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HEX25 Index Shares Available From HEX As Of 11 February 2002

Date 06/02/2002

HEX launches a market for index shares (exchange traded funds, ETFs) on 11 February 2002. The first listed index share is based on the HEX25 index.
Euronext: Total Turnover On Shares 34% Up In January Compared To December - Derivatives Volumes Strongly Up

Date 06/02/2002

Equity products Total turnover on shares up 34% Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, 6 February 2002 -- Share trading through Euronext NV orderbooks totalled EUR 138.48 billion in January, up 34% from the previous month. Compared with January 2001, which was the most active month in Euronext's history, the daily average for January 2002 was down from EUR 7.85 billion to EUR 6.29 billion. In 2001, daily trading on Euronext averaged EUR 6.59 billion.
Deutsche Börse Expands European Segment - "Xetra European Stars" Launch On February 11 - Eurex Trading In International Equity Options Increases 48%

Date 06/02/2002

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its segment for European equities on Xetra in the framework of its Global Markets Concept to include the 17 French equities as well as the Belgian and the Finnish equity in the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 index. Starting February 11, they will round out the "Xetra European Stars" segment, in which the seven Dutch equities in the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 index are already tradable. For the second half of 2002, a further extension of the Xetra European Stars has be
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Share Trading Reached Its Highest Level Since June 2001

Date 06/02/2002

Share trading in January amounted to DKK 40.4 billion in market value. The average daily trading volume rose by 14 per cent compared with December 2001 and reached DKK 1.8 billion. The share turnover in January was the highest since the implementation of the new reporting rules in July 2001. The changed rules both implied a significant reduction in the number of double reports as well as a drop in the turnover and also a considerable improvement of the price picture.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Plan 24-Hour Trading Of S&P/TOPIX 150 Stock Index Futures

Date 06/02/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) today signed an agreement to enable customers to trade S&P/TOPIX 150 stock index futures around the clock on the two exchanges. Developed by Standard & Poor's and TSE, the S&P/TOPIX 150 Index is the world's first index covering Japan's equity markets that is free-float adjusted and calculated in real time.

BVLP Becomes Euronext Lisbon

Date 06/02/2002

Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto - announce the creation of Euronext Lisbon, after their exchange offer was declared unconditional, and the closing of the merger today.<
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - January 2002

Date 06/02/2002

Turnover for January was EUR 46,659.1 million. This compares to EUR 37,639.8 million in December. Domestic turnover in January was EUR 41,715.6 million, foreign turnover EUR 3,941.6 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 971.3 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 5.8 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 24.7 million.
Borsa Italiana Forms Alliance With Standard & Poor's - New Index for Italy to be named S&P/MIB 45

Date 06/02/2002

Borsa Italiana, one of the leading equity and derivatives exchanges in Europe, and Standard & Poor's, the world's leading provider of investable equity indices, today announced plans to launch a new index intended to become the headline index for the Italian equity market. The S&P/MIB 45 is designed to provide a broader and more accurate representation of the entire Italian equities market than the MIB 30 and will cover approximately 80% of Italy's market capitalization. The S&P/MIB 45 will be
SWX Swiss Exchange: Key Figures January 2002

Date 05/02/2002

SWX Swiss Exchange: Key Figures January 2002
SEC General Counsel To Leave Commission

Date 05/02/2002

The Commission announced today that General Counsel David M. Becker will leave the Commission to return to the private sector. Becker came to the Commission in 1998 as deputy general counsel and has been the agency's chief legal officer since January 2000. During his tenure, he helped shape most of the Commission's major policy and regulatory initiatives and counselled the Commission on virtually every matter that has come before it. Becker has not yet accepted another position and will remain w