FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

OneChicago Week In Review

Date 22/09/2003

DIAMONDS® Spreads Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 6.2-cent spread on average* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 69% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 18% of the time*
NZX Moves To Quarterly Reporting

Date 22/09/2003

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes to announce that it will be moving to quarterly reporting starting with the September 2003 quarter.
NYSE Webcasts Media Briefing To Announce John S. Reed Interim Chairman And CEO

Date 22/09/2003

The NYSE held a media briefing to announce the appointment of John S. Reed as NYSE Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Briefing participants included H. Carl McCall, Lead Director, NYSE Board of Directors, Laurence D. Fink, NYSE Director and Chairman of the Search Committee, Robert G. Britz, President, Executive Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer, Catherine R. Kinney, President, Executive Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer.
Nymex Clears 2 Millionth Natural Gas Contract Through NYMEX ClearPort<SUP>sm</SUP>

Date 22/09/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that the 2 millionth Henry Hub natural gas swap futures contract was posted for clearing on Friday through the NYMEX ClearPortsm clearing website.
MEFFCLEAR Gives Counterpart To 1,250 Million Euros In Repos Traded In SENAF, In Its First Day Of Activity

Date 22/09/2003

MEFFCLEAR, MEFF's Central Counterparty (CCP), began yesterday its activity as counterpart to the trade of repos on Spanish Debt with a volume of 1,250 million euros traded in the SENAF electronic platform.

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Innovative Products Enhance Efficiency Of Delivery Systems

Date 22/09/2003

Industry participants and service providers play a vital role in spearheading innovation in the marketplace. In the wake of globalisation and increased shareholder sophistication, there is a need to further improve the delivery systems in the securities market, to make the marketplace more secure, efficient and cost effective.
HKATS Upgrade To OMex 17.1

Date 22/09/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will upgrade the software used for its derivatives trading system, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System (HKATS), from OMex 15.2 to OMex 17.1 on Monday, 6 October 2003 as part of its continuing efforts to further strengthen its market infrastructure.
Futures & Options RTS Stock Exchange: The Two-Year Anniversary

Date 22/09/2003

On September 19th, 2002, FORTS (Futures & Options RTS), the derivatives segment of the RTS Stock Exchange, celebrates its second anniversary.
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange: Weekly Market Data

Date 22/09/2003

For the week of September 15th-September 19th, 2003, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) reached 594 thousand contracts and 5 159 million rubles, compared with 580 thousand contracts and 4 973 million rubles. Total open interest as of September 19th, 2003, equaled 2 698 million rubles and 428 thousand contracts (as of September 12th, 2003, the numbers were 3 830 million rubles and 514 thousand contracts).
FTSE Global Equity Index Series Launched

Date 22/09/2003

FTSE Group today unveils the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, an enhanced family of global benchmarks. The new benchmarks offer index users unparalleled market coverage and flexibility, and marks a key milestone in FTSE's ongoing strategy to become the number one index provider worldwide. Covering 98% of the world's market capitalisation, and offering total flexibility for any investment mandate, the FTSE Global Equity Index Series is the most comprehensive and advanced benchmark available to in