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Canada's Growing Shareowners - New TSE/World Investor Link Survey Shows 49% Of Canadians Own Shares

Date 29/05/2000

According to the 2000 Canadian Shareowners Study, Canada continues to have a strong equity culture, with 49% of adult Canadians directly or indirectly owning shares. This is a sharp increase from 37% in 1996 and 23% in 1989.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 29/05/2000

The market pared some of last week's gains as it lost 1.9% after reaching a record high of 1514.96 points on Tuesday.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 29/05/2000

The acquisition of Acumen by RPC Data was approved and the shares used for the acquisition were listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange on Friday 26th May 2000. Details of the acquisition are contained in the circular to RPC Data shareholders dated 20th April 2000. Copies of the circular are obtainable from Stockbrokers Botswana Ltd. offices.
12th IPO On The SWX New Market: Swissquote Group Holding AG Opens 8% Above Issue Price

Date 29/05/2000

The shares of Swissquote Group Holding AG, a company involved in the financial services area, were traded for the first time today on the SWX New Market. The offering price was set Sunday night at CHF 250. At the start of trading on SWX, the stock stood 7.80% above that level at CHF 269.50, representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 363.83 million.
London Stock Exchange Reports Strong Performance 1999-2000 Preliminary Results

Date 26/05/2000

Announcing preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2000, the Exchange yesterday reported a year of strong financial performance and significant progress in its development.
AEX Trading delay CMG

Date 26/05/2000

The stock exchange of Amsterdam Exchanges announces that the delayed opening in shares CMG is due to a human error on the side of the exchange, which will be solved as soon as possible.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For May 2000

Date 25/05/2000

As of mid-May, short interest in 3,801 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 2,708,792,108 compared with 2,572,938,012 shares in 3,811 National Market issues for the month of April.
SGX Signs MOU With NSE And Agreement With IISL To Launch India Stock Index Futures Contract

Date 25/05/2000

The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT), the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and the India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and an Agreement to forge a cooperative partnership.
Program Trading Averaged 20.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 15-May 19

Date 25/05/2000

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 May 15-May 19.
Paris Markets April Market Activity

Date 25/05/2000

Overall trading levels on the Paris markets remained steady throughout April as 7,923,586 transactions were recorded during the month's 18 trading days - five fewer than in March. Turnover value for the month registered a daily average of ?4.61 billion.