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NYBOT Announces Rule Ammendments To The January 2003 Sugar No. 11 Futures And Options Contracts

Date 29/06/2001

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today several changes to its options listings for its Sugar No. 11 futures contract following the addition of a January futures contract beginning January 2003.
Next 150: Split Up Of Eridania Beghin-Say

Date 29/06/2001

All four companies resulting from the split up of Eridania will enter the Next 150 index as of 2 July 2001 Following the official announcement of Eridania Beghin-Say the company will be split up. The four companies resulting from this split are Beghin-Say, Cereol, Cerestar and Provimi. Based on the ratio of the Net Asset Values of the four new companies all four companies qualify for inclusion on their own right. If all remains equal Beghin-Say, Cereol, Cerestar and Provimi
New Participant On SWX: Consors (Schweiz) AG, Glattzentrum/Wallisellen

Date 29/06/2001

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted Consors (Schweiz) AG, Glattzentrum/Wallisellen, as a participant. The new participant will commence trading activities on the SWX platform on Monday, 2 July 2001.
Nasdaq Experiences Network Interruption, Then Extends Trading To 5 P.M. Eastern

Date 29/06/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced that an intermittent network outage that affected the quality of stock quotations resulted in the suspension of Nasdaq's SOES and SelectNet trading systems at 2:31 p.m.
LIFFE To Launch Five Year FLEX® Options

Date 29/06/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced that, from Monday 9 July 2001, it will extend the maximum expiry for FTSE 100 Index FLEX® Options to five years, increasing the flexibility and range of risk management uses of the FLEX® product.

KCBT Wheat Futures Break All Previous Single-Day Volume Records

Date 29/06/2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures volume on Thursday, June 28 amounted to 32,024 contracts, which exceeds all previous single-day volume records. The previous record of 29,794 contracts was set nearly a year ago, on July 3, 2000. Each wheat futures contract represents 5,000 bushels, meaning trading volume yesterday represented 161.010 million bushels.
Introduction Of Docpharma On The Double Fixing Market Of Euronext Brussels

Date 29/06/2001

On Friday 29, 890,000 ordinary shares, which have been offered for public subscription, were admitted on the First market of Euronext Brussels. An additional 100,000 shares will be admitted in case of exercise of the green shoe.
CME Announces Regular Quarterly Revision Of Price Limits For Equity Index Products Effective On Sunday, July 1, 2001

Date 29/06/2001

Regular quarterly revision of price limits for equity index futures and options traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) become effective with the start of trading July 1, 2001, at 5:30 p.m. (Chicago time).
CBOT® Volume On a/c/e Sets New Record -- Trading Hits 296,441 Contracts, Surpassing 20 Million Contracts For First Half Of Year

Date 29/06/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its members set a new daily volume record yesterday of 296,441 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/e, alliance/cbot/eurex, breaking the former record of 269,975 contracts set on February 27, 2001.
CBOT Volume On a/c/e Sets New Record - Trading Hits 296,441

Date 29/06/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its members set a new daily volume record yesterday of 296,441 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/e, alliance/cbot/eurex, breaking the former record of 269,975 contracts set on February 27, 2001.