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Date 03/09/2001

Eurex Turns Over 52.3 Million Contracts In August - Record Trading Volumes In Option On Schatz And Deutsche Telekom - Equity Index Derivatives Segment Increases 120 Percent

Eurex, the international derivatives market, traded and cleared 52.3 million contracts in August, a 55 percent increase in volume against the same month of last year. Eurex is thus continuing its favorable trend in business this year in the month of August as well. Eurex has already turned over 424 million contracts during the first eight months of 2001, representing an increase of more than 40 percent over the same period of last year.
Date 03/09/2001

EEX European Energy Exchange: 1 TWh On Integrated EEX Spot And Futures Market In August- 200 Percent Increase In Spot Market Trading Volume Since Inception - BP Energie New Trading Participants On Futures Market

EEX European Energy Exchange released its turnover figures for the month of August on Monday: a total of 985.813 megawatt hours (MWh) were traded in the integrated spot and futures market (July 1.3 TWh). The August total comprises 815,928 MWh in the spot market (as compared with 913,778 MWh in July) and 169,885 MWh in the futures market (361,836 MWh in July). 4 TWh have been traded in the futures market since this segment was launched in March.
Date 03/09/2001

Deutsche Börse: 315 Billion Euros In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges In August - Xetra Record In MDAX Stocks

Volume of 315.1 billion euros was traded on the German stock exchanges in August. The total comprises 225.5 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds as well as 89.6 billion euros in fixed-income securities. Of the total volume traded in equities nationwide, 89 percent was posted through Xetra and on the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse).
Date 03/09/2001

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

The market rose 0.6% on decent volumes with a couple of counters hitting new highs.
Date 31/08/2001

Volume On a/c/e Continues To Climb, Third Volume Record In A Row

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that for the third consecutive day its members set a new daily volume record on its electronic trading platform, a/c/e, yesterday trading 450,075 contracts, breaking the former record of 442,491 contracts set the preceding day, August 29, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,857,814 contracts yesterday, of which 1,407,739 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.

Date 31/08/2001

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Trading System Temporarily Down

Mr.Surat Palalikit, Executive Vice President, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) disclosed that at 10.59 a.m. (31 August 2001), there was a slight problem due to SET Broadcast System which caused a temporarily disruption in the trading system for 18 minutes. However, the problem was solved, all trading activities are all in place since 11.17 a.m. and there is no effect to SET trading system. According to Mr.Surat, SET will take a closely look to avoid such problem again in the future.
Date 31/08/2001

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Explains Spread Adjustment Objectives

Miss Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, Senior Vice President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) disclosed that after SET had disseminated news about spread adjustment, starting from October, and investors and other relevant parties have expressed opinions on the matter to the SET, the SET wished to explain that the objectives of the change was due to:
Date 31/08/2001

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Adjusted The Minimum Trading Spread to One Satang

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has adjusted the trading spread for securities trading at less than 400 baht. This is in order to increase trading liquidity and support low-priced securities. Securities trading at a price of less than 10 baht per share will be allowed to have a minimum trading spread of one satang. This will be effective in October.
Date 31/08/2001

Review Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange's Growth Market KVX

On 1 September 2000 the Exchange introduced the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's Growth Market, KVX. The growth market was established to focus more on a group of companies with a high growth potential on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. With the establishment of the KVX Index the investors thus gained the possibility of comparing the price development in the group of listed Danish growth companies with other similar indices on foreign markets.
Date 31/08/2001

Results Of Stock Exchange Of Thailand August Board Meeting Announced

The Board of Governors of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has approved changes in the Buy-in method, and has also approved SET regulations to be applied in the case of unusual trading activity. Additionally, Miss Sopawadee Lertmanaschai was appointed as the acting manager director of the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI).