FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

Nymex Launch Cleared-Only Energy Oprions On March 22

Date 15/03/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will introduce four cleared-only energy options contracts on NYMEX ClearPortsm clearing beginning March 21 for the March 22 trading session.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Launch Cleared-Only Energy Oprions On March 22

Date 15/03/2004

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will introduce four cleared-only energy options contracts on NYMEX ClearPortsm clearing beginning March 21 for the March 22 trading session.
New York Attorney General Spitzer, SEC Reach Largest Mutual Fund Settlement Ever - Bank of America, FleetBoston Agree To Pay $675 Million And Adopt Precedent-Setting Reforms To Improve Accountability

Date 15/03/2004

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a $675 million settlement with two leading financial service companies linked to illegal trading practices in the mutual fund industry.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For CNOOC Limited Futures Contracts After Capital Adjustment

Date 15/03/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 17 March 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 methodology.
Euronext: Entenial Removed From Next 150 Index

Date 15/03/2004

New composition of Next 150 Index

Euronext.liffe: Exchanges To Observe Three Minutes' Silence

Date 15/03/2004

Together with other European exchanges at 11am on Monday, 15 March, Euronext.liffe observed three minutes' silence to remember the recent tragedy in Spain.
EuroMTS Launches Benchmark Treasury Bill Market

Date 15/03/2004

EuroMTS today announced the introduction of the reference market for European Treasury bills, setting benchmark standards and creating a single point of access to concentrate liquidity and to increase visibility for this asset class.
CBOT Swaps March 2004 Settlement

Date 15/03/2004

CBOT® 5-Year and 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures for March 2004 were cash settled on March 15, 2004 at the following final settlement prices: CBOT 5-Year Swaps: 113-14.75/32nds or 113-147 CBOT 10-Year Swaps: 115-11.5/32nds or 115-115
CBOT Fed Watch - March 2004

Date 15/03/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 16, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOT Dow News & Highlights: March 8-12 - CBOT® Dow<SUP>SM</SUP> Complex, Mini-sized Dow<SUP>SM</SUP> Futures Shatter Previous Volume Records

Date 15/03/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that its mini-sized Dow Jones Index futures set a second consecutive daily trading record, surpassing the prior record by 50 percent with 155,922 contracts traded on March 11. The previous record of 103,950 contracts was set a day earlier on March 10.