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CBOT To List Municipal Bond Contracts At Six Percent

Date 05/08/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that beginning August 9, 1999, it will list the 6 percent Bond Buyer Municipal Bond contract. Currently, the contract is based on an 8 percent contract. The change will take effect with the March, June and September 2000 contracts.
NYMEX Natural Gas Trading Sets Monthly Volume Record

Date 04/08/1999

Natural gas futures trading set a monthly volume record in July on the New York Mercantile Exchange when 1,865,787 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 1,788,528 contracts traded this past March.
Merc Lauds USDA On Renewal Of Dairy Options Pilot Program - USDA Announces Second Round Of Innovative Risk Management Tool

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) today lauded U.S. Agricultural Secretary Dan Glickman and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) for expanding its Dairy Options Pilot Program (DOPP) to enable dairy farmers from an additional 61 counties in 25 states to manage the downside price risk related to their milk production. In Round II of the program announced by Secretary Glickman, milk producers from a total of 98 counties in 31 states will be able to participa
MATIF Trading Down But Open Interest Up in July

Date 04/08/1999

Open interest on index and equity derivatives rose 19.2% in July, and was up 9.2% for interest-rate derivatives despite a 21.5% decline in the number of lots traded to 12,165,324.
LIFFE trades £194BN per day in July 1999

Date 04/08/1999

The nominal value of contracts traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) averaged £194 billion daily during July 1999.

CBOT'S July Volume At 21,428,907 Contracts, Up 4.1% From 1998

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 21,428,907 contracts for July 1999, up 4.1 % from July 1998.
CBOT Wheat Contracts Set New Daily Volume Record - Follows Surge In Agricultural Trading Volume In July

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today a new daily volume record for wheat futures contracts. On August 2, 1999, CBOT members traded 71,471 contracts, surpassing the former record of 66,228 set on June 29, 1999.
CBOE at Record Volume Pace For Year. Internet Index Volume Up; OEX and SPX Open Interest Increase

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) kept pace with record breaking year-to-date volume levels during July. Sector index volume, led by the internet indexes, increased 49% over year-to-date July, 1998. Total option volume at the CBOE hit a new year-to-date record for July of 131,942,835 contracts (84,322,066 calls and 47,620,769 puts) which is 13.3 % ahead of last year's record setting year-to-date pace of 116,435,075 contracts.
The Spanish Equity Derivatives Market Has A Total Growth Of 43% in July

Date 03/08/1999

The Spanish equity derivatives market registered a volume of 791,703 contracts traded in July 1999, accumulating a total volume of 6,535,325 in the first semester; a 43% growth over the same period of last year. Options on Shares have experienced the biggest growth with a 182% increase.
Sydney Futures Exchange Agrees To Exclusive Deal With Computershare

Date 03/08/1999

The Board of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) today announced it would deal exclusively with Computershare Limited (CPU) after receiving a revised offer that values SFE at $260 million.