constituent changes to its equity indices. These changes will take effect from Monday 2 May 2005.
Nymex To Reduce Spot Month Position Limits For Copper Futures

Date 14/04/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will reduce the spot month copper futures position limit to 1,000 from 1,500 contracts effective for the trade date of April 15.
Nymex Sets Record For Copper Futures Open Interest

Date 14/04/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., copper futures contract, for the fourth consecutive day, set an open interest record of 132,104 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 131,327 contracts set on April 11.
Nymex Daily Volume Crosses 1 Million For First Time

Date 14/04/2005

A daily volume record was set on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday when 1,044,261 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 996,088 contracts set on December 18, 2004.

NASDAQ's TotalView Data Product Displays More Depth, The Result Of The Integration Of Data From The Brut ECN

Date 14/04/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.(NASDAQ(R)) (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Brut order book information is now available in TotalView(SM), NASDAQ's premier data product. Whereas previously only Brut's best-priced orders to buy and sell each NASDAQ security were reflected, TotalView now provides investors with all displayed orders at every price level for each NASDAQ-listed security in the Brut facility, in addition to all quotes and orders in the NASDAQ Market Center(SM).
Mediaset SpA IWF Change In The S&P European Indices

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005: Mediaset SpA (Italy, SEDOL: 5077946, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, Investable Weight Factor will change from 0.4988 to 0.658. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.1
Mediaset SpA IWF Change In The S&P European Indices

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005: Mediaset SpA (Italy, SEDOL: 5077946, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, Investable Weight Factor will change from 0.4988 to 0.658. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.1
Ladenburg Thalmann Agrees To Repay $1.2 Million To Customers Overcharged in Proceeds Transactions - NASD Fines Firm $275,000, Orders Review Of Proceeds Rule Compliance Policies

Date 14/04/2005

NASD today announced that Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. of New York, NY has agreed to refund $1.2 million, plus interest, to customers who were overcharged in "proceeds transactions" - transactions in which a customer sells securities through a broker and uses the proceeds to pay for other securities purchased at or about the same time.
Investable Weight Factor Change For Mediaset SPA In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for Mediaset SPA (Italy, ISIN IT0001063210), a member of the S&P/MIB Index, from 0.491 to 0.658 effective at the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.17 percent of shares outstanding.