Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

  • LIFFE Board Recommends Euronext Deal To Its Shareholders

    Date 29/10/2001

    The Board of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announces that it will be unanimously recommending to its shareholders that they accept an offer of £18.25 per share from Euronext. The highlights of the offer and the proposed combination of LIFFE and Euronext include:

  • Euronext Amsterdam: Successful Migration To Euronext Market Model

    Date 29/10/2001

    Today Euronext Amsterdam successfully changed over to the Euronext cross-border trading system based on NSC technology. Following this change over, the cash markets in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris are united on the same trading platform using the same Euronext Market Model and a common Rule Book. This is an important step towards the creation of the integrated European Market of Euronext.

  • CME Posts New Open Interest Record

    Date 29/10/2001

    Open interest on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to a new high of 15,791,658 positions, surpassing the previous record of 15,791,353 positions set last month.

  • CFTC And SEC Extend Comment Periods For Joint Rules Relating To Margin Requirements And Treatment Of Customer Funds For Security Futures Products To December 5, 2001

    Date 29/10/2001

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced a 30-day extension of the public comment periods for two proposed rulemakings relating to the implementation of provisions of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA), see CFTC Release #4571-01. The CFMA lifted the 19-year ban on the trading in the U.S. of futures based on single stocks and narrow-based stock indices.

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

    Date 29/10/2001

    Lacklustre trading did not deter the market from reaching new heights, as it broke through the 2300 point barrier for the first time, to close at 2306.19.

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Company news

    Date 29/10/2001

    BIHL has issued a notice for its Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at the Grand Palm Conference Centre on 21st November 2001 at 1400hrs.

  • Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics September 2001

    Date 29/10/2001

    Riga In September total Latvian capital market trading volume reached EUR 39.26 million (LVL 22.38 million). Equity market trading amounted EUR 15 million (LVL 8.5 million), and, though, the volume traded was smaller than in August, it was still well above the average trading level of this year in RSE. Similarly to previous months, major stake (more than 80%) of equity market turnover consisted of Latvijas Gaze share trading. Trading turnover in Debt market was EUR 24.26 (LVL 13.83)

  • Australian Stock Exchange Limited Response To Media Speculation On SFE

    Date 29/10/2001

    Following newspaper reports about efforts by the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) to be acquired by Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX), ASX wishes to confirm that no discussions are taking place on this issue and no such discussion is on our agenda.

  • Australian Stock Exchange Limited Quarterly Update - 3 Months To 30 September 2001

    Date 29/10/2001

    Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) today released unaudited figures showing a profit from ordinary activities for the three months to 30 September 2001 of $13.2 million, in line with the $13.4 million recorded for the corresponding three months to 30 September 2000.

  • Australian Stock Exchange Limited Chairman`s Address To Shareholders.

    Date 29/10/2001

    I am particularly pleased to be chairing this meeting in Melbourne, where a stock exchange has operated successfully for 117 years. ASX stands for Australian Stock Exchange, and it is important that we never lose sight of the fact we are a national exchange, not a Sydney one. It is one more feature that sets us apart from our peers, and I believe, it is one more reason why the market has been embraced by so many shareholders across Australia.