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Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 28/05/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, May 28, 2004: TIR Systems Ltd. (TSXVN:TIY) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol “TIR” at the open on Monday, May 31, 2004. Pareto Corporation (TSXVN:PTO) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol “PTO” at the open on Tuesday, June
Share Changes For Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd In The S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 28/05/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Friday June 4th 2004: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6429405, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20106010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 20,032,000 to 195,572,038 due to the public offering and the exercise of stock acquisition rights.
S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement: Philippines - Removal Of SPI Technologies Inc. From Index Coverage (Eff. 06/02/2004)

Date 28/05/2004

SPI Technologies, Inc (EMDB Code 566318.1/Sedol 6778646), a constituent of the S&P/IFCG index, will be removed from S&P/EMDB index coverage effective June 02, 2004. SPI Technologies is being acquired by TH Lee Putnam Ventures LP, a US-based private equity firm, and the acquisition is expected to be completed on June 2, 2004.
Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sector And Industry Indices Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 28/05/2004

As of 1 June 2004 foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's all-share and sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
Remarks By Craig Donohue - Chief Executive Officer Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.To Shanghai Derivatives Forum - Developing China’s Derivatives Market Infrastructure: Challenges And Opportunities

Date 28/05/2004

I want to thank the organizers of the Derivatives Market Forum in Shanghai for giving me the great honor of addressing you today. On behalf of my colleagues at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, I offer congratulations on this successful conference to our friends and colleagues at the Shanghai Futures Exchange, the International Copper Association and the International Aluminum Institute. I am particularly excited to be here, not only because this is my first visit to mainland China, but also be

OMHEX And The Lithuanian State Property Fund Closed The Privatisation Transaction Of The National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania And The Central Securities Depository Of Lithuania

Date 28/05/2004

Today OMHEX, Northern Europe’s largest securities market operator, and the Lithuanian State Property Fund (SPF) closed the transaction, whereby OMHEX purchased 44.3 percent of the shares of the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (NSEL) and 32 percent of the shares of the Central Securities Depository of Lithuania (CSDL).
Nymex To Increase Margins For Coal Futures

Date 28/05/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will increase the margins on its coal futures contract at the close of business on June 1.
Nymex To Extend Houston Ship Channel Natural Gas Basis Futures Listings To December 2007

Date 28/05/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that beginning Monday evening it will extend the listings for its Houston Ship Channel natural gas basis swap futures contract through the December 2007 contract.
ICEX News & Views - Volume 4, Issue 12

Date 28/05/2004

The Icelandic winners of IR Nordic Awards 2004 are announced in this issue.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 28/05/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced today that with effect from the commencement of trading on Tuesday, 1 June 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodo