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Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Exchange Holidays

Date 30/05/2001

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE Group will be closed in conjunction with the following holidays:
60.0% Of IPE Holdings Shares Tendered To IntercontinentalExchange - Offer Period Extended Until 15 June

Date 30/05/2001

IntercontirientalExchange, Inc. (ICE Inc.), which owns and operates an electronic commodities trading platform, today announces that as at 3.00 p.m. on 29 May 2001, being the first closing date of its recommended offer (the Offer) for IPE Holdings Plc (IPE Holdings), valid acceptances of the Offer had been received in respect of a total of 6,874,362 IPE Holdings shares, representing approximately 60.0 per cent. of IPE Holdings' issued share capital.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 34.6 Billion Krónur

Date 29/05/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on May 29 of the maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.9 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 34.6 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Debut Of Prime New Energy Inc.

Date 29/05/2001

The shares of Prime New Energy Inc., headquartered in Olten, Switzerland, were traded for the first time today on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The price was set at CHF 105.50. The opening price in SWX trading today stood 4% above that level at CHF 110, representing a total market capitalisation of CHF 209 million.
SFE Launches New Corporate Brand

Date 29/05/2001

SFE Corporation Limited (SFE) is the new name for the Sydney Futures Exchange Limited.

EEX Expands Line Of Products Available For Trading On Futures Market - New Flexibility In Trading Of Electricity Futures - Four New Participants On Futures Market

Date 29/05/2001

EEX European Energy Exchange is expanding its range of products for the futures market to include four so-called cascading futures. Unlike the existing products which have monthly contract dates, the new products will have terms of at least three months and 12 months, respectively. With the three-month and 12-month futures on baseload and peakload blocks, EEX is expanding its product portfolio to include products that are used intensively in over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and offering the parti
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New Rules Regulating Transaction Reporting

Date 29/05/2001

On 1 July 2001, the Exchange will change the rules regulating members’ and mortgage members’ reporting of trades effected in the share and bond markets. In this connection we have prepared a guide describing how the most common orders must be placed in the trading system in future.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Surpasses Record 1999/00 Crop-Year Volume Levels

Date 28/05/2001

With nine weeks left in the crop year (ending July 31, 2001), Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) surpassed previous crop-year record volume levels in total futures and options, in total futures, as well as in total canola futures volume.
Standard & Poor's – Index Change: S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian Smallcap, S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector, TSE 100 And TSE 200 Indices

Date 28/05/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector, TSE 100 and TSE 200 Indices after the close of trading on Tuesday, May 29, 2001.
NOREX And The Baltic Exchanges Put Co-Operation On Hold

Date 28/05/2001

NOREX and the exchanges of Lithuania and Riga have discussed their future relations and come to a joint conclusion that the preconditions for a mutually beneficial alliance are no longer as convincing as earlier. <