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Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 11/7 2000

Date 11/07/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on July 11, of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.6 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 13.8 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
CBOT Hosts Press Briefing July 12 Following Release By USDA Of Crop Production And Supply/Demand Reports

Date 11/07/2000

The U.S. Agriculture Department on July 12 will release its latest crop production (wheat) and supply/demand reports and the Chicago Board of Trade will hold another in its series of crop report briefings for the media and members following release of the reports.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 11/07/2000

A huge trade on Sechaba saw the market soar 2.4%.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 11/07/2000

Barclays Bank of Botswana Limited has announced the appointment of Duncan Mlazie as Managing Director Designate to take over from Chris Lowe in early August. Prior to his new appointment, Duncan was the bank's Corporate Director and has been with Barclays for over 20 years. His appointment to head the largest commercial bank in Botswana as well as the largest publicly quoted company on the BSE is historic, as he is the first Motswana to hold such a position.
Adjustments To The SMI®

Date 11/07/2000

At its meeting of 10 July 2000, the Index Commission resolved to amend the SMI Index Rules and approved the new inclusion of a number of securities in the SMI. In so doing, it is pursuing the goal of keeping the SMI attractive and in tune with market needs.

TSE, CDNX And CICA Announce Guylaine Saucier Appointed Chair For New Joint Corporate Governance Committee

Date 10/07/2000

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE), the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) and The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) are pleased to announce that Guylaine Saucier, CM, FCA, has been appointed Chair of a new industry-wide Corporate Governance Committee.
Tradepoint Financial Networks plc: Tradepoint And The SWX Swiss Exchange To Create virt-x - An Exchange For Pan-European Blue Chip Stocks

Date 10/07/2000

Tradepoint Financial Networks plc ("Tradepoint") and the SWX Swiss Exchange ("SWX") announced today that the two exchanges, with the full support of the Consortium of leading international brokerage and financial services firms that own 54% of Tradepoint, have agreed to create a new pan-European blue chip exchange, to be called virt-x.
PMA Capital Corporation To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning July 17, 2000

Date 10/07/2000

PMA Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: PMACA), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Monday, July 17, 2000. PMACA will replace National Bancorp of Alaska, Inc., which is being acquired.
PHLX Continues To Set Volume Records

Date 10/07/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that equity options volume for the month of June 2000 reached 4,856,628 contracts traded, a 61% increase over June 1999 when 3,018,155 contracts changed hands. Year to date equity options volume reached a new record of 28,300,085 contracts traded, a 27% increase over the first six months of 1999 when approximately 22 million contracts changed hands.
Increased Coverage For FTSE All-World Index

Date 10/07/2000

Following the successful introduction of the FTSE All-World Index, FTSE has now completed the first interim review of all new constituents included in the FTSE All-World Index. A further 27 stocks will be added to the FTSE All-World Index after the close of business on 21 July 2000.