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New York Mercantile Exchange Board Announces Plans To Introduce Brent Crude Oil Futures Contract

Date 11/04/2001

At the recommendation of its crude oil advisory committee, the board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., this morning voted to develop a 15-day Brent Blend crude oil futures contract that will be traded in the ring alongside the Exchange's benchmark light, sweet crude oil futures contract.
London Stock Exchange Set For International Retail Service

Date 11/04/2001

The London Stock Exchange today confirmed the list of securities that will be available on its International Retail Service when trading commences on 30 April 2001. At the outset there will be 111 stocks from across ten different countries, including household names such as Daimler Chrysler, CISCO Systems, Nokia, Microsoft and Nestlé.
London Metal Exchange March 2001 Volume

Date 11/04/2001

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,300,392 lots in March 2001. This figure was made up of 5,055,086 lots of futures, 233,647 lots of options and 11,659 lots of TAPOs.
J P Morgan: Botswana Second Best Performing Emerging Market

Date 11/04/2001

According to JP Morgan’s monthly update, Botswana was the second best performing emerging market during the month of February 2001. The BSE grew 11.7% in US$ terms, second only to the 13.9% growth posted by Morocco. China was in third place at growth of 6.8%. Over the 12 months to 28 February 2001, Botswana was the third best performer (-1.7%), with China (+139.2%) and Slovakia (+10.0%) in first and second place respectively.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics – March 2001

Date 11/04/2001

Equity turnover for March was EUR 5,030.36 million while that for bonds was EUR 4,212.00 million.

HKEx Clarifies Position On Waiver Granted To PCCW

Date 11/04/2001

In relation to the waivers to the Listing Rules granted to Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) hopes the following information will clarify the basis of the HK$2 billion threshold granted to PCCW.
E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures Set New Volume Record On CME

Date 11/04/2001

Trading volume in E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. set a new record on Tuesday, April 10, of 157,636, surpassing the previous single-day volume record of 154,293 set March 22.
Chicago Stock Exchange First Quarter Shows Share Volume Increases And Produces Three Of The Top Ten Share Volume Days In Exchange History

Date 11/04/2001

Chicago Stock Exchange released first quarter 2001 and March monthly trade data. The first quarter produced three of the top ten share volume days in exchange history. January, February, and March 2001 were each among the exchange's ten most active months in share turnover in its history. March share volume was 2,734,952,661 and trade volume was 5,096,338.
Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For March 2001

Date 11/04/2001

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 20,944 contracts in March 2001 compared to a figure of 25,372 contracts in March 2000.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 11/04/2001

There was very little direction this week as the market shaved off 0.1% on slightly improved volume.