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Online HKEx Fact Book 2003 Now Available

Date 02/03/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published its HKEx Fact Book 2003, which presents a comprehensive picture of the performance of the securities and derivatives markets in 2003, including statistics on the markets and the clearing houses, and information on listed company activity. This year, the new content includes the performance of the S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index and the S&P/HKEx GEM Index, and fund-raising figures for H-share and red-chip companies.
NYSE In The News, February 26, 2004: USA Today, Letter To The Editor From Individual Investor Advisory Committee Chairman, Kurt Stocker: Trading-Rule Change Cheats Investor

Date 02/03/2004

To the editor: Individual investors deserve to get the best price when he or she…or the institutions representing them…invest their hard earned funds in the stock market. The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering proposals to give-up investors' right to the best price. As one who represents individual investors, it is wrong for market professionals and executives of the institutions that are promoting this proposal to break their trust with their own customers, in an effort to in
Nymex Copper Options Set Monthly Volume Record

Date 02/03/2004

Copper options set a monthly volume record of 31,560 contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., in February, exceeding the record of 30,251 contracts traded in November 1996.
Nymex Copper Futures Set Monthly Volume Record

Date 02/03/2004

Copper futures set a monthly volume record of 385,848 contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., in February, exceeding the record of 363,865 contracts traded in November 2003.
NYBOT Volume Grows Twenty-Three Percent YTD - Coffee, Sugar, Cotton, FCOJ, And The Financial Markets Show Strong Growth

Date 02/03/2004

The markets at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) continued their impressive growth during the month of February, following several successive high volume months and an unprecedented record year for 2003. Through the end of February, total futures and options shot up 23% Year-To-Date (YTD), with 4,864,892 contracts in 2004, versus 3,969,145 in 2003 YTD.

February Volume On Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Posts Strong Increases

Date 02/03/2004

Trading volume on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. for February 2004 rose 40.6% from last month and 29.3% from a year ago. A total of 232,598 futures and options contracts traded during the month.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Share Trading More Than Doubled In February Compared With February 2003

Date 02/03/2004

Keen interest in share trading and the opening of a new accounting season gave turnover on the equity market a boost compared with February 2003. In February, share trading amounted to DKK 50.5 billion, up 135 per cent on the corresponding month last year.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Acts Against A Former Brandeis Senior Manager And 3 Former Traders

Date 01/03/2004

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned the former Dealing Director and three former traders from Brandeis (Brokers) Ltd (Brandeis) for deliberately mispricing customer orders and deliberately misusing confidential information as to customer orders. The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Compliance Officer have undertaken to the FSA not to perform management and compliance functions in the future. Brandeis, a former Ring dealing member of the London Metal Exchange (LME), was ex
TSX Markets To Launch Market On Close Facility - Market On Close Has Been Developed To Provide A Fair, Fast And Liquid Benchmark For Closing-Price Trades On Toronto Stock Exchange.

Date 01/03/2004

TSX Markets today announced that beginning on March 22, it will begin phasing in a new trading feature, Market on Close (MOC). MOC allows Participating Organizations to execute Market on Close orders on Toronto Stock Exchange at the end of the regular trading session for issues in the S&P TSX 60. The MOC feature is expected to be phased into the entire S&P/TSX 60 stock list in the month following the launch. Phase one will see symbols A-B of the S&P/ TSX 60 Index made MOC-eligible on March
TSX Group Inc. Completes Acquisition Of NGX Canada Inc.

Date 01/03/2004

TSX Group Inc. announced today that it completed the acquisition of NGX Canada Inc. The purchase price was approximately $38 million and is subject to change in accordance with post-closing adjustments.