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One Year Of SMAX - Deutsche Börse Assesses Performance - Turnover In SMAX Has Tripled - Index Outpaces MDAX

Date 26/04/2000

"We've achieved quite a bit in the SMAX quality segment within one year's time", said Volker Potthoff, member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG, in a positive assessment of the segment's performance on its first birthday. Turnover in the shares of the now 122 SMAX companies has tripled in the meantime, he said, and amounted to 1.5 billion euros in March 2000. The index has gone up 25 percent since the launch, outpacing the MDAX (14 percent); market capitalization in the quality segmen
Nasdaq And Quebec Agree To Form Nasdaq Canada

Date 26/04/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Quebec Government to establish Nasdaq CanadaSM. The Nasdaq Canada Market will provide the Canadian investor with the opportunity to invest in high-growth Canadian IPOs and U.S. securities.
Launch Of SAXESS 2.0 And Full-scale Test Postponed

Date 26/04/2000

The launch of version 2.0 of SAXESS has been postponed to 13 June 2000 and the full-scale test will be conducted on 13 May 2000.
Hong Kong Listed Companies Corporate Documents And Derivative Warrants & Debt Securities Issuer Documents 1999 On Compact Disks

Date 26/04/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited released today (Thursday) two CD products on listed issuer corporate document archives.
FUTOP Introduces New Options On ISS

Date 26/04/2000

The FUTOP Clearing Centre introduces options on the amalgamated ISS share (DK001026704-6), which will replace the options on ISS B. The new contracts, which expire on 16 June 2000, are tradable as from 26 April 2000.

CBOT 10-Year Agency Contracts Hit Critical Milestone -- 20,000 Daily Open Interest Level Fifteen Days In A Row

Date 26/04/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT members have passed another critical milestone in the growth of the 10-Year agency note futures contract. CBOT members have traded above the 20,000 open interest level 15 days in a row, and set open interest records on the last five trading days.
CBOE Eliminates All Fees On Customer Stock Option Orders

Date 26/04/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that effective May 1, 2000 it is eliminating all Exchange fees for public customer stock option orders regardless of size or routing method. Currently, customer fees for stock option orders that are not electronically routed include a 9-cent transaction fee, plus a 5-cent trade match fee and a 3-cent floor brokerage fee.
Bridge And ORC Software Form Joint Venture - Offer Online Trading Services For The Exchange-Traded Derivatives And Equities Markets

Date 26/04/2000

Bridge Information Systems, Inc (BRIDGE) and Orc Software AB (Publ) (ORC), a subsidiary of OM Technology within the OM group, have formed a joint venture to develop and distribute online trading services to the global derivatives and equities markets.
Result Of Ballot For Election To The Board Of Directors Of The London Metal Exchange Limited

Date 25/04/2000

The following Ring Dealing Director Candidates were elected: Mr L J Scott, The Bank of Nova Scotia; Mr M F Tyler, Rudolf Wolff & Co Ltd; Mr M Overlander, Sucden (UK) Limited.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 25/04/2000

On April 17, OME RSS3 futures opened easier on stop loss selling by speculators and on fresh selling by bears due to the yen's rise to the 103 yen level against US dollar after the plunge in NY stock prices. The current and distant contract months fell by 2.6 yen and 0.6 yen to 63.50 yen and 78.10 yen, respectively, from the previous close. On April 18, despite the yen's fall, the distant month recorded its life time low at 75.10 yen on continued selling due to the unexpected increase in the d