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Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To S&P U.S. Indices

Date 04/05/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices on a date to be announced: S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Renal Care Group Inc. (NYSE:RCI) will replace Extended Stay America Inc. (NYSE:ESA) in the S&P MidCap 400, and ProAssurance Corp. (NYSE:PRA) will replace Renal Care in the S&P SmallCap 600. Extended Stay is being acquired by affiliates of The Blackstone Group in a transaction that is still pending final approvals. Standard & Poor’s wi
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 04/05/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, May 3, 2004: As a result of a Plan of Arrangement, Strongbow Resources Inc. (TSXVN:SR) will change its name to Strongbow Exploration Inc. and will trade under the new ticker symbol “SBW” and new CUSIP 863363 10 7. The shares of the company will be consolidated. The new float shares for index calculation purposes will be 34,023,330. Navigator Explora
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - AltaGas Services Inc.

Date 04/05/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Tuesday, May 4, 2004: The shareholders of AltaGas Services Inc. (TSX:ALA) have approved a plan whereby the company will be converted into an income trust, AltaGas Energy Trust. As a result, AltaGas Services Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Indices.
Oslo Børs: Monthly Statistics For Equities 2004

Date 04/05/2004

Indices, turnover per sector, winners and losers, key figures per instrument, shareholder structure, new issues and new listings last month and year to date. The archive includes monthly statistics from May 2001.
Oslo Børs: Monthly Statistics For Bonds And Certificates 2004

Date 04/05/2004

Turnover per sector and new issues for last month and year to date. The archive includes monthly statistics from May 2001.

NYBOT Trading Continues To Roll Up Impressive Totals

Date 04/05/2004

The global markets of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) added April 2004 as the fourth consecutive month of major growth in an impressive trading year. Total volumes through April 2004 of 11,103,425 futures and options have moved 42% ahead of the same period in 2003 when 7,823,718 contracts were traded.
MTS Group: Volumes Up, New Markets Added In 2003

Date 04/05/2004

At its Annual General Meeting of shareholders last Friday, MTS S.p.A. announced continued growth in 2003, reinforcing its status as the premier market for European fixed income trading. Revenue growth was up 8%* promoted by the launch of new markets and new products, supporting the core businesses of cash and repo trading, as well as by data sales to vendors, which were up a significant 26%*.
John A. Thain, CEO, New York Stock Exchange: Remarks To Society Of American Business Editors And Writers

Date 04/05/2004

Thank you. It's a real privilege to address your organization. Although, for someone whose career has provided limited media exposure, the past 100 days being the exception, it's a somewhat daunting proposition to be in front of so many members of the press.
Euronext: KLM Removed From Next 150 Index

Date 04/05/2004

New composition of Next 150 Index Following the official result of the exchange offer of Air France for the company KLM (Next 150), KLM will be removed from the Next 150 Index effective Friday 7 May 2004.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: All-Time High Turnover On The Equity Market In April

Date 04/05/2004

Share trading amounted to DKK 48.6 billion – the highest turnover ever in April. The average daily value of trading totalled DKK 2.6 billion, slightly higher than in March. Turnover in the first four months of the year has doubled compared with last year.