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  • HKEx Announces Extended Trading Hours

    Date 26/07/2002

    Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announces that its Board of Directors has approved in principle today (Friday) extension of the trading hours of the stock and derivatives markets. It is proposed that extended trading hours will be introduced by the end of this year or early next year, subject to regulatory approval and market readiness.

  • Fixed Income iShares List And Begin Trading On The American Stock Exchange - Investors Now Have A New Vehicle For Purchasing Bonds

    Date 26/07/2002

    The American Stock Exchange (Amex) and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) today launched trading on the first of the latest generation of exchange traded funds (ETFs) - Fixed Income iShares, the first debt-based ETFs to hit the market. With expense ratios of just 0.15%, the four new Fixed Income iShares include: iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (ticker: SHY)iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (ticker: IEF)

  • DIAMONDS Sparkle At CBOE

    Date 26/07/2002

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, yesterday announced that volume in options on DIAMONDS (DIA) established a new record on July 24, when 125,320 contracts (16,054 calls and 109,266 puts) traded.<

  • TSX Enhances POSIT<SUP>TM</SUP> Canada With Direct Access Connectivity

    Date 25/07/2002

    Commencing July 26, 2002, TSX will offer traders direct access from their desktop terminals to POSIT Canada, an anonymous, electronic order-matching system. On April 5, 2002, POSIT Canada was launched as a facility of the Toronto Stock Exchange. This first launch provided access through a web-based interface.

  • Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 July 2002

    Date 25/07/2002

    TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 29 July 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.