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  • IPE To Consult Members On Demutualisaton

    Date 03/11/1999

    Sir Bob Reid, Chairman of the IPE today sent out a letter to Members asking them to comment on the possibility of demutualising the Exchange, without seeking outside investment. This would involve the separation of ownership from trading rights and the transformation of the IPE into a commercial organisation.

  • Eurex Founds Operating Company For Energy Exchange

    Date 03/11/1999

    Eurex, the derivatives exchange, has founded the stock corporation European Energy Exchange AG as the operating company for EEX, the European Energy Exchange. The company made the announcement in Frankfurt today. The newly founded operating company marks another step in the establishment of a derivatives and spot market foe electricity, Eurex said.

  • Enel Begins Trading On The New York And Milan Stock Exchanges

    Date 03/11/1999

    Enel SpA, Italy's principal electricity company and the largest publicly listed electric utility worldwide, will begin trading on the New York and Milan Stock Exchanges today. Enel ordinary shares will trade in Milan under the ticker symbol "ENEL". Enel American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each equivalent to 10 ordinary shares, will trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "EN". Citibank will act as the depositary bank for Enel ADSs.

  • Chicago Mercantile Exchange Unveils For-Profit Plan - First Major U.S. Financial Exchange To Produce Blueprint For Converting From Member-Owned Organization To For-Profit Corporation

    Date 03/11/1999

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on November 2 unveiled a comprehensive plan to transform itself from a member-owned institution into a for-profit corporation. While many exchanges are considering a similar move, the CME's demutualization plan, presented to its members at their annual meeting late this afternoon, marks the first such blueprint for a major U.S. financial exchange.

  • CBOT'S October Volume At 18,880,893 Contracts

    Date 03/11/1999

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 18,880,893 contracts for October 1999, up 2.8% from September 1999.

  • CBOE Continues To Shatter Volume Records, Market Share Continues To Increase

    Date 03/11/1999

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced on November 2 that total option volume during the month of October set a new record. A total of 25,716,989 option contracts (15,688,078 calls, 10,028,911 puts) traded during the month of October at CBOE, surpassing the previous monthly record of 22,117,963 contracts set in September, 1999. Volume year-to-date is also at record levels. Year-to-date option volume reached a record high of 199,314,638 contracts (125,118,442 calls, 74,196,196 puts).

  • NYMEX After-Hours Electronic Trading Sets Annual And Monthly Volume Records In October

    Date 02/11/1999

    New annual and monthly volume records were established on the New York Mercantile Exchange ACCESS® after-hours electronic trading system during October.

  • KCBT Open Interest Swells In Many Contracts

    Date 02/11/1999

    During the month of October, many contracts at the Kansas City Board of Trade saw increases in open interest when compared to September 1999. Wheat options open interest increased by 7.7 percent; Value Line® stock index futures open interest grew 15.6 percent; Mini Value Line® open interest increased 3.6 percent; and Mini Value Line options open interest increased 107.1 percent. Wheat futures open interest grew 30.2 percent when compared to October 1998. Wheat options volume traded in October

  • Eurex Sets New Standards - Over 300 Million Contracts Traded In 10 Months

    Date 02/11/1999

    Eurex, the European derivatives market, is posting further increases in turnover, with over 34 rnillion contracts traded again in October, about 8.6 million more than in the same month of last year. Total trading volume for the first 10 months of 1999 exceeded 315 million contracts, which means that the derivatives market has broken through a "sound barrier" after 10 months of trading this year: Never before have rnore than 300 million derivatives contracts been traded on an exchange in a single

  • CME Posts October Record Equity Volume

    Date 02/11/1999

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) posted its best October ever in equity and index products with volume up 13.9 percent, as trading was fuelled by all-time monthly records in several individual products.