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Eurex To Introduce Stock Options On Epcos, Infineon And Intershop - Larger Range Of Products And Services For Private And Institutional Investors

Date 15/03/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives market, is introducing options on the shares of Epcos, Infineon and Intershop on March 20. As already announced six Dutch and three Italian stock options will also be launched on the same day. Eight French stock options will follow on May 22, 2000.
Details Of Meeting Of The Oslo Stock Exchange Board On 14 March 2000.

Date 15/03/2000

Fred. Olsen Energy has been fined a violation charge equivalent to three times the annual listing fee for a breach of the duty of disclosure. The company was late in reporting an agreement which was of significance for the financial standing of the company's subsidiary Harland & Wolff Holdings Plc.
CME Sets New First Day Product Launch Record As Agency Note Futures Trade Nearly 12,000 Contracts

Date 15/03/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) set a new product launch record as its new 5- and 10-year agency note futures contracts traded combined volume of nearly 12,000 contracts.
Archipelago And The Pacific Exchange Announce Plan To Create A New National Stock Exchange - First All-Electronic Exchange For NYSE, AMEX And Nasdaq Stocks

Date 15/03/2000

Archipelago, a leading U.S.-based electronic communications network (ECN), and the Pacific Exchange, the country's most innovative and automated stock exchange, today announced a plan to create the first, fully electronic national stock exchange for New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq stocks.
Amsterdam Exchanges Confirms Baan Company N.V.'s Listing Status

Date 15/03/2000

Reference is made to Amsterdam Exchanges press release 2000-018, dated 17 february 2000, by which we have informed the market on the issue of the financial position of Baan Company N.V.. As planned, Amsterdam Exchanges met with Baan Company, to be informed whether Baan Company N.V. again meets Amsterdam Exchanges' equity listing requirements. In the last two weeks, Baan Company N.V. made several announcements regarding the conversion of subordinated notes into shares in Baan Company N.V. and th

Scott O'Donnell Joins Minneapolis Grain Exchange Board Of Directors

Date 14/03/2000

Directors of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange voted unanimously on March 9, 2000, to appoint Scott R O'Donnell to fill a vacancy on the board.
Parisbourse Becomes First Exchange To Offer Access To Futures On Dow Jones Stoxx sm In The USA

Date 14/03/2000

ParisBourseSBF SA is the first exchange to receive authorization from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to market futures contracts on the Dow Jones Euro STOXXSM 50 and Dow Jones STOXXSM 50 indexes in the United States. The contracts can be traded like any United States product through Stateside trading screens.
Nymex To List Additional Strike Prices For Silver Options

Date 14/03/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange listed additional silver options strike prices today of 725, 750, 775, 800, 850, and 900 on the March 2001 contract.
Estimated First Day Volume in CME Agency Note Futures Nears 14,000 Contracts

Date 14/03/2000

Trading in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's 5- and 10-year agency note futures contracts made a strong debut Tuesday, with estimated volume approaching 14,000 contracts.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Officials Ring In Launch Of 5- and 10-Year Agency Note Futures

Date 14/03/2000

Officials from Fannie Mae® and Freddie Mac®joined Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) officials today to ring a ceremonial bell initiating trading in the CME's new 5- and 10-year agency note futures. The agency note futures contracts are based on Freddie Mac's Reference Notes and Fannie Mae's Benchmark Notes. The two agencies are the nation's largest home funding companies. The contracts will trade alongside the CME's bellwether Eurodollar contract, the most heavily traded U.S. interest rate f