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Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For March 2000

Date 12/04/2000

The Kuwait Stock Exchange Index reached 1378.2 at the end of March. It registered an increase of 9.7 points from the closing value at the end of February 2000.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Announces US Treasuries To Be Accepted As Margin Collateral

Date 12/04/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) has announced that the HKFE Clearing Corporation (HKCC) will accept US Treasury Bills and Notes from its Clearing Participants as margin collateral from 28 April 2000. In addition, Exchange Participants will be allowed to accept US Treasury Bills and Notes as margin collateral from their customers from the same date.
Futop Clearing Centre Managing Director Resigns Office

Date 12/04/2000

This is to notify that Mr Tyge Vorstrup Rasmussen, Managing Director of the FUTOP Clearing Centre Ltd. and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange Ltd. will resign office from his positions by the end of April 2000, completing his remaining tasks before the Summer break.
CME Good Friday Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 12/04/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Good Friday holiday:
CME Announces E-mini Feeder Cattle Contracts

Date 12/04/2000

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) at its recent meeting approved the listing of a new "E-mini" feeder cattle contract, a smaller-sized version of the CME's main feeder cattle product, that will trade on the exchange's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system.

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange Includes Foreign Companies in Share Indices

Date 11/04/2000

As from Monday 17 April 2000 the Copenhagen Stock Exchange will include foreign companies in its share indices, and thus the Exchange will be on a par with international practice.
Introduction Of 5-Year Options On Getronics And Heineken And Introduction Of 1-Month Options On Koninklijke Kpn

Date 11/04/2000

Amsterdam Exchanges hereby announces that as of Tuesday 25 April 2000 option series with an initial maturity of five years will be introduced in the option classes GTN (Getronics) and HEI (Heineken), expiring in October 2004.
General Meeting Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S

Date 11/04/2000

The ordinary general meeting of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S was held today. The Directors' Report on the company's activities and the accounts for 1999 were adopted by the General Meeting. Moreover, the General Meeting granted discharge to the Board of Directors and the Management Board and approved the proposed dividend of DKK 10 per share. The state-authorised public accountants KPMG C. Jespersen were re-appointed as the company's auditors.
Changes In The SMI And SPI

Date 11/04/2000

As a result of yesterday's meeting of the Index Commission, the SWX Swiss Exchange has resolved that the pending securities issues of Givaudan AG (a spin-off of the flavours and fragrances division of the Roche Group) and Syngenta AG (representing the spin-offs and merger of the agrochemical divisions of Novartis AG and Astra Zeneca Ltd.) will be included in the Swiss Market Index (SMI) as of their respective first trading day, rather than delaying such inclusion until the normal index adjustmen
Central Bank Weekly Repo Auction 11/4/2000

Date 11/04/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on April 11 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 13 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.