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Introduction Of 5-Year Options On Getronics And Heineken And Introduction Of 1-Month Options On Koninklijke Kpn

Date 11/04/2000

Amsterdam Exchanges hereby announces that as of Tuesday 25 April 2000 option series with an initial maturity of five years will be introduced in the option classes GTN (Getronics) and HEI (Heineken), expiring in October 2004.
General Meeting Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S

Date 11/04/2000

The ordinary general meeting of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S was held today. The Directors' Report on the company's activities and the accounts for 1999 were adopted by the General Meeting. Moreover, the General Meeting granted discharge to the Board of Directors and the Management Board and approved the proposed dividend of DKK 10 per share. The state-authorised public accountants KPMG C. Jespersen were re-appointed as the company's auditors.
Changes In The SMI And SPI

Date 11/04/2000

As a result of yesterday's meeting of the Index Commission, the SWX Swiss Exchange has resolved that the pending securities issues of Givaudan AG (a spin-off of the flavours and fragrances division of the Roche Group) and Syngenta AG (representing the spin-offs and merger of the agrochemical divisions of Novartis AG and Astra Zeneca Ltd.) will be included in the Swiss Market Index (SMI) as of their respective first trading day, rather than delaying such inclusion until the normal index adjustmen
Central Bank Weekly Repo Auction 11/4/2000

Date 11/04/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on April 11 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 13 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
CBOE Announces Good Friday Holiday Schedule

Date 11/04/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of Good Friday, April 21, 2000:

Amendments To The Copenhagen Stock Exchange Rules and Regulations

Date 11/04/2000

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange has amended the following rules: Guidelines for the publication of real-time trading information and calculation of prices etc for the trading system SAXESS.
10th IPO On The SWX New Market - Oridion Systems Ltd. Opens 22% Above Issue Price

Date 11/04/2000

The shares of Oridion Systems Ltd., medical-technical company, were traded today for the first time on the SWX New Market. The offering price was set Tuesday night at CHF 29.00. At the start of trading on SWX, the stock stood 22% above that level at CHF 35.30, representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 406,8 million.
The Majority Of LIFFE's Pan-European Stock Index Futures Now Available To Trade By US Investors

Date 10/04/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has received "No Action" letters from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the government agency that oversees futures trading in the US, authorising a further five of its pan-European stock index futures for offer and sale in the US.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Expiring April Option Contracts - Early Expiration Due To Good Friday Holiday

Date 10/04/2000

Please be advised that the Exchange will be closed on April 21, 2000 in observance of Good Friday. As a result, OCC will advance processing for April options from Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 21, 2000.
Palestine Securities Exchange First Quarter Statistics

Date 10/04/2000

The Palestine Securities Exchange is pleased to announce that: The trading value for the first quarter of the year 2000 reached (76) Million US$ an increase of 522% for the same period in 1999, and the number of shares traded reached 40 million shares, an increase of 943% for the same period in 1999. The number of transactions reached 7,054 an increase in 488% for the same period in 1999. Also market capitalization increased by a 61% to reach 1 billion $US..