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HKEx: Status Report On New Product And Market Development Initiatives (As At 13 September 2001)

Date 13/09/2001

The following initiatives are subject to market support and regulatory approval so they may not be implemented.
HkEx: Amendments To The Gem Listing Rules In Relation To The Financial Disclosure Provisions And The General Disclosure Obligation

Date 13/09/2001

The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Growth Enterprise Market (the "GEM Listing Rules") have been amended. The amendments relate to the financial disclosure provisions and the general disclosure obligation and are modelled closely on equivalent provisions in the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Main Board Listing Rules"). More specifically:
Euronext To Implement A Coordinated Three-Minute Of Silence And A Simultaneous General Trading Halt On All Its Markets At 12.00 P.M. CET On Friday 14 September

Date 13/09/2001

Responding to the call of the Council of the European Union, Euronext has decided to implement a coordinated three-minute of silence and a simultaneous general trading halt on all its markets at 12.00 p.m. CET on Friday 14 September, to express its sympathy with the victims of the deeply tragic events in the United States.
Euronext Postpones Launch Of Winefex® Bordeaux

Date 13/09/2001

As Friday, September 14 is a day of mourning in Europe following the tragic events that have struck the American people, Euronext is postponing the launch of its Winefex® Bordeaux future for a week.
Deutsche Börse And Eurex Call For Three Minutes Silence

Date 13/09/2001

Deutsche Börse and Eurex will observe three minutes silence on Friday at 12.00 a.m. CET responding to the call of the Council of the European Union in light of the tragic events in the United States. The two exchanges have requested market participants not to trade during this period. Trading on Xetra in shares of the indices DAX and MDAX as well as in Neuer Markt shares will be halted for the minutes of mourning.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. To Resume Trading In U.S. Equity Index Products When U.S. Securities Markets Resume Trading, Scheduled For Monday, Sept. 17 - CME Reports Heavy Trading Volume Today, With Nearly 2.5 Million Contracts For First Day Of Resum

Date 13/09/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced that it expects to resume open outcry and electronic trading of its U.S. equity index products on Monday, Sept. 17, coinciding with the expected date that the U.S. securities markets will re-open. The decision to resume trading was coordinated with other U.S. financial markets and regulatory agencies.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. To Resume Trading in U.S. Equity Index Products No Earlier than Friday, Sept. 14 - Clearing House Is Conducting Normal Business Operations

Date 13/09/2001

Trading in U.S. equity index products at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) is expected to occur no earlier than Friday, the exchange announced today. The decision to resume trading in these products is being coordinated with other U.S. financial markets and regulatory agencies and will be announced as soon as it is determined. Trading of the Nikkei 225 will resume tomorrow in order to accommodate the last trading day of the expiring September contract.
CBOT® To Continue Normal Trading Hours Thursday Evening and Friday, September 14

Date 13/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will continue normal trading hours this evening with the regular opening of its electronic trading system, a/c/e. Both open outcry and electronic markets at the CBOT® opened on time today and functioned well.
CBOT® To Close Trading Of Financial Products At 1:00 P.M., Chicago Time, Today For Open Outcry And Electronic Marketplaces

Date 13/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced that in conjunction with a recommendation from the Bond Market Association, the CBOT® has revised its trading hours for financial products on September 13 as follows.
CBOT® Announces Trading Hours For Friday, September 14, Stock Index Contracts To Reopen On Monday, September 17

Date 13/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced trading hours for its open outcry and electronic trading systems for Friday, September 14. CBOT® stock index contracts are scheduled to reopen for trading on Monday, September 17 in conjunction with the announcement by the New York Stock Exchange that it plans to reopen for trading on that day.