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Hong Kong Futures Exchange To Adjust Hutchison Whampoa Limited Futures Contracts

Date 09/05/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) will adjust Hutchison Whampoa Limited Futures contracts as a result of the company's decision to issue one ordinary share for every ten ordinary shares as part of a final dividend payment to shareholders.
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 9/5 2000

Date 09/05/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on May 9 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 9.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - April

Date 09/05/2000

Turnover for April was EUR 56,450.0 million. This compares to EUR 107,309.0 million in March. Domestic turnover in April was EUR 50,347.7 million, foreign turnover EUR 1,227.0 million. Nuovo Mercato EUR 4,798.6 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 76.7 million. Turnover for the period January to April 2000 was EUR 344,864.3 million.
Bloomberg LP Connects SGX-DT - First Asian Exchange To Offer Global Derivatives Trading Electronically

Date 09/05/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Ltd, (SGX-DT) and Bloomberg LP today unveiled initiatives to create a gateway between the Bloomberg global network and the SGX-DT electronic platform, and to further boost the liquidity and accessibility of Singapore's derivatives market. This move makes SGX-DT the first Asian exchange to offer electronic-based derivatives trading on a global front. The initiatives will bring together the exchange's expertise in regulation, surveillance, and order matching
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Market Consultation On Chapter 17 (Share Schemes) Of The Exchange Listing Rules

Date 08/05/2000

The Exchange has considered the comments from market participants on the existing requirements of share schemes and the relevant proposal in the consultation paper in May 1999 and proposes to relax certain major requirements and introduce additional disclosure requirements in Chapter 17 of the Exchange Listing Rules.
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Capital Adjustment To HWL Options Contracts

Date 08/05/2000

SEHK Options Clearing House Limited will adjust the contract terms of all open options contracts on shares of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) as at the close of business on May 15, 2000 to take account of the bonus share entitlement of one bonus share for ten existing shares of HWL as announced by HWL .
Rationalize Financial Regulation, End Ban On Single Stock Futures, CME Chairman Gordon Urges Senate Banking Committee

Date 08/05/2000

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chairman Scott Gordon today urged Congress to legislate a more rational regime for financial services regulation and to revise the Shad-Johnson Accord, which prevents exchanges from trading futures contracts on individual stocks and on narrow-based equity indexes.
NYMEX To Increase Margins On Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 08/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise margins on its Palo Verde and California/Oregon border futures contracts and on the June, July, and August 2000 contracts for Cinergy, Entergy, and Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Maryland, as of the close of business today.
KCBT Wheat Options Post Record Single-Day Volume

Date 08/05/2000

Trading volume in Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options on Friday set a new single-day record.
HKFE Completes Simulated Trading

Date 08/05/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) announced that May 6th's street-wide simulated trading on its HKATS electronic trading system has been completed as planned. Today's simulated trading followed a similar exercise conducted on 29 April.