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CBOT/MIDAM Presidents Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 29/01/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following trading schedules in observance of Presidents Day:
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 29/01/2001

Although volumes picked up a little, the market remained virtually flat.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 29/01/2001

RPC Data reported good interim results for the 6 months to 30th November 2000.
NYSE Ready for "Decimal Monday," Jan. 29, 2001

Date 27/01/2001

On "Decimal Monday", January 29, 2001, the NYSE will complete the conversion to decimal pricing on its more than 3,500 listed securities. The Exchange has been decimal ready since April 2000 and began phasing in the move to decimals – pricing stocks in dollars and cents instead of in fractions – last August via a pilot program. As of today, 159 NYSE-listed issues trade in decimals.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Announces Solutions To Limitation On Share Volume Reporting Systems

Date 26/01/2001

Due to the limitation on the trading report regarding the "share volume" of the Price Reporting System (PRS), which is set at 2,148 million shares, the Stock Exchange of Thailand was unable to broadcast the number of shares traded, which exceeded the volume mentioned above, during the trading hours of January 25 - 26, 2001.
Standard & Poor's – Index Change - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap And TSE 200 Indices

Date 26/01/2001

Standard & Poor’s Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Monday, January 29, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices.
Program Trading Averaged 26.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 16-Jan. 19, 2001

Date 26/01/2001

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 Jan. 16-Jan. 19.
New York Futures Exchange To Settle Stock Index Futures At Fair Value - Index Markets To Close Early On Last Trading Day, Effective Jan. 31, 2001

Date 26/01/2001

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®), announced that its New York Futures Exchange, Inc. (NYFE®) subsidiary will coordinate its settlement procedures for domestic stock index futures contracts with the settlement of similar products traded on other markets, on the last trading day of each month.
New Selection Of Constituents Of AEX Index® And Amsterdam Midkap Index®

Date 26/01/2001

In accordance with the rules of the AEX index® and the Amsterdam Midkap index®, both indices are reweighted annually on the first trading day of March.
National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania - Changes To The NSEL Trading Rules

Date 26/01/2001

Following the approval of amendments and supplements to the Trading Rules of the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (NSEL) by the Lithuanian Securities Commission, the NSEL Management Board adopted and the NSEL Supervisory Board approved the following Enforcement Notes, related to the changes of the NSEL Trading Rules, becoming effective as of 1 February 2001: