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Date 12/06/2001

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Partial Implementation Of Stage Two Reduction Of Transaction Cost Enhances Industry Competitiveness

The partial implementation in the second stage reduction of transaction cost by Securities Commission (SC) will achieve the objective of enhancing industry competitiveness.
Date 12/06/2001

Deutsche Börse Updates Weightings In Equity Indices - Companies Replaced In The Indexes - Additional Decision On June 26 Regarding DAX And MDAX

As of Monday, June 18, new weights will apply for the companies in the share indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the tentative figures on Tuesday; the final figures, based on the Xetra closing prices from Friday and the number of shares admitted to trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, will be published at the Deutsche Börse website on Saturday.
Date 12/06/2001

Danish Derivatives May Be Traded In Stockholm And London

In the summer of 2000, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and the FUTOP Clearing Centre signed an agreement with the Stockholm Exchange and the OM London Exchange on trading and clearing links for the Danish derivative products
Date 12/06/2001

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: GICS Will Be Launched On 15 June And The KBX Benchmark Index On 2 July 2001 - Extension Of Termination Period

Due to technical reasons the introduction of GICS indices will require an extension of the termination period by 10 minutes (17:00-17:20). This extension shall reduce the risk of miscalculation of closing index values resulting from late cancellations.
Date 12/06/2001

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Futures On single shares

On 14 June 2001, the FUTOP Clearing Centre introduces futures on the following single shares:

Date 12/06/2001

CBOT Members Approve Two Rule Change Propositions

Members of the Chicago Board of Trade on June 11, 2001, voted approval to to reduce the sponsorship requirement for CBOT® membership applicants from two sponsors to one. The vote for this proposal was 342 1/6 for and 65 1/6 against.
Date 12/06/2001

CBOE Announces Record Volume In Options On Isharessm S&P 100® Index Fund (OEF)

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that a single-day volume record for trading options on the iSharesSM S&P 100® Index Fund (ticker symbol OEF) was established on Monday, June 11, when a total of 26,275 contracts (26,275 calls and 0 puts) traded. Total open interest in OEF options stands at 2,728 contracts.
Date 12/06/2001

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

The market continued to scale new heights as it jumped 1.3% to a record high of 1970.30 and nears the psychologically important 2000-point level.
Date 12/06/2001

Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Metsef reported good results for the year to 30th April 2001, which exceeded our expectations, in a highly competitive trading environment. Turnover was up 10.4% to P938.2m with gross profit up 17.8% to P47.6m. A strong increase of 40.7% in other revenue to P7.8m, coupled with static costs, resulted in profit before tax increasing by 27.5% to P44.0m. Earnings rose 29.4% to P33.6m. Eps also rose 29.4% 165.4t, which was well ahead of our forecast of 156.0t. Dps was increased by 35.2% to 82.5t.
Date 11/06/2001

Quarterly Review Of The EPRA Index

Following the quarterly review of the EPRA index on 1 June 2001, the EPRA Index Committee decided under the ground rules of the index to make the following changes. The changes are effective as at 2 July 2001.