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RTS Stock Exchange: Classic Market: February 2004 Market Data

Date 02/03/2004

In February 2004, total trading volume on Classic Market increased by 2% and reached 448 million US dollars. Shares traded on the Classic market 3 962 times, compared with 3 962 times in January.
RTS Stock Exchange Money: February 2004 Market Data

Date 02/03/2004

In February 2004 total trading volume on the RTS Money, the FOREX market of the RTS Stock Exchange, increased by 66,9% compared to January, and by 128,4% compared to the last three months of December 2003, and reached 929.2 million US dollars.
Richard G. Ketchum To Assume Role As NYSE Chief Regulator Effective March 8

Date 02/03/2004

Richard G. Ketchum will start his duties as chief regulatory officer of the New York Stock Exchange on March 8. When he was named to the new post by the Exchange's board of directors on Jan. 8, the NYSE announced that he would start in June, because of a non-compete clause in his contract with Nasdaq, a previous employer, but Nasdaq has agreed to waive the clause.
Parmalat Crash: Italian Listed Companies Have Lost Credibility- Italian And European Market Operators And Financial Press: Relate Parmalat Crash With Low Quality Financial Communication - To Regain Lost Credibility Italian Listed Companies Must Improve I

Date 02/03/2004

Italian listed companies will pay for Parmalat crash with a decreased credibility by market operators and financial and economic press. It emerges from a survey carried out by B2 Comunicazione, Institutional PR agency, and Qualicenter, research institute, on the perception of the Parmalat crash and its impact on the credibility of the Italian listed companies. A questionnaire under the C.A.W.I. (Computer Aided WEB Interview) mode, with a single dispatch was sent to 530 people, incl
Oslo Børs: Milestone For The Derivatives Market

Date 02/03/2004

Oslo Børs saw trading in the derivatives market exceed a daily average of 30,000 contracts for the first full month ever in February. Average daily volume for the month was 31,700 contracts.

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.