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The Korea Futures Exchange Weekly Bulletin: February 18 To 22

Date 27/02/2002

The leading month contact, KQ203 moved up and down in a relatively narrow range this week compared to the previous weeks. Against the previous week's weakness, the KOFEX fixed income market exhibited a strong upward trend this week. The USD/KRW rate showed an upward movement even if the Seoul bourse ended higher this week keeping a steady upward trend.
Stockholmsbörsen: New List Categorization And Price Structure For Other Financial Instruments

Date 27/02/2002

In order to create a better structure for the list "Other Financial Instruments" and to meet with the great changes in this market, Stockholmsbörsen has decided to introduce a new list categorization and a new price structure. Interest in warrants has increased sharply during recent years. During 2001 17,0 billion warrants were traded, compared to 0,3 billion five years ago. In pace with this rapid upswing, the number of listed warrants has increased significantly. At the same time the number of
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report: January 2002

Date 27/02/2002

Turnover In January 2002 the total turnover on all market segments of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange was SIT 30.04 billion, which was less than in January 2001 by a third and on the last year's average. Compared to January 2001 the turnover was down by SIT 3 billion. In the structure of total turnover in January 2002 shares reached 66.9%, followed by bonds with 23.1% and shares of investment funds with 9% of total turnover. No short-term securities transactions were recorded, while t
KCBT Wheat Contract Changes Receive Commission Approval

Date 27/02/2002

The Kansas City Board of Trade has received approval from the Commission to alter the hard red winter wheat contract.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 27/02/2002

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Wednesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 1 March 2002, 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 table below. http://www.hkex.com.hk/future

Euronext: 20 Companies Joined The NextEconomy And NextPrime Market Segments

Date 27/02/2002

NextPrime and NextEconomy, the market segments launched on 2 January 2002, welcomed 20 additional companies on 25 February, raising the total to 233.
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning March 6, 2002

Date 27/02/2002

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:DCOM) of Brooklyn, New York, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index® effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, March 6, 2002. Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. will replace The BISYS Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:BSYS), which is de-listing from The Nasdaq Stock Market®.
ASX Announces A Record First-Half Profit After Tax

Date 27/02/2002

Summary Record 1st half profit of $28.3 million Record 1st half revenue of $99.65 million Earnings of 29.2 cents per share (pre goodwill) Fully franked interim dividend of 19.5 cents per share Strategic initiatives implemented.
TIFFE Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 28 February 2002

Date 26/02/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 28 February 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Primex Auction System Trading Increases 60% With The Addition Of The Nasdaq-100

Date 26/02/2002

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that the average daily share volume on the Primex Auction System™ jumped 60 percent to more than 5.8 million shares in the one month period beginning January 22, when the remaining components of the Nasdaq-100 Index® were added to the list of securities eligible to trade on Primex.