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TIFFE Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 January 2002

Date 25/01/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 29 January 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For January 2002

Date 25/01/2002

As of mid-January, short interest in 3,384 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 3,990,962,756 shares compared with 4,174,844,487 shares in 3,376 National Market issues for the month of December.
The American Stock Exchange® Reports Decrease In Short Interest

Date 25/01/2002

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) member and non-member organizations reported short interest of 443,263,707 shares as of the January 15 settlement date, a decrease of 21,846,931 shares from the 465,110,638 shares (adjusted) reported in mid-December. The January figure represents trades through January 10, 2002.
Program Trading Averaged 25.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 14-Jan. 18, 2002

Date 25/01/2002

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Jan. 14-Jan. 18, 2002.
Prague Stock Exchange: Record Trade Value With Shares And Units

Date 25/01/2002

In yesterday's session the trade value with shares and units passed for the third time in this year billion mark and reached the 2002 record value of CZK 1.350 billion.

Pacific Exchange Elects New Governors

Date 25/01/2002

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) has announced that, at its annual meeting held on January 24, its members elected J. Steven Noonan, Vice President, SLK-Hull Derivatives, LLC, as Vice Chair-elect of the PCX Board of Governors. Noonan succeeds Paul J. Roesler, Lead Market Maker for Equitec-Cole Roesler, LLC, who will serve as Vice Chair of the Board for 2002. Noonan, who will serve as Vice Chair in 2003, was also elected as a Floor Governor of the Exchange.
NASD Board Approves Stock Sale To Nasdaq

Date 25/01/2002

The NASD announced yesterday its Board of Directors had approved the sale of its remaining 33.7 million shares of Nasdaq common stock to The Nasdaq Stock Market. Prior to this transaction the NASD owned, on a fully diluted basis, 27.6 percent of Nasdaq common stock.
Market Participants, Investors Urged To Participate On Labuan International Financial Exchange

Date 25/01/2002

It is very timely for market participants and investors to review the many benefits of a listing of Islamic and conventional financial instruments on the Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX).
London Stock Exchange: RNS Welcomes FSA Announcement Setting Date For Commercialisation Of Regulatory News Distribution

Date 25/01/2002

RNS, the company news service of the London Stock Exchange, has welcomed the FSA's announcement setting 2 April 2002 as the start date for distributing regulatory information on a commercial basis.
Jan. 24 CBOT Fed Watch

Date 25/01/2002

Based upon the January 24th market close in the February 2002 expiration, the Chicago Board of Trade 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is currently pricing in a 12 percent probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will lower the federal funds target rate by at least 25 basis points from 1-3/4 percent to 1-1/2 percent at the FOMC meeting on January 29-30 (versus an 88 percent probability of no rate cut).