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Indicative Selection For AEX index® And Midkap index®

Date 20/11/2001

Euronext has made an indicative selection for the AEX index® and the Amsterdam Midkap index® (AMX) based on available effective turnover figures. United Pan-European Communications (UPC) does not form part of the indicative selection because the current situation on special listing measures is taken into account.
Iceland Stock Exchange Closed For Trading On New Year's Eve

Date 20/11/2001

Iceland Stock Exchange has decided to close for trading on New Year's Eve as of 31 December coming. The trading system has been open for half a day the past years. The last trading day this year will therefore be 28 December.
ICE Continues Its Momentum With The Launch Of New Products

Date 20/11/2001

IntercontinentalExchange™ , one of the world's most liquid and fastest growing electronic commodity marketplaces, today announced that weather derivatives are now available on the Exchange trading system. Intercontinental's weather derivative products provide energy market participants with a valuable tool for managing energy volume or demand risk in the marketplace. Furthermore, these products can be used to support a variety of energy-related cross-product and risk-shifting strategies utilized
HKFE To Use Radianz's Global Extranet Services

Date 20/11/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), today announced it will use Radianz's global financial extranet, RadianzNet, to connect HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, to financial professionals in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries worldwide.
HKEx: New Educational Article Explains ELNs And How To Derive Them From HSI Options And Stock Options

Date 20/11/2001

Equity-linked notes (ELNs) are the focus of a new educational article by Dr. Ronald Ripple, an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Mr. Kevin Cheng, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) Derivatives Market's Vice President of Market Development and Education.

HKEx: GEM Conference 2001 - A New Experience

Date 20/11/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will organise a conference on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) on 23 November. The conference, GEM Conference 2001- A New Experience, is aimed at providing potential GEM listing candidates and market participants with a greater understanding of GEM and to introduce the newly amended GEM Listing Rules. You are cordially invited to assign a reporter to cover the event.
Exchange Sets New Record For NYMEX Division Seat Sale

Date 20/11/2001

A seat on the NYMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold today for $750,500, topping the record of $750,000 set on August 2.
Eurex Cancels Certain Trades Between 9.21 A.M. And 9.25 A.M.

Date 20/11/2001

As a result of incorrect market participant order entries the international derivatives market Eurex cancelled certain trades in futures and options on the DAX and Euro STOXX 50 indices on Tuesday. The cancellation only affected certain trades that occurred between 9:21 and 9:25 a.m.
CBOE Membership Elects Eleven Directors And Nine Committee Members

Date 20/11/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced that in its annual election that concluded yesterday, the membership elected five directors to serve three-year terms, two directors to serve two-year terms, one director to serve a one-year term and three public directors to the Exchange's board of directors. The newly elected board of directors' terms will be effective when the board holds its first meeting in January 2002. The CBOE board consists of 22 directors plus the Chairman and CEO o
virt-x: Grant Of Share Options

Date 19/11/2001

virt-x plc announces a grant today of options on 100,000 shares at a strike price of 44 pence to Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter, Chief Executive Officer, under the terms of the employee share option scheme.