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CBOT Interest Rate Swap Futures Update

Date 13/06/2002

CBOT 10-year Interest Rate Swap Futures open interest hit 40,000 on Tuesday, June 11.
CBOE Trading Schedule For Fourth Of July Holiday

Date 13/06/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Independence Day holiday:
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year)

Date 12/06/2002

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Component Stocks Of TOPIX New Index Series

Date 12/06/2002

The component stocks of the TOPIX new index series can be accessed by clicking here.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Announces A New List Of Securities To Be Included In The Calculation Of The SET50 Index: PTT AEONTS GOLD And QH Added Starting From 1 July

Date 12/06/2002

Ms Patareeya Benjapolchai, Executive Vice President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), announced that the SET had selected a number of new securities to be included in the calculation of the SET50 Index for the 1 July - 31 December 2002 period. Four securities are added to the list: PTT Plc (PTT) from the Energy Sector, Aeon Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Plc (AEONTS) from the Finance and Securities Sector, Golden Land Property Development Plc (GOLD) and Quality Houses Plc (QH) from the Property

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 12/06/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Thursday, June 13, 2002: The relative weight of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC) will increase by approximately 0.23% in the S&P/TSX Composite and S&P/TSX Capped Composite, 0.30% in the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P/TSX 60 Capped, 2.39% in the S&P/TSX Consumer Discretionary and 0.26% in the TSX 100 Indices. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares
SEC Charges Former ImClone CEO Samuel Waksal With Illegal Insider Trading

Date 12/06/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Samuel Waksal, the former CEO of ImClone Systems Inc., for illegal insider trading. In its complaint, the Commission charges that Waksal received disappointing news late last December that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would soon issue a decision rejecting for review ImClone's pending application to market its cancer treatment drug, Erbitux. The SEC further charges that Waksal told this negative information to certain fam
Palestine Securities Exchange: No Trading On June 12

Date 12/06/2002

The Palestine Securities Exchange announced that the trading session of today, Wednesday the 12th of June 2002, has been cancelled due to the continuous siege and curfew which has been imposed on the city of Ramallah by the Israeli army. The settlement bank and Ramallah's brokerage firms are forced to close.
Malaysia Derivatives Exchange Berhad (MDEX) Considering Cross Trading to Enhances Liquidity And Diversity

Date 12/06/2002

Malaysia Derivatives Exchange Berhad (MDEX) is considering the cross trading of derivative products with other exchanges in the region as a means to provide greater liquidity and diversity of derivative products.
London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For May 2002 - Number Of UK Shares Traded Up 34% On May 2001 - Number Of Trades On Sets Up 48% On May 2001

Date 12/06/2002

The number of UK shares traded on the London Stock Exchange rose 34 per cent in May to 62.4 billion shares, compared with 46.4 billion shares in the same month in 2001. There were 22 trading days in May 2002 compared with 21 days in May 2001.