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Equity Open Interest Reaches New Heights In July - Open Interest Record Set at 65,498,515 Contracts

Date 05/08/2000

Although the summer months are historically sleepy for the financial markets, The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that equity open interest reached a record high on July 21, with 65,498,515 contracts. This record surpasses the one recently set on April 20 with 63,292,614 contracts. At month-end, equity open interest stood at 54,368,497 contracts. Equity open interest is the total number of options contracts not yet exercised or allowed to expire and is one indication of longer-ter
CME Contract Specifications Changes: Boneless Beef, Beef Trimmings, Pork Cutout and Fresh Pork Bellies on Globex2©

Date 05/08/2000

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME’s Web site have been updated to reflect the following:
Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For July 2000.

Date 05/08/2000

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 17,042 contracts in July 2000 compared to a figure of 21,148 contracts in July 1999. Total volume for the first seven months of 2000 was 148,692 contracts, compared to 137,083 contracts in 1999. In July 2000 13,529 futures contracts were traded, compared to 15,842 in 1999. There were 3,513 option contracts traded in 2000, compared to 5,306 in 1999.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - July

Date 05/08/2000

Turnover for July was EUR 55,587.2 million. This compares to EUR 65,275.7 million in June. Domestic turnover in July was EUR 52,260.1 million, foreign turnover EUR 1,853.6 million, Nuovo Mercato EUR 1,396.9 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 76.6 million. Turnover for the period January to July 2000 was EUR 540,515.5million.
Swedish TeleTrade - New Member Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 04/08/2000

TeleTrade Solution AB is a new member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and today the company starts trading on the Danish securities market.

Paris Bourse Trading Highlights Activity Slightly Slower In July On ParisBourse Markets

Date 04/08/2000

Activity on ParisBourse markets was slighly slower in July compared to June but remained much higher than in July 1999 :
Nymex To Increase Palladium Futures Margins

Date 04/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will increase the margins on palladium futures on August 4, 8, and 11.
New Composition Amsterdam Exchanges-Index® Due To The Take-Over Of Baan By Invensys

Date 04/08/2000

Due to the take-over of Baan N.V. by Invensys Holding Ltd., Baan N.V. will be taken out of the Amsterdam Exchanges-index as of Friday, 4 August 2000. The weighting factor of Baan N.V. will be divided pro rato over the remaining 24 stocks. As a result of this the weighting factors for the remaining 24 stocks will change as of Friday, 4 August 2000.
London Metal Exchange Information Technology - Status Report

Date 04/08/2000

To: All Members From: D E King I am delighted to be able to announce that from a very strong short list of information technology solutions providers, the LME has invited two companies - CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and OM Technology - each to carry out a detailed requirements/supply study over a four week period commencing next Monday 7 August 2000 in order for the board to be able to make its final decision as to its chosen IT solu
Program Trading Averaged 20.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 24 - July 28

Date 03/08/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for July 24 - July 28.