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New York Stock Exchange Announces 2000 Financial Results

Date 05/04/2001

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenue of $815.3 million and net income of $72.9 million in 2000, compared with revenue of $735.5 million and net income of $75.2 million in 1999.
March Sees Second Highest Monthly Volume Level Ever At Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

Date 05/04/2001

Total monthly futures pit trade, for all commodities combined, reached a record level for the month of March at 303,720 contracts, 48.8% higher than one year ago. A substantial increase in canola futures volume for March was a driving factor behind the overall record level in total futures volume. Crop year-to-date total futures pit trade for 2000/01 came in at 1,838,692 contracts, well ahead of the 1,565,062 contracts traded during the same period one-year earlier. Total futures open interest w
LIFFE Appoints Managing Director Of Sales And Marketing

Date 05/04/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Simon Raybould has been appointed as the Exchange's Managing Director of Sales and Marketing.
IPE Gas Oil Futures 20 Years Old On 6 April 2001

Date 05/04/2001

IPE Gas Oil futures celebrates 20 years on Friday 6 April 2001. Launched in 1981, Gas Oil futures was the IPE's first successfully traded contract and it has developed into one of the most well-established hedging and trading tools of the energy industry.
Euronext Paris Derivatives Markets - Trading Reaches Record High In March

Date 05/04/2001

Trading on Paris derivatives markets reached a record 27,340,105 contracts, including both futures and options, in March. Open interest was down 20.7% on February figures, reflecting the close of quarterly deliveries, and at month end stood at 31,127,929 lots.

Euronext Brussels: Monthly Volume Of The Derivatives Market Rose By 150%

Date 05/04/2001

In March the number of traded contracts rose by 150,3% to reach a monthly total of 1,417,577. This staggering performance is largely due to the revival of the mini® BEL20® contract. No less than 1,167,670 contracts were traded marking a 244% increase compared to last month. This increase was also supported by a 101,6 % increase in the volume of the BEL20® option contract to 105.324 contracts traded.
Euronext Brussels: Monthly Turnover Of the Cash Market Rose By 33%

Date 05/04/2001

In March turnover rose by 33% to reach 5,17 Billion EUR, corresponding to 233,901,111 shares traded. The highest daily turnover was reached on 14 March when 585.6 million EUR was traded bringing the average daily turnover of March to 235 million EUR, representing a 21.15% increase, compared to February (194 million EUR). In March, the total turnover for warrants equalled 42.03 million EUR or 112,487,833 shares traded.
Deutsche Börse: XTF Established As Segment For Exchange-Traded Funds - Deutsche Börse Is European Market Leader

Date 05/04/2001

Exchange-traded funds have become an established feature of the German capital market. This was the positive interim assessment by Deutsche Börse on Thursday, just about one year after launching its XTF segment for exchange-traded funds. The new products are recording monthly turnover of some 2 billion euros in the meantime, and achieving roughly 50 percent of the volume traded in all NEMAX 50 stocks. With a market share of some 65 percent, Deutsche Börse is the market leader in exchange-traded
Brisk Trading On Euronext Amsterdam's Derivatives Market

Date 05/04/2001

March saw sharp price fluctuations at Euronext Amsterdam. While turnover in shares on Euronext Amsterdam's stock market fell slightly by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2001, total turnover on the stock market rose to ? 575 billion, up 6.1% on the corresponding period last year.
Blackbird Holdings, Inc., Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Announce New Trading Initiative - Initiative Will Offer OTC And Exchange-Traded Derivatives Electronically On One Screen For First Time

Date 05/04/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and Blackbird Holdings, Inc., today announced a new initiative that will offer the first electronic trading of privately negotiated (over-the-counter) and exchange-traded derivatives on the same screen.