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The Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New selection Criteria For The KFX Index

Date 18/04/2001

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange has decided to change the selection criteria for the KFX Index so that it will primarily be the 20 most active shares of the reference period that will be included in the KFX Index. The new criteria are more in line with international rules regulating indices on which futures and options are issued.
Singapore Exchange To List Single Stock Futures On Its Derivatives Market

Date 18/04/2001

Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced that it intends to list single stock futures contracts on Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT). Subject to regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the introduction of these new instruments is scheduled to be in the third quarter of 2001.
National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania Real Time Information Will Be Transmitted Via Short Message System SMS To Mobile Phones

Date 18/04/2001

The largest Lithuanian mobile telecommunications company “Omnitel” and the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (NSEL) signed an agreement according to which the NSEL real time information will be transmitted via short message system SMS to mobile phones.
HKEx Develops New Market Structure For ETF

Date 18/04/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has developed a new market structure for Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). ETF are open-ended mutual funds or unit trusts, listed or traded on stock exchanges. Investors can buy or sell them like ordinary stocks through their brokers during trading hours.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Announces Election Results That Streamlined Its Board - Shareholders Also Approve Proposal to Extend Stock Transfer Restrictions

Date 18/04/2001

After its annual meeting today, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced the results of its first Board election as a for-profit company. As a result, CME completed the first phase of a two-step process that will reduce the size of its Board from 39 to 19 members by April 2002. Other proposals passed by the requisite margins.

CBOE Experiences Busiest Day In History

Date 18/04/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that a new record for single day trading volume at the CBOE was established when a total of 2,695,462 contracts traded on Wednesday, April 18. This total volume figure represents an estimated total premium value of $2.5 billion traded on CBOE.
Nymex Announces Cost Incentive Program For Brent Trading

Date 17/04/2001

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., this morning agreed to waive all clearing and exchange fees for its new Brent crude oil futures contract for the first year of trading and to offer rebates for three months on any light, sweet crude futures contract traded to offset a position in the Exchange Brent futures contract.
ASX Response To Media Report

Date 17/04/2001

In response to the article on page 1 of the Australian Financial Review today, Australian Stock Exchange Limited (“ASX”) makes the following announcement.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change: TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap And TSE 100 Indices.

Date 16/04/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, April 20, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap and TSE 100 Indices.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Reports Highly Profitable First Quarter 2001 - Net Income Of $20.0 Million Fueled By Record Volume, Other Factors

Date 16/04/2001

Due to the highest volume quarter in its 103-year history, as well as expense reductions, a new pricing framework and increased distribution of its GLOBEX ® 2 electronic trading system, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today reported strong profits of $20.0 million for the first quarter of 2001.