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Oslo Stock Exchange - May: Norwegian Business And Industry Astir

Date 07/06/2001

May heralded a new spring for the Norwegian business sector - at any rate judging by acquisitions, bids and potential takeovers. Finance, aviation and the forestry industry were among the industries affected. Developments in the stockmarket were otherwise very mixed, but both the OBX index and the new OSEBX (Oslo Exchanges Benchmark Index) pointed in the right direction while IT and telecoms made negative contributions.
NYSE Elects 13 To Board Of Directors

Date 07/06/2001

The New York Stock Exchange membership at their annual meeting today elected five new and re-elected eight current directors to the Exchange's board of directors. The new directors take office immediately.
NYSE Appoints Paul B. Bennett As Chief Economist And Senior Vice President

Date 07/06/2001

The New York Stock Exchange Board of Directors today approved the appointment of Paul B. Bennett, currently senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as NYSE senior vice president and chief economist.
Nymex To Substitute Position Accountability Requirements For Position Limit Rules

Date 07/06/2001

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., has approved substituting position accountability requirements for the current position limits on all but the last three trading days of its crude oil, heating oil, unleaded gasoline, and natural gas contracts, beginning with the Friday, June 15, trading session.
HEX: New Class Of Soon Communications Plc Exchanged Share To The Main List On June 11, 2001

Date 07/06/2001

Elisa Communications Corporation has decided to effect the Soon Communications Plc share exchange offer in several stages so that the Soon Communications Plc shareholders participating in the offer on June 8, 2001 at the latest will receive Elisa Communications Corporation new A shares in their book-entry accounts on or about June 18, 2001. According to Elisa Communications Corporation the company´s board of directors will make the decisions regarding the increase in the share capital on or abou

Euronext Derivatives Markets - Over 30 Million Contracts Traded In May

Date 07/06/2001

A total of 30.628 million contacts were traded on Euronext derivatives markets in May, 11% more than in the previous month. Equity and index futures and options accounted for 92.2% of the total for May.
Euronext Brussels Monthly Statistics

Date 07/06/2001

The stock market The BEL20Ò fluctuated in a narrow 100 points band to end the month with a loss of 1.97% or 55.97 points at 2,786.16 points. On the broader market, the BAS (Brussels All Share) Price index lost 0.67% and the BAS Return index ended the month with a modest increase of 0.25% thanks to the stocks listed on the fixing segment. The Small Cap index increased by 4.07%. The prices of some individual stocks shooted up. Among them Arinso International , Pinguin and Socfin
Euronext Amsterdam - Brisk Bond Trading In Amsterdam

Date 07/06/2001

Share trading at Euronext Amsterdam climbed by 1.1% in May, despite a 12.1% drop in total market capitalisation. Trading volumes on the bond market rose 6.7% in May, and by 25.5% in the first five months of the year 2001. Total turnover on the Euronext Amsterdam stock market showed a 5.1% increase in the same period.
EEX: New Trading Participants On Integrated Spot- And Derivatives Market

Date 07/06/2001

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has admitted two new participants on the integrated Spot- and Derivatives Market for electricity. El Paso Merchant Energy Ltd., London, is admitted to trade on the Spot-and Derivatives Market. Westdeutsche Landesbank, Cologne, is a new participants for electricity trading in the spot market.
CBOT Moves Forward With a/c/e Software Enhancements

Date 07/06/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that software enhancements will be implemented to its electronic trading platform a/c/e--alliance/cbot/eurex. These enhancements will ensure all customers continued access to CBOT® and Eurex products through the a/c/e system as Eurex moves forward with its 5.0 Release this fall.