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Nasdaq Concludes Record Share And Dollar Volume Year Composite Index Finishes Lower

Date 23/01/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® set new share and dollar volume records in 2000, but its primary index finished lower-ending five consecutive years of record gains. Yearly share volume totaled 442.7 billion shares, a 62 percent increase over 272.6 billion in 1999. Average daily share volume reached 1.75 billion in 2000, compared to1.08 billion the year before. Daily share volume exceeded two billion shares on 47 occasions in 2000.
London Stock Exchange To Name Clara Furse As Chief Executive Officer – Report On Breakingviews.com

Date 23/01/2001

The London Stock Exchange is set to appoint Clara Furse as Chief Executive Officer of Europe's biggest bourse, Breakingviews.com said on Tuesday. Breakingviews.com said Furse, former head of French bank Credit Lyonnais' derivatives business, would take up the appointment in February. Furse would be the first woman chief executive of the London Stock Exchange.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Listing Requirements Strengthens Capital Market, Securities Industry

Date 23/01/2001

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is issuing its revamped Listing Requirements, a move widely seen as a major effort to further strengthen the capital market and securities industry in Malaysia.
Futures On Individual Stocks Traded On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 23/01/2001

On January 22, 2001, new futures contracts- futures on stocks of Telekomunikacja Polska SA, Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA, Elektrim SA were launched on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. These are all actively traded and highly capitalised equities.
Euronext Announces The Senior Bankers For It's Syndicate

Date 23/01/2001

Euronext, the pan-European exchange resulting from the merger of Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris exchanges, has chosen ABN AMRO Rothschild and BNP Paribas to act as joint global co-ordinators for the Euronext IPO.

CBOE To Launch First Nasdaq Volatility Index, "VXN"

Date 23/01/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) yesterday announced that on Tuesday, January 23, it will launch a new volatility index, the VXNSM. Similar in structure to CBOE’s Market Volatility Index (VIXSM) the widely used benchmark for tracking market volatility, the VXN will track volatility of options on the Nasdaq-100 Index® (NDXSM). The VXN will be calculated using implied volatility of options on the Nasdaq-100 Index. CBOE developed this new market-tracking index in response to customer deman
Standard & Poor's – Index Change - S&P/TSE Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 100 And TSE 200 Indices

Date 22/01/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, January 23, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 100 and TSE 200 Indices.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) Sets One-Day Volume Record On Jan. 19 For Equity & Index Options

Date 22/01/2001

For the second trading day in a row, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) reached a new one-day record volume for trading equity and index options. On Jan.19, a record-breaking 853,803 equity and index options contracts were traded, marking a 17 percent increase over the previous record-high daily volume on Jan.18 when 732,251 contracts were traded.
NASDAQ Announces Component Changes To Biotechnology Index

Date 22/01/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced that effective with the market open on Tuesday, January 23, the components of the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index® (Nasdaq: IXBT) will change. A capitalization-weighted index representing the largest and most actively traded Nasdaq® biotechnology stocks, the Nasdaq Biotech Index includes companies primarily engaged in using biomedical research for the discovery or development of novel treatments and cures for human disease. All securities in the Index mus
LIFFE Announces Market Makers For Universal Stock Futures

Date 22/01/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has announced eight designated market makers to enhance the liquidity of its new Universal Stock Futures product.