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Date 01/03/2000

Total February KCBT Trading Volume Exceeds January 2000 Volume By 50 Percent

Total exchange volume at the Kansas City Board of Trade in February exceeded January 2000 volume by 50 percent. Last month 172,701 contracts traded; this month 259,030 contracts traded.
Date 01/03/2000

Singapore Exchange - Second Round Of Trading Currency Conversion

On 26 November 1999, MAS Notice 757 was changed to allow non-resident companies to issue shares to raise S$. Non-resident companies are free to decide on the currency in which their shares are to be sold in the primary market as well as in their secondary trading.
Date 01/03/2000

Oslo Stock Exchange Monthly Report: February 2000: Locomotives sidelined by IT

Whereas the IT index jumped 18.7 per cent in February, traditional Norwegian manufacturing shares sagged. The all-share index climbed 3.4 per cent on record trading.
Date 01/03/2000

Nymex To Increase Palladium Margins

The New York Mercantile Exchange will increase its palladium margins as of the close of business today to $37,500 from $22,500 for clearing members; to $41,250 from $24,750 for members; and to $50,625 from $30,375 for customers.
Date 01/03/2000

New Record In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges In February - New Xetra® Record In Growth And Second-Line Stocks

The German stock exchanges posted a new record high in turnover in February, with a total volume of 712 billion EURO traded, 110 billion EURO over the record set in the month of January.

Date 01/03/2000

Nasdaq Breaks Single-Day Share Volume And Composite Index Records For Second Trading Session In A Row

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today it experienced its heaviest trading session and highest Nasdaq Composite® Index close ever for the second trading session in a row.
Date 01/03/2000

KCBT Seeks To Change Last Trading Day, Settlement For Stock Index Contracts

The Kansas City Board of Trade is seeking to change rules governing last trading day and settlement procedures for its Value Line and ISDEX stock index futures contracts.
Date 01/03/2000

ISDEX Internet Stock Index Stock Components Altered

March 1, 2000-The Kansas City Board of Trade announces the following changes to the ISDEX" index of Internet stocks, effective at the start of trading tomorrow: USWeb Corp (USWB) will be removed and Whittman-Hart Inc. (WHIT) will be added.
Date 01/03/2000

International Securities Exchange Approved By Securities And Exchange Commission - First New Securities Exchange In Twenty-Seven Years

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced last week that it has received approval of its application for registration as a national securities exchange. This marks the first time since 1973 that any entity has received such designation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Before 1973, all other exchanges predated the formation of the SEC in 1934.
Date 01/03/2000

Eurex: Second-Highest Monthly Performance, 39.1 Million Contracts Traded

With volume of 39.1 million contracts traded in February, Eurex, the European derivatives market, recorded the second-highest turnover ever achieved by a derivatives exchange on a monthly basis, after 40.2 million contracts traded in January 2000. The February 2000 trading volume is 48.5 percent higher than the figure posted for the same month of last year.