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  • Finance Street Holding Co., Ltd. Shares And IWF Increase In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

    Date 20/12/2004

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Tuesday, December 21, 2004: Finance Street Holding Co., Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6177685, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40401020), a member of the S&P/CITIC 300 Index, free-float A shares will increase by 76,000,000 to 256,570,000. This change is due to a new issue of shares. There will also be a change to the IWF.

  • Euronext: Next Steps In Market Reform

    Date 20/12/2004

    As part of a drive to overhaul and harmonize its listing structure and thus improve the visibility and liquidity of small- and mid-size stocks traded on its markets, Euronext will introduce changes to its range of indices in Brussels in the first half of 2005.

  • Euronext Confirms Discussions With London Stock Exchange

    Date 20/12/2004

    Following the announcement by the London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE") on 20 December, Euronext NV ("Euronext") confirms that it has made an approach to the LSE with a view to entering into preliminary discussions about a possible offer for the LSE.

  • Dow Jones/STOXX: Due To Christmas And New Years Respective Indexes Are Not Calculated And Disseminated

    Date 20/12/2004

    Due to Christmas and New Year’s some of the Dow Jones/STOXX indexes will not be calculated and disseminated as some markets will be closed.

  • CBOT Successfully Launches Hosting Of Leading North American Commodity Exchanges

    Date 20/12/2004

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today a seamless implementation of its initiative to host on its electronic trading platform the agricultural futures and options products of the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT®), the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) and the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (WCE).

  • CBOE To Launch "Mini Russell" Options

    Date 20/12/2004

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced it will list options based on one-tenth of the value of the Russell 2000 Index, subject to SEC approval. The reduced-value Russell options will trade on CBOE's Hybrid Trading System. CBOE will continue to trade RUT options, which are based on the full value of the Russell 2000 Index. CBOE also trades options on the iShares Russell 2000 Index Exchange Traded Fund (IWM), along with options on 12 other Russell Indexes.

  • CBOE Experiencing Systems Problems

    Date 20/12/2004

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that as of 9:21 a.m. CST (Chicago time) today CBOE is experiencing a floor-wide trading halt due to systems problems.

  • Bucharest Stock Exchange Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Wiener Boerse

    Date 20/12/2004

    Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wiener Boerse AG (WBAG), which establishes the basis of a cooperation between the two institutions.

  • Boston Options Exchange: New Trading Volume Record

    Date 20/12/2004

    273,460 contracts were traded on BOX today, a new record for a single session, breaking the record set on November 19, 2004.

  • Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposes Penalty, Etc. On Chuo Securities Co., Ltd.

    Date 17/12/2004

    TSE imposed a penalty on Chuo Securities Co., Ltd. ("Chuo Securities") of a fine of JPY 2 million for conclusion of a contract to manage discretionary accounts and for displaying advertisements that caused misapprehension concerning important facts in relation to securities trading.