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Euronext And IEIF Launch New Index For Tax-Advantaged Real-Estate Investment Companies

Date 29/03/2004

Euronext and Institut de l'Épargne Immobilière et Foncière (IEIF)1 have joined forces to produce a new index with a view to raising the profile of the listed real-estate sector. Due for launch on 5 April, the Euronext IEIF "SIIC France" index is based on listed real-estate investment companies that have opted for a new tax regime known as SIIC2.
Eurex: March Is The Most Successful Month In Eurex's History - Already Over 107 Million Contracts Traded On Eurex In March- Daily Trading Records In Bund, Bobl And Schatz On 5 March

Date 29/03/2004

March 2004 will be the most successful month in the history of Eurex, the international derivatives market reported on Monday. By Monday 2 pm, two days before the end of the month, Eurex had already traded over 107 million contracts, surpassing the previous monthly trading record of around 106 million contracts in March 2003.
Component Change Made To Dow Jones Sector Titans Banks Index

Date 29/03/2004

Dow Jones Indexes today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Sector Titans Banks index.
Clearstream Wins Critical Court Case Against Denis Robert And Canal+ - Paris Court Considers All Allegations Published In Book As Defamatory - Authors Were Considered Not To Have Acted In Good Faith - Court Emphasizes Many Factual Contradictions

Date 29/03/2004

The Paris court Le Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris has ordered damages to be paid to Clearstream by the author Denis Robert and publisher Les Arènes of the book Revelations as well as the French TV company Canal+ France. The court did not find evidence to support allegations against Clearstream that were published in this book and a TV program in 2001. Defendants were judged to have failed in their attempts to proof all allegations; the Court rejected the evidence and witness statements pr
Changes To The S&P GICS Global 1200 Sector Indices

Date 29/03/2004

Standard & Poor's will revise the GICS sector classification for the index constituent listed below:

CBOT Good Friday Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 29/03/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Good Friday holiday: Thursday, April 8 Open auction: Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 29/03/2004

The market gave up some of its recent gains, dipping half a percent this week with lower prices for ABCH (down to P0.40), Metsef, down 4% to P12.90, and Sefalana, down 5t to P8.00. FNBB rose 12t to P7.32 on 1,500 shares. Sechaba was among the gainers as it continued to reach new heights with a 5t gain to a new record high of P10.75 on 700 shares. Letshego and Turnstar recorded the largest trading volumes for the week of 303,476 and 158,600 shares respectively.
BEL20® Index - New Divisors

Date 29/03/2004

Following the announced modification of the BEL20® Index, the current divisors have to be replaced by the new divisors as published below from Tuesday 30 March 2004 onwards: Old Divisors
Axiss Australia Newsletter Issue 85 - 29 March 2004

Date 29/03/2004

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
HKEx Rolls Out Revamped Website

Date 28/03/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) introduced a revamped HKEx website today (Monday) featuring enriched content and a new design that makes it easy to navigate.