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Cyprus Stock Exchange Monthly Digest - July 2001

Date 04/09/2001

During July there was a slight decrease in the General Price Index and a particular decrease in the value of shares traded compared to June. The various figures and statistics are analysed below.
CME Posts Best Volume Month in Exchange's History - Year-to-Date Volume Already Makes 2001 A Record Year

Date 04/09/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) posted the best trading month in its 103-year history in August, a traditionally sluggish trading period, with volume of 34.4 million contracts. Total volume for the first eight months of 2001 already exceeds that for all of 2000 - the exchange's most recent record year.
CBOT Fed Funds Settle At 96.347

Date 04/09/2001

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for August 2001 was liquidated by cash settlement this morning at a final settlement price of 96.347 for an average overnight effective rate of 3.653 percent during the delivery month.
CBOE Index Volume Up 110%; MNX(SM) Sets Single-Day Volume Record

Date 04/09/2001

Total index option volume for the month of August at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) rose 110% to 6,306,300 contracts (2,995,965 calls and 3,310,335 puts), from 3,000,015 contracts in August 2000. Total year-to-date index volume was up by 50% to 47,518,485 contracts, from 31,647,302 contracts in August 2000.
Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For August 2001

Date 04/09/2001

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 16,782 contracts in August 2001 compared to a figure of 23,506 contracts in August 2000.

August Trading On LIFFE At All-Time Record Levels

Date 04/09/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) had its busiest August ever both in terms of value and volume traded. Average daily nominal value amounted to £364 billion (€582 billion) with a total monthly value of £8,371 billion (€13,353 billion) up 69% on August 2000. LIFFE's total year to date underlying nominal value traded amounted to £59,971 billion (€95,953 billion), up 49% on 2000.
Measure What Matters, Says Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Chairman

Date 03/09/2001

Investors evaluating and following the Malaysian capital market and the Malaysian economy should measure what matters, says Executive Chairman of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Dato' Mohd Azlan Hashim.
FTSE And Mondo Visione Launch First Index To Track Listed Exchanges

Date 03/09/2001

FTSE, the global index group, has teamed up with Mondo Visione, publisher of the Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges, to produce the world's first index which tracks listed exchanges and other trading venues. The index will be launched today.
Eurex Turns Over 52.3 Million Contracts In August - Record Trading Volumes In Option On Schatz And Deutsche Telekom - Equity Index Derivatives Segment Increases 120 Percent

Date 03/09/2001

Eurex, the international derivatives market, traded and cleared 52.3 million contracts in August, a 55 percent increase in volume against the same month of last year. Eurex is thus continuing its favorable trend in business this year in the month of August as well. Eurex has already turned over 424 million contracts during the first eight months of 2001, representing an increase of more than 40 percent over the same period of last year.
EEX European Energy Exchange: 1 TWh On Integrated EEX Spot And Futures Market In August- 200 Percent Increase In Spot Market Trading Volume Since Inception - BP Energie New Trading Participants On Futures Market

Date 03/09/2001

EEX European Energy Exchange released its turnover figures for the month of August on Monday: a total of 985.813 megawatt hours (MWh) were traded in the integrated spot and futures market (July 1.3 TWh). The August total comprises 815,928 MWh in the spot market (as compared with 913,778 MWh in July) and 169,885 MWh in the futures market (361,836 MWh in July). 4 TWh have been traded in the futures market since this segment was launched in March.