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New Products On EEX Futures Market Start Trading On September 10 - Longer Trading Hours In The Futures Market

Date 06/09/2001

EEX European Energy Exchange starts trading 12-month futures on September 10. With the introduction of 12-month futures, EEX will be expanding its product family in the futures market, as announced, to include new products that are intensively used in the OTC (over-the-counter) market. The three-month (quarter-end) futures, which will round out the EEX product family in the futures market, will be launched as announced in the fourth quarter this year. When the new products are introduced, tradin
LIFFE Launches More Individual Equity Options To Meet Growing Demand

Date 06/09/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has announced that it will launch four new equity options on stock in Amvescap plc, BHP Billiton plc, Reckitt Benckiser plc and WPP Group plc on Monday 24 September 2001. The launch of these new equity options is in response to customer demand and exceptional volumes in existing equity option contracts.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Names Edelblute As Chairman

Date 06/09/2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade on Tuesday, Sept. 4 announced it had named Gregory F. Edelblute as chairman. Edelblute succeeds Craig N. Deeds, who resigned to pursue other interests.
IPE Records Strong Volume Performance

Date 06/09/2001

The IPE recorded strong volume performance for its own Brent Crude futures contract on the first day of Nymex trading Brent.
Euronext N.V. Key Indicators - Derivatives Volumes Up - 114 Billion Euros Traded On Euronext N.V. Cash Markets In August - Equity Products Trade Value Slightly Up In First Eight Months Of The Year

Date 06/09/2001

Shares trading through Euronext NV orderbooks totalled EUR 114 billion in August. From August 2000 to August 2001, the daily average for the month was down from EUR 5.76 billion to EUR 4.95 billion.

Euronext Brussels Statistics: August 2001

Date 06/09/2001

The stock market Last month, the BEL20 Index lost 1.22%. However, since its lowest level on 22 March 2001, the index rose by 12%. The Brussels All Shares Price and Return Index went down by 1.5% each. The Small Caps Index showed a slight increase of 0.68%. The economic sector indices Resources and Utilities increased by respectively 0.40% and 0.87%. The sector Information Technology plunged by 20.22%.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New Improved Price Picture On The Exchange

Date 06/09/2001

With effect from 1 July 2001 the reporting rules on the trading of listed securities were changed. For several years, the price picture on the Danish market has been criticised by both Danish and foreign investors of not providing the transparency needed. We have now removed the "pollution" so that it is easier to see the price and trading picture, the transparency has been improved for the benefit of both the market place and investors.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Equity Trading In August On Level With July 2001

Date 06/09/2001

Equity trading in August amounted to DKK 33.7 billion which is an increase of 4 per cent on the month of July. The average daily trading reached DKK 1.5 billion. Compared with the month of August 2000, this translates into a daily decline in trading of 57 per cent.
CME GLOBEX2 Record Volume Surpasses 500,000 Mark As Open Interest Continues Record-Setting Run

Date 06/09/2001

Trading volume on GLOBEX®2, the electronic trading system of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), continued to set new records with 517,910 contracts traded yesterday - the first time single-day volume surpassed the 500,000 level. The record bests the previous record set on Sept. 4 of 425,179 contracts. In addition, CME has posted 12 consecutive days of exchangewide open interest records, beginning on Aug. 17 with 14,533,564 positions and reaching a new all-time high yesterday of 15,406,108 p
Nymex Brent Crude Futures Set Record For First Day Volume

Date 05/09/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that the Brent crude oil futures contract launched this morning traded an estimated 13,293 lots, more than double the previous Exchange record for trading in a new contract.