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CBOT Adds New Delivery Months To Corn Futures Contracts

Date 30/07/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today the addition of November and January contracts to the regular trading month cycle for corn futures.
NYMEX to Decrease Platinum Margins

Date 29/07/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange will decrease the margins on its platinum futures contracts as of the close of business today to $900 from $1,100 for clearing members; to $990 from $1,210 for members; and to $1,215 from $1,485 for customers.
London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse Alliance Continues

Date 29/07/1999

The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse have sharply rejected a report in the German Newspaper Handelsblatt on the status of the talks between the two exchanges on the implementation of a pan-European stock market.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong publishes Primary Market Database on its website

Date 28/07/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has today (Wednesday) published a Primary Market Database on its website as another free Internet service to investors.
Osaka Mercantle Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures weekly Report

Date 28/07/1999

This week, in both RSS3 futures and index futures markets, speculative interests were cooled off due to a glut of rubber stocks in both Japan and the producing countries and to the uncertainty of the direction in Japanese economy.

Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 28/07/1999

This week, OME aluminium futures went lower on active selling due to the easier tone in LME aluminium after the fall in the prices in the copper market and to the yen's strength in response to the slump in N.Y. Stock Exchange.
NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Set Daily Volume Record

Date 28/07/1999

Natural gas futures set a daily volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange this past Friday when 203,807 Henry Hub contracts were traded, surpassing the record 168,057 contracts traded on September 26, 1997.
NASD Appoints Dan B. Franks as Senior Vice President of Nasdaq Market Operations

Date 28/07/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced the appointment of Dan B. Franks as Senior Vice President of Market Operations, effective August 30, 1999.
MEFF, CME Sign Joint Trading And Clearing Agreement For S&P Euro And Euro Plus Indexes

Date 28/07/1999

MEFF, the Spanish Financial Derivatives Exchange, today signed an agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for jointly trading and clearing futures and options on the Standard & Poor´s (S&P) Euro and Euro Plus Indexes.
CBOT Agricultural Volume Sets New Record On Project A Trading 13,083 Contracts

Date 28/07/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today its members set a new volume record for agricultural contracts on Project A.