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KCBT Wheat Options Set Two New Records: Volume And Open Interest

Date 19/06/2002

Trading in the Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options contract set another new single-day record of 9,491 contracts on Tuesday, June 18 and wheat options open interest climbed above 50,000 contracts for the first time ever since the inception of trading in 1984.
Iceland Stock Exchange: Most Traded Companies For The Second Half Of 2002

Date 19/06/2002

ICEX has selected the most traded shares for the second half of 2002. The method for selection is in line with the practice in the other NOREX exchanges. The selection of most traded shares is reviewed twice a year for the period beginning 1 January and for the period beginning 1 July each year. The basis for selection is the turnover in the previous twelve months and the market value on the date of selection. The conditions are variable in order to reflect the market conditions at each time.
HKEx Introduces New Rules For Structured Products

Date 19/06/2002

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has amended its Main Board Listing Rules to allow a wider range of derivative products, including Equity Linked Instruments (ELI), to be listed on the Stock Exchange. The rule changes will be effective 1 July.
Ferscha: Eurex Has Become The Worlds Leading Exchange For Equity Options - Eurex Overtook CBOE As The Leading Market For Equity Options - Eurex Launches 14 New Dutch Equity Options

Date 19/06/2002

Eurex has for the first time become the world's leading exchange for equity options." stated Rudolf Ferscha at the International Derivatives Week in London. The Eurex CEO also announced the launch of 14 new options on Dutch shares. Measured by the underlying value of traded contracts, Eurex has by far taken over the leading position from the Chicago Board Options Exchange. According to Ferscha, for equity-based products, it is not only the number of traded contracts, but also the usefulness for
Euronext Launches Option On Milling Wheat Futures

Date 19/06/2002

Euronext Paris will launch an option on its milling wheat futures contract on Friday, 28 June 2002.

Deutsche Börse Changes Equity Indices To Free Float

Date 19/06/2002

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Copenhagen Stock Exchange InvestorService: New Investor Relations Channel For The Companies Listed On The Exchange

Date 19/06/2002

It is the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's objective to be a catalyst for communication of information between our listed issuers and investors. As a new service we therefore offer our listed issuers a channel to disseminate information that is not covered by their obligation as an issuer to inform the market, but which they still want to make accessible to a wide group of market participants.
CME Stock Index Products Post Consecutive Open Interest Records

Date 19/06/2002

For the sixth consecutive session, open interest in stock index products traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) established a new record yesterday, June 18, reaching 1,674,922 open positions.
CBOT®Chairman Neubauer To European FCMs: Customer Service, New Products Key - CBOT®Chairman Updates European FCMs And Market Users On Exchange's Commitment To Customer Service And New Product Development

Date 19/06/2002

At a CBOT-sponsored luncheon in London as part of the International Derivatives Week, Chairman Nick Neubauer took the opportunity to talk to market users and customers about the successes at the exchange during his tenure, and the CBOT's commitment to liquidity, flexibility and integrity.
CBOT Fed Watch

Date 19/06/2002

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 26, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT®30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.