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  • CFTC Approves Mid-Columbia Electricity Futures Contracts

    Date 05/10/1999

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday approved a New York Mercantile Exchange application to trade electricity futures based on delivery in the Mid-Columbia River region. In addition to delivery terms, the contract will differ from the Exchange's other electricity contracts in unit size, which will be 432 megawatt hours (Mwh) of firm electricity, delivered at a rate of one megawatt per hour. Like the Exchange's current electricity contracts, which have contract unit sizes o

  • CBOT'S September Volume At 18,365,836 Contracts

    Date 05/10/1999

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 18,365,836 contracts for September 1999.

  • PARISBOURSE SBF SA Launches Europe's First Corn Futures

    Date 04/10/1999

    On Friday, October 1, ParisBourse SBF SA launched Europe's first corn future, rounding out the range of commodities already traded on markets operated by ParisBourseSBFSA. The new contract was created in response to demand from industry professionals and has received the support of AGPM, the French corn producers' trade body.

  • Introduction Of Inter-Month Spread Transaction For 10-Year JGB Futures And Evening Session For JGB Futures And Options On JGB Futures On The Tokyo Stock Exchange

    Date 04/10/1999

    To facilitate the simultaneous transaction of two contract months, the TSE will launch inter-month spread transactions of 10-year JGB Futures in August, 2000. By using this facility, investors can bid or ask, on the spread order book, the price differential (spread) itself of two different contract months. The following three combinations are available for the spread transaction: (i) the nearest-the second nearest; (ii) the nearest-the third nearest and (iii) the second nearest-the third nearest

  • Eurex On Continuing Upward Trend In September - Again Over 35 Million Contracts Traded - Record Results In Dow-Jones Euro STOXX And SHAZ

    Date 04/10/1999

    Eurex, the European derivatives, is posting further increases in turnover: About 36 million contracts were traded in September on the world's largest derivatives market. Eurex reports an increase of 7.6 million contracts traded as compared with the number posted in September 1998. Total turnover for the first nine months of 1999 came to about 281 million contracts, about 90 million contracts more than the number traded during the first nine months of 1998 and about 33 million contracts above the