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CBOT To Launch Ethanol Futures On Wednesday, March 23 - Exchange Appoints Noble Americas Corp. As Market Maker For New Futures Contract

Date 15/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that the Exchange will launch its CBOT Ethanol futures contract on Wednesday, March 23, at 10 a.m. Central Time. Further, the Exchange has selected Noble Americas Corp. as a market maker to provide continuous two-sided markets in the new contract.
CBOT Muni Futures Rise To New Open Interest Record

Date 15/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that on Monday, March 14, open interest in CBOT 10-Year Municipal Note Index futures climbed to a new all-time high.
CalPERS To Seek Majority Vote For Corporate Directors - Pension Fund To Use Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditor Independence Proposals As Guidelines For Proxy Votes

Date 15/03/2005

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today embarked on a new frontier in its corporate governance program.
BEL Indices

Date 15/03/2005

As a result of the quarterly review of 28 February 2005 the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Friday 1 April 2005.
Analysts And Press Presentation Euronext Full Year Results 2004

Date 15/03/2005

Click here for the analysts and press presentation for the Euronext full year results 2004.

Ad-Hoc Publicity: Preliminary Investigations Into Swissquote Halted

Date 15/03/2005

On 18 January 2005, the SWX Swiss Exchange announced that it had instigated preliminary investigations into Swissquote Group Holding Ltd. (Swissquote) in connection with a possible breach of ad-hoc publicity regulations. The SWX has since looked into whether Swissquote revealed potentially price-sensitive facts in an interview between its CEO and the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper. In the course of these enquiries, the SWX concluded that Swissquote did not breach the ad-hoc publicity rules. The SWX ha
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Lifting Ordering Restriction On Stop And Stop Limit Orders

Date 14/03/2005

We apologize to our market participants for the inconvenience caused by the suspension of trading in the gasoline market due to technical difficulties on February 15 and 16.
Thailand’s Market For Alternative Investment Listed Firms Collectively Recorded Over One Billion Baht Net Profits - A 29% Growth

Date 14/03/2005

The 23 listed companies on the mai (Market for Alternative Investment) recently announced their 2004 operational performances. In 2004, the mai listed companies collectively recorded THB1.035 bln. (approx. USD 25.875 mln.) in net profits, equivalent to an average 29% growth. The mai listed firms were led by four companies - Interlink Communication Pcl. (ILINK), CM Organizer Pcl. (CMO), Unique Mining Service Pcl., and Porn Prom Metal Pcl. having 344%, 205%, 188% and 150% growths respectively.
Sagem SA Share, IWF And GICS Change In The S&P European Indices

Date 14/03/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective the close of trading Wednesday, March 16, 2005: Sagem SA (France, SEDOL: B058TZ6, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45201020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, shares will increase to 362,274,170; IWF (Investable Weight Factor) will change from 0.67 to 0.522 and GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) will change fro
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 14/03/2005

Volume Highlights Each single stock futures contract is equal to 100 shares of the underlying stock or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) March 7 American Express Co. (AXP1C): 9,224 contracts traded including 2,312 MAR05, 2,300 MAR05, 2,312 SEP05 and 2,300 SEP05 in block trades Coca-Cola Co. (KO1C): 12,326 contracts traded including 6,158 MAR05 contacts and 6,158 SEP05 contracts in block trades Dell Inc. (DELL1C): 13,058 contracts traded i