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Instinet Fixed Income Europe Launches eBrokerage Service In Credit Products

Date 26/11/2001

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq:INET), the world's largest electronic agency securities broker, today announced the expansion of Instinet Fixed Income Market's global electronic trading capability to include Credit Products in Europe.
HKEx Introduces The Fifth Batch Of Broker Supplied Systems

Date 26/11/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) introduced the fifth batch of Broker Supplied Systems (BSS) of AMS/3, the Third Generation Automatic Order Matching and Execution System last Friday, 23 November.
Euronext: Results Of The First Survey Amongst European Analysts And Managers On Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Date 26/11/2001

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) has received an overall consensus of opinion and extremely positive support, both for its usefulness and for the potential it has to develop… We might even dare talk of total approval. This was revealed by the first survey carried out in October 2001 in the financial sector for the Caisse des dépôts, CSR Europe and Euronext.
Deutsche Börse: Xetra Dutch Stars Market Leader In Dutch Equities - Xetra Market Share Increases From 23 Percent To About 50 Percent - Volume Traded On Xetra Doubles Since Launch Of Segment - Wolfgang Steubing AG To Be Fourth Dutch Market Expert

Date 26/11/2001

Two weeks since the launch of the new segment for Dutch equities, the Xetra electronic trading system has become the leading platform in Germany for trading in these equities. The Xetra market share has increased from 23 percent to 49.4 percent since the Xetra Dutch Stars segment was launched on November 12. During the first two weeks market share on Xetra rose to a high of 56.1 percent.
CBOT President Vitale To Speak At FIA Expo Panel

Date 26/11/2001

Chicago Board of Trade President and CEO David J. Vitale will present a review of the CBOT®'s successful financial turnaround, progress of the exchange's restructuring, and further expansion of its diverse mix of products--with the recent launch of Swap futures, DowSMJones-AIG Index futures and the coming launch of the CBOT® X-Fund contract--at the Futures Industry Association's Futures and Options Expo 2001, Nov. 28-30, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 26/11/2001

Records continued to be set on the bourse with the index closing at a new high of 2377.91.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 26/11/2001

Sechaba has released a satisfactory interim result for the six months to September 2001. Turnover rose 7.2% from P313.2m in the previous year to P335.8m despite a general slowdown in the economy. Improvements in operating margins led to an 11.4% increase in gross profit from P132.1m to P147.1m. Operating profit increased 6.4% from P89.7m to P95.5m, with profit before tax up 2.9% from P94.9m to P97.7m. The lower growth in profit before tax was mainly due to a 32% rise in sales and distribution c
World Zinc Industry Adopts Sustainability Charter

Date 23/11/2001

Leaders of the world zinc industry, members of the International Zinc Association (IZA), unanimously adopted a Sustainability Charter at their Annual General Meeting, London, 25 October, 2001.
The American Stock Exchange® Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 23/11/2001

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 451,462,051shares as of the November 15 settlement date, an increase of 73,898,358 shares from the 377,563,693 shares (adjusted) reported in mid-October. The November figure represents trades through November 12, 2001.
LIFFE To Launch Weather Futures Contracts On 10 December 2001

Date 23/11/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced it will launch LIFFE Weather Futures contracts from 10 December 2001. The contracts will be listed and traded on LIFFE CONNECT™.