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HKEx Commits Itself To Action To Avoid Repetition Of UPS Failure And To Improve The Overall Robustness Of Systems

Date 26/06/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited has committed to implementing short and medium term actions to avoid repetition of the incident that led to the suspension of derivatives trading on 28 May. The actions were recommended by an independent consultant, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited, which was commissioned by HKEx to review the causes of the failure of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to the primary data centre of the derivatives market, which led to the temporary market closur
Deutsche Börse To Issue 400 Million Euro In Commercial Paper - Highest Possible Short-Term Credit Ratings From Moody's And S&P

Date 26/06/2002

Deutsche Börse will issue up to 400 million Euro in Commercial Paper starting this Thursday to partly debt finance the acquisition of Cedel International. The biggest portion of the purchase price of 1.6 billion Euro for the outstanding 50 percent stake in Clearstream International plus 0.14 billion Euro for Cedel's remaining assets will be paid from existing cash balances from the IPO in February 2001 and from the successful private placement at the beginning of June 2002. There will be no addi
CFTC Announces Appointment Of Michael Gorham As Director, Division Of Market Oversight

Date 26/06/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today the appointment of Michael Gorham as the first Director of the Commission's new Division of Market Oversight. His appointment is effective immediately.
CBOT, MidAm Independence Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 26/06/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Independence Day holiday trading schedules.
virt-x Board Change: Doug Atkin Resigns As Non-Executive Director

Date 25/06/2002

virt-x plc announced yesterday that Douglas Atkin has resigned from his position as a non-executive Director of the Company.

virt-x Achieves 9.2% Of DJ Stoxx 600 After First Year Of Trading

Date 25/06/2002

virt-x plc, the operator of the virt-x pan-European blue chip exchange, today announced market share and trading data for its first year of operation.
Toronto Stock Exchange "Daily Record" Goes Electronic

Date 25/06/2002

After more than 100 years of printing comprehensive summaries of the day's stock market information, the Toronto Stock Exchange is taking its Daily Record publication into cyberspace.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For June 2002

Date 25/06/2002

As of mid-June, short interest in 3,209 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 4,216,071,427 shares compared with 4,207,388,124 shares in 3,272 National Market issues for the month of May.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 25/06/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: The common shares of Mesquite Exploration Ltd.. (TSX:MQL) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of business on Tuesday, June 25, 2002. The company has been acquired by High Point Energy Corp. (TSX:HPE). As a result of the plan of arrangement, High Point Energy Corp. will be renamed High Point Resources Inc. and will trade under the new ticker symbol HPR and C
NYBOT Announces Fourth Of July Holiday Schedule

Date 25/06/2002

The trading schedule for the U.S. Independence Day Holiday for the New York Board of Trade's subsidiary Exchanges, Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), FINEX, and New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) is as follows: