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December 2003: Performance Of The MICEX Markets With Comment On The Situation

Date 12/01/2004

In December, 30,4 billion dollars worth of transactions were concluded in all of the MICEX markets, 48% more than in November. The stock market In December, the MICEX Index grew by 6% to 514.71 points, while the MICEX 10 Index went up by 4% to 1009.28 points. The common shares of Sibneft went up by 19%, the common shares of Norilsk Nickel - by 11.5%, the common shares of Surgutneftegaz - by 9.8% and the common shares of Rostelecom - by 5.5%. Also grew the common shares of LU
CMS WebView And CBOT Announce Successful Launch Of New TDI<SUP>™</SUP> Market Data Feed

Date 12/01/2004

CMS WebView plc (CMS), a leading provider of software systems for real-time financial data distribution and management, and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) confirm that the Exchange's new market data feed has successfully "gone live". The new market data feed provides the CBOT's customers with access to real-time information about the financial products traded, such as prices and volumes. CMS announced that it had won the contract to develop the CBOT's market data feed in April.
CME Sets New Single-Day Trading Volume Record On Friday, Jan. 9 - Total Volume Of Tops 4.5 Million Contracts

Date 12/01/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced that it set a new single-day trading volume record on Friday, Jan. 9 when trading topped a total of 4.54 million contracts, exclusive of CME's non-traditional TRAKRSSM contracts.
CME Acquires Liquidity Direct Technology, LLC - New Options And Spread Trading Technology Will Enhance GLOBEX® Eurodollar Options And Other CME Options Markets

Date 12/01/2004

To further provide market users with innovative technology solutions to support their electronic trading needs, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced the acquisition of Liquidity Direct Technology, LLC, a privately held trading technology firm founded in 2000 by a number of options industry participants. Liquidity Direct has developed an innovative patent-pending technology to effectively facilitate trading of the complex combinations and spreads typically used with options pro
CFTC Staff Allows Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited's Futures Contract Based On The Standard and Poors CNX Nifty Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 12/01/2004

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on January 7, 2004, permitting the offer and sale of the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited's (SGX-DT's) futures contract based on the Standard and Poors CNX Nifty Index (S&P CNX Nifty) in the United States.

CBOT Starts New Year Strong - Volume Surpasses Five Million In First Full Week On New Electronic Platform

Date 12/01/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) completed a strong and successful first full week of trading all CBOT contracts on the exchange's new electronic platform, with the week's volume totaling 5,025,157 contracts.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 11/01/2004

The market came back to life with the end of the silly season but with very little direction.
USDA BSE Update - January 9, 2004

Date 10/01/2004

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has submitted three rules and one notice for publication in the Federal Register on Monday, January 12, 2003. The rules and notice are: An interim final rule declaring that the Specified Risk Materials, the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, vertebral column, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of cattle 30 months of age or older, and the small intestine of all cattle are prohibited in the food supply. (Tonsils were already excluded)
RTS Stock Exchange Index Calculation Methodology Changes

Date 09/01/2004

At its December 19th, 2003, meeting the RTS Board of Directors has approved the new method of the RTS Index Calculation that will take effect as of January 5th, 2004. The new methodology specifies criteria for selecting transactions used in Index calculation.
Official Start Of The Internet SEM-ON.NET Portal Of The South-Eastern Europe Stock Exchanges

Date 09/01/2004

On Tuesday, 7th October 2003, the Ljubljana Stock Exchange witnessed the inauguration of the new sem-on.net internet portal established as part of the Information Integration of the Stock Exchanges of SE Europe Project, by the Ljubljana Stock Exchange. A three-year venture starting in 2002 is being implemented within the European Stability Pact, and focuses on the creation of organisation and infrastructure to enable informing and collecting of information about the capital markets on the region