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Date 23/03/2000

London Metal Exchange Announces New Contracts

The London Metal Exchange today announced the introduction of traded average price options (TAPOs) for lead, nickel and zinc.
Date 23/03/2000

Deutsche Börse And EuroMTS Announce Plans For The Distribution Of EuroMTS Real time Data - Deutsche Börse As Exclusive Distributor

Deutsche Börse and EuroMTS Ltd. have today signed a Letter of Intent regarding the distribution of EuroMTS real time market data. Under this agreement, the Information Products division of Deutsche Börse will distribute real time market data for Euro denominated fixed income benchmarks supplied by EuroMTS on an exclusive basis.
Date 23/03/2000

CME Announces New Senior Management Structure

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is reorganizing its senior management structure to prepare the exchange for becoming a public company and position itself for entering new arenas, CME President and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNulty announced yesterday. The changes are effective immediately.
Date 23/03/2000

Chuo Trust And Banking Added To S&P/Topix 150

Tokyo Stock Exchange and Standard & Poor's will replace the Mitsui Trust and Banking company (8401) in the S&P/TOPIX 150 Index with the Chuo Trust and Banking company (8408) after the close of trading on Monday, March 27, 2000.
Date 23/03/2000

CBOT Agency Contracts Generate Strong And Steady Growth

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its newest contract, 10-Year Agency Note futures based on Fannie Mae‚ Benchmark NotesSM and Freddie Mac Reference NotesSM, experienced strong and steady growth during its first week of trading.

Date 22/03/2000

Tehran Stock Exchange January Review

In 21 trading days of January, a total of 106.1 million shares and rights issues were subject to trading against a total turnover of IRR 753.7 billion. Compared with the previous month, these figures indicate a decrease of 149.28 percent and 25.98 percent in volume and value of trading respectively.
Date 22/03/2000

LIFFE To Create Two Businesses With Launch Of LIFFE.com

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced plans to create two businesses by grouping its technology-based activities under the name LIFFE.com. LIFFE's Chairman Brian Williamson said today: "The success of LIFFE CONNECT™, the Exchange's electronic trading system, clearly enables us to pursue a new strategy for the Exchange that was not possible before. If LIFFE CONNECT™ can cope with the most complex on-exchange financial transactions then it follows
Date 22/03/2000

EEX Sets The Stage For The Future: New EEX Supervisory Board

The general meeting of EEX AG has appointed the new Supervisory Board of European Energy Exchange AG, the operating company of EEX. The newly constituted Supervisory Board met in Frankfurt today for the first time since the capital increase. Otto E. Nägeli, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Eurex, the derivatives exchange, was reappointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dr. Jürgen Kroneberg, member of the Executive Board, RWE Energie AG, is Deputy Chairman of the EEX Supervisory Board.
Date 21/03/2000

The Icelandic Stock Exchange Signs Agreement With OM And NOREX

The Iceland Stock Exchange has entered into an agreement of intent with the OM Stockholm Exchange and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange relating to its participation in the NOREX exchange alliance. Under the terms of the agreement OM Technology's exchange system SAXESS, which is currently in use at both the OM Stockholm Exchange and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, shall also be used by the Iceland Stock Exchange. The parties to the agreement intend to finalise negotiations during the second quarter
Date 21/03/2000

OM Gruppen's AGM - "With Our Spearhead Competence Within The Field Of Transaction Technology, The Opportunities Open To Us Are More Or Less Infinite"

"An equity revolution is currently sweeping across Europe. In country after country people's interest in equity trading and saving is on the increase. Our universal exchange platform, Jiway, is riding this wave. We are creating a trans-European equity market where everyday investors can trade shares across borders at reasonable prices", said OM Gruppen's CEO Per E. Larsson in his speech at the Annual General Meeting in Stockholm last night. "OM is delivering the exchange know-how and technology