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Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 06/08/2001

The market remained a beehive of activity as the index gained 13.72 points (0.6%) to close at 2156.76 points.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 06/08/2001

Barclays has released interim results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2001. Net interest income rose a good 27.8% from P90.8m to P116.0m. Other operating income continued to show strong growth of 31% from P46.4m to P60.9m. Operating expenses increased rapidly by 26.6% from P51.9m to P65.7m. Despite the increase, the bank's respectable cost : income ratio improved marginally from 37.8% to 37.2%. Whilst there was a net bad debt recovery of P1.9m in H1 2000, the bad debt provision in H1 2001 stood a
CBOE: July Index Volume Up 121% - Exchangewide Open Interest Up 73%

Date 04/08/2001

Total index option volume for the month of July at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) rose 121% to 5,735,564 contracts (2,851,380 calls and 2,884,184 puts), from 2,600,544 contracts in July 2001. Total year-to-date index volume was up by 44% to 41,212,185 contracts, from 28,647,287 contracts in July 2000.
WCE Total Volume For 2000/01 Crop Year Reaches All-Time Record Levels

Date 03/08/2001

New all-time records were set during the 2000/01 crop year in futures and options volumes at WCE. Total futures and options trade combined during the August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001 crop-year set an annual record at 2,854,331 contracts, surpassing the previous record by 20.4% which was established in the 1999/00 crop year.
WCE Focus On Canola Price Trends

Date 03/08/2001

Over the past few months, WCE canola futures prices have been trending upward, since April 2001, the nearby canola futures price has ranged from a low of Cdn$272.10/tonne in mid-April 2001 to a recent high of $363.00/tonne in mid-July 2001, a range of approximately $90.00/tonne. During the same period the nearby Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures price (adjusted for currency) has gone from a low of $240.00/tonne to a high of $299.00/tonne, a range of almost $60.00/tonne.

The American Stock Exchange Announces Suspension Of Payment For Order Flow

Date 03/08/2001

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®), announced that it suspended its exchange-administered payment for order flow in options, effective August 1, 2001. The Exchange instituted the payment program in July 2000 in response to competitive actions. The Amex said its decision would not affect payment for order flow programs conducted by individual specialist firms, and that the Exchange reserved the right to reinstate the program.
Rule change Euronext 100 Index And Next 150 Index

Date 03/08/2001

Euronext announces the following rule changes of the Euronext 100 Index and the Next 150 Index.
MidAm's July Volume At 61,492 Contracts

Date 03/08/2001

The MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, a wholly-owned affiliate of the Chicago Board of Trade, announced today trading volume of 61,492 contracts for July 2001.
London Metal Exchange July 2001 Volume

Date 03/08/2001

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 4,885,566 lots in July 2001. This figure was made up of 4,534,589 lots of futures, 327,749 lots of options and 23,228 lots of TAPOs.
LIFFE Trading Surges Ahead 48% By Value On 2000

Date 03/08/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded £51,000 billion (€83,000 billion) by value in the first seven months of 2001, up 48% on the same period for 2000. Average daily nominal value year-to-date amounted to £346 billion (€563 billion).