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Date 21/02/2000

TSE: Toronto 35 Index Participation Fund ("35 Fund") - TSE 100 Index Participation Fund ("100 Fund")

The Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSE") today responded to inaccurate and misleading newspaper advertisements recently placed by State Street Global Advisors ("SSGA"). Richard Carleton, Vice President of Index and Market Data Services with the TSE said that he is concerned "that the content of the advertisements may be causing investor confusion in relation to the upcoming meetings of the unitholders of the 35 Fund and the 100 Fund."
Date 21/02/2000

TSE Closes Market Early

The Toronto Stock Exchange closed trading at 3:58pm because of a problem with the trading system.
Date 21/02/2000

IPE Members Vote Unanimously For Demutualisation

At an EGM held at noon today, IPE Members voted unanimously to demutualise the Exchange and transform it into a for profit company. The governance structure has also been reformed and will offer the IPE a faster, more effective decision making process. This will enable the Exchange to respond better to the opportunities and threats that the increasingly competitive marketplace offers.
Date 21/02/2000

Conclusion Of Amsterdam Exchanges' Investigation: AOT Violated Listing And Issuing Rules

In November 1999 Amsterdam Exchanges started an investigation into AOT's possible violation of section 28h of the Listing and Issuing Rules in connection with a reference to AOT's profit forecast statement of 21 July 1999 made by Mr S.L. de Boer, chairman of the board of AOT, in an interview with the magazine Beursplein 5 on 27 September 1999 and the substantially lower operating results published after the interview on 21 October 1999. This investigation has now been concluded. Since this inve
Date 21/02/2000

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

The market ended the week 1.4% higher with mixed fortunes on several counters.

Date 21/02/2000

Botswana Stock Exchange Company news

Barclays Bank posted excellent full year results for the 12 months to 31 December 1999.
Date 21/02/2000

Bahrain Market Weekly Report

After a 1.7% fall the previous week, the index remained around the same level this week. However quite similar to last week, the market remained dull with the losers continuing to outnumber gainers.
Date 18/02/2000

TSE Experiences Trade Confirmation Delays

Some member firms faced delays today getting information on the status of their trades and confirmations. The slowdown experienced by TSE trading customers who receive their information via the Toronto Broadcast Feed (TBF), was created by unprecedented volume at the market open.
Date 18/02/2000

Reweighting Of The Amsterdam Exchanges Index And Amsterdam Midkap Index

Under the rules of the Amsterdam Exchanges index (AEX) and the Amsterdam Midkap index (AMX), both indices are reweighted annually on the third Friday of February. On the basis of this reweighting, the following changes are made to the indices from Monday 21 February 2000.
Date 18/02/2000

Nasdaq Share Volume Breaks Two Billion Mark - Composite Index Also Posts A Record High

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced yesterday that its daily trading volume surpassed the two2 billion mark for the first time ever, with preliminary figures showing more than 2.0075 billion shares changing hands. Daily volume so far this year has averaged 1.679 billion shares. The Nasdaq Composite® Index also closed at a record high. Preliminary data indicates the Composite gained 121.2722 points to close at 4548.9287. It was the Composite's sixth largest one-day point increase ever.