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

Date 30/12/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, December 30, 2003: > · The trading symbols of the following companies will change. There are no changes to the company names and CUSIP numbers. Company Name Current Symbol New Symbol<
SEC Charges Parmalat With Financial Fraud

Date 30/12/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Parmalat Finanziaria S.p.A. ("Parmalat") with securities fraud. The Commission's complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, alleges that Parmalat engaged in one of the largest and most brazen corporate financial frauds in history.
Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sector And Industry Indices Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 30/12/2003

As of 1 January 2004 foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's all-share and sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
NYSE Closed New Year's Day, January 1, 2004

Date 30/12/2003

The NYSE will be closed New Year's Day, January 1, 2004.
NASD: 2003 In Review

Date 30/12/2003

NASD set a record in 2003 for both the number of new enforcement actions filed, 1,352, and the number of individuals barred or suspended, 830, from the securities industry as a result of violations of securities rules and laws. NASD also collected more than $32.5 million in disciplinary fines.

Labuan International Financial Exchange Market Cap Over USD 2 Billion With Genting Notes Listing

Date 30/12/2003

Market capitalisation for Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) reached US$2.26 billion (RM8.59 billion) with the latest secondary listing of a US$300.0 million exchangeable notes by the Genting Berhad group.
Indice General De La Bolsa De Madrid (IGBM) Index New Composition For 2004 - A New Portfolio Has Been Created Which Tracks The Index

Date 30/12/2003

The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with technical provisions for the composition and sectorial division of the IGBM and the Indice Total indices, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the first half of 2004. The index is to add six stocks while 5 others are to leave the index. Therefore the IGBM will contain 107 stocks in the first half of 2004.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins for Futures Contracts

Date 30/12/2003

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 Monday, 5 January 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 attached table. The adjustments are based on the clear
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Soaring Share Prices Make Investors DKK 156 Billion Richer In 2003

Date 30/12/2003

During the course of 2003 the prices on the Danish equity market surged. At 12.00 today on the last trading day of the year, the KFX Index, which comprises the most actively traded shares, had gained 22 per cent since end-2002. The positive development in 2003 thus reverses two years of dropping share prices.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Future KAX And KBXcap Portfolios, Including Number Of Shares Per Share Class

Date 30/12/2003

As announced in their press release of 2 December 2003, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange will in future calculate the weights for the capped indices KAXcap and KBXcap every week as opposed to every six months. At the same time the Exchange lowers the capping thresholds of a company's maximum weight, and the thresholds for how much companies with significant shares in the index may weight in the aggregate.