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CME E-mini S&P 500, E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures Set Volume Records - Options On S&P 500 Futures Also Post Volume Record

Date 23/03/2001

E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to record levels yesterday, with 201,555 and 154,293 contracts changing hands, respectively. This is the first time that the E-mini S&P 500 stock index futures contract has exceeded 200,000 and the E-mini Nasdaq-100 has surpassed 150,000 contracts.
CME Contract Specifications Changes: GLOBEX Currency Futures

Date 23/03/2001

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated.
CBOT Launches New Mortgage Contracts

Date 23/03/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) launched its newest financial contracts today, Mortgage futures and options. These new instruments complement the CBOT®’s Agency contracts and its benchmark Treasury complex, satisfying increasing customer demand for fixed income products.
CBOE Trading Volume In Ishares sm S&P 100® Index Fund Sets New High

Date 23/03/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that volume in the iShares sm S&P 100® Index Fund (CBOE symbol OEF) on Thursday, March 22, was 174,600 shares.
Annual General Meeting Of HEX Group

Date 23/03/2001

The Annual General Meeting of Helsinki Exchanges Group Oyj today approved the financial statements for the previous accounting period and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President & CEO from liability.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Open Interest Levels Approach And Reach Milestone Levels

Date 22/03/2001

Continuing with the record-setting trend during the month of March, open interest has approached and in some cases reached milestone levels at Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) this week.<
Program Trading Averaged 31.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During March 12-16, 2001

Date 22/03/2001

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for March 12-16.
Nymex Chairman Sends Letter To Governor Davis Offering Assistance And Solutions To California's Electricity Crisis

Date 22/03/2001

Vincent Viola, chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today sent a letter to California Governor Gray Davis, blaming the state's current electricity crisis on flawed "non-market" structure and urging the governor to review the "straightforward, cost-effective" solutions recommended by the Exchange since 1995 through testimony and public statements.
Mortgage Futures March 13 Webcast Archived On CBOT Web Site

Date 22/03/2001

An archived copy of the Chicago Board of Trade's Tuesday, March 13, webcast seminar on Mortgage futures and options is now available on the CBOT® web site, at www.cbot.com/mortgage. Click on Mortgage Futures Webcast.
HKEx: MSCI China Free Index Futures To Be Introduced On 7 May

Date 22/03/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce MSCI China Free Index Futures for trading on Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, on Monday, 7 May.