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  • Euroclear To Launch New Book-Entry Settlement Service For Euronext Paris Trades

    Date 27/06/2002

    Euroclear and Euronext are pleased to announce the launch of a book-entry settlement service in Euroclear Bank for trades on Euronext Paris, in parallel with the service already offered by Euroclear France, the French central securities depository (CSD). This means that, for the first time anywhere in Europe, users of a major, multi-market stock exchange will have a choice of settlement location for their trades.

  • CME Records Busiest Day In Its 104-Year History As Trading Volume Surpasses 4 Million

    Date 27/06/2002

    Volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) increased to more than four million contracts for the first time in its 104-year history yesterday, June 26, as a record 4,256,378 contracts changed hands. The new record surpasses by 20 percent a record set March 7, at 3,542,992 contracts. The underlying value of the contracts traded yesterday was $3.1 trillion.

  • CME Independence Day Holiday Schedule

    Date 27/06/2002

    Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Independence Day holiday (all times are Central time).

  • CFTC Approves NFA Rules On Retail Foreign Currency Trading

    Date 27/06/2002

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved a National Futures Association (NFA) bylaw and rule that create a "Forex Dealer Member" membership category and prohibit fraud by these members. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 amended the Commodity Exchange Act to provide that the offering of foreign currency futures or options to retail customers on an off-exchange basis is unlawful unless the counterparty is one specifically approved in the Act, such as a futures commission

  • CBOT's Electronic Trading Platform Breaks Daily Trading Record

    Date 27/06/2002

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today its members set a new daily volume record on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 899,080 contracts traded on June 26, 2002, breaking the previous record of 706,720 contracts set on May 30, 2002. The CBOT®traded a total of 2,352,115 contracts yesterday, of which 1,453,035 were traded in the open auction marketplace, representing 62% of the overall volume.