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Amendments To The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Listing Rules

Date 20/06/2000

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has applied for listing on the Exchange. HKEx is the holding company of the Exchange and a recognised exchange controller within the meaning of the Exchanges and Clearing Houses (Merger) Ordinance (Cap.555) (the Merger Ordinance). The Exchange is a company of which HKEx is the controller within the meaning of the Merger Ordinance.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Officially Relocating Its Corporate Offices

Date 19/06/2000

Winnipeg commodity exchange will be officially relocating its Corporate offices to the fourth floor of the commodity Exchange tower effective July 1, 2000. A new public viewing Gallery will be available with access on the fourth floor from June 13, 2000.
The Nasdaq Japan Market Launches First Day Of Trading First Step In Creating Nasdaq Global Platform Is Achieved

Date 19/06/2000

The Nasdaq Japan Market, a section of the Osaka Securities Exchange, today announced the first day of trading for the new Nasdaq® market. Eight Japanese companies debuted on The Nasdaq Japan Market's first day of trading. The eight companies represent a broad cross section of industries including technology, pharmaceuticals and multimedia (see company fact sheets on the Nasdaq NewsroomSM at www.nasdaqnews.com), and are as follows: Xnet Corp., Creek & River Co., Sugi Pharmacy Co., Digital Design
The Central Bank of Iceland Raises Interest Rates

Date 19/06/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland has decided to raise its interest rates by 0.5 percent effective June 19th 2000.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Report - May

Date 19/06/2000

The total turnover of securities on the Exchange amounted to SIT 15.17 billion in May. It was the new lowest monthly turnover this year, below the April figure of SIT 16.78 billion. The total turnover in May 1999 was SIT 14.1 billion.The total value of SIT 102.5 billion of securities traded in the first five trading months of 2000 was just slightly above the 1999 figures or the same period (101,9 billion SIT).

KCBT Wheat Options Open Interest Achieves New Record

Date 19/06/2000

Open interest in Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options on Friday exceeded all previous records, reaching 26,843 contracts. The previous record of 26,590 contracts was set just two months ago on April 14, 2000.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 19/06/2000

Activity on the market was very quite with most counters recording low volumes. The index fell 1.4% again on further selling pressure on FNBB and Stanchart.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 19/06/2000

ABC Holdings Limited (ABCH), the new regional banking giant is due to list 111,918,600 fully paid up ordinary shares of par value BWP0.05 each on the BSE on Monday 19th June 2000, with a secondary listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
Spain´s Meff Joins Globex® Alliance With CME, Parisbourse SBF SA,SGX-DT, BM&F And Montreal Exchange

Date 16/06/2000

Spain's MEFF (The Spanish Futures and Options Exchange) is joining the GLOBEX® Alliance with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), ParisBourseSBFSA, the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT), the Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (BM&F), and the Montreal Exchange (ME), officials of the six exchanges announced today, at the end of the ceremony at which MEFF officially applied to become the sixth partner in the GLOBEX® Alliance.
NYBOT To End Trading Of Dairy Contracts

Date 16/06/2000

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) voted at its June 14th Board meeting to close its dairy futures and options markets. In order to minimize market disruption, NYBOT will delist the Milk Index regular and large futures and options contracts as follows: first, no new months will be listed for trading and all months that now have an open interest of zero will be delisted; second, when open interest in a contract month becomes zero, that month will be immediately delisted. In addition, the Bo