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Date 09/05/2000

Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - April

Turnover for April was EUR 56,450.0 million. This compares to EUR 107,309.0 million in March. Domestic turnover in April was EUR 50,347.7 million, foreign turnover EUR 1,227.0 million. Nuovo Mercato EUR 4,798.6 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 76.7 million. Turnover for the period January to April 2000 was EUR 344,864.3 million.
Date 09/05/2000

Bloomberg LP Connects SGX-DT - First Asian Exchange To Offer Global Derivatives Trading Electronically

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Ltd, (SGX-DT) and Bloomberg LP today unveiled initiatives to create a gateway between the Bloomberg global network and the SGX-DT electronic platform, and to further boost the liquidity and accessibility of Singapore's derivatives market. This move makes SGX-DT the first Asian exchange to offer electronic-based derivatives trading on a global front. The initiatives will bring together the exchange's expertise in regulation, surveillance, and order matching
Date 08/05/2000

Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Market Consultation On Chapter 17 (Share Schemes) Of The Exchange Listing Rules

The Exchange has considered the comments from market participants on the existing requirements of share schemes and the relevant proposal in the consultation paper in May 1999 and proposes to relax certain major requirements and introduce additional disclosure requirements in Chapter 17 of the Exchange Listing Rules.
Date 08/05/2000

Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Capital Adjustment To HWL Options Contracts

SEHK Options Clearing House Limited will adjust the contract terms of all open options contracts on shares of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) as at the close of business on May 15, 2000 to take account of the bonus share entitlement of one bonus share for ten existing shares of HWL as announced by HWL .
Date 08/05/2000

Rationalize Financial Regulation, End Ban On Single Stock Futures, CME Chairman Gordon Urges Senate Banking Committee

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chairman Scott Gordon today urged Congress to legislate a more rational regime for financial services regulation and to revise the Shad-Johnson Accord, which prevents exchanges from trading futures contracts on individual stocks and on narrow-based equity indexes.

Date 08/05/2000

NYMEX To Increase Margins On Electricity Futures Contracts

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise margins on its Palo Verde and California/Oregon border futures contracts and on the June, July, and August 2000 contracts for Cinergy, Entergy, and Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Maryland, as of the close of business today.
Date 08/05/2000

KCBT Wheat Options Post Record Single-Day Volume

Trading volume in Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options on Friday set a new single-day record.
Date 08/05/2000

HKFE Completes Simulated Trading

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) announced that May 6th's street-wide simulated trading on its HKATS electronic trading system has been completed as planned. Today's simulated trading followed a similar exercise conducted on 29 April.
Date 08/05/2000

Central Bank Of Iceland's Weekly Repo Auction 9/2/200

The Central Bank offers a 10.1% rate on a 14 day repo of government securities, in its weekly repo auction, deadline Tue. 9.May. at 11:00.
Date 08/05/2000

CBOT'S 10-Year Agency Note Contracts Surpass The 200,000 Milestone And

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that trading volume for its 10-Year Agency Note futures and futures-options contracts has surpassed 200,000 -- a key volume milestone for a new product.