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Eurex Turns Over 63.7 Million Contracts In October - Second-best Monthly Volume - Record Trading Volumes In Options On Bobl And Schatz Futures, Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 And Nokia - Continuing Strong Trend In Index And Equity Derivatives.

Date 01/11/2001

Eurex, the international derivatives market, traded and settled 63.7 million contracts in October. This is the second-best monthly volume to date for the world's leading derivatives market and 69 percent higher than the number traded in October last year. During the first 10 months of trading in the year 2001, a total of 556 million contracts changed hands at Eurex. Eurex had traded 454 million contracts for the year 2000 as a whole, thus setting a new worldwide record.
Deutsche Boerse: 315 Billion Euros In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges - Xetra Record In SDAX Stocks

Date 01/11/2001

A total of 315 billion euros in volume was traded on the German stock exchanges in October, about 15 percent below the previous month's level (September: 370.6 billion euros). The October total comprises 225,6 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds as well as 89.4 billion euros in fixed-income securities.
CME Posts Second Best Month In Exchange's History - Globex®2 Volume Rises 154 Percent To Record High

Date 01/11/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) posted the second best overall volume month in the exchange's history in October, on the heels of an all-time record month in September. Electronic trading reached a new monthly record in October.
Change To Baltic Panamax Index

Date 01/11/2001

The Baltic Exchange announces that, commencing 1 November 2001, route 2A of the Baltic Panamax Index will be altered.
CBOT October Fed Funds Settle At 97.515

Date 01/11/2001

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for October 2001 was cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 97.515 for an average overnight effective rate of 2.485 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

CBOT Electronic Trading Platform Sets Daily Volume High Oct. 31

Date 01/11/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today its members set a new daily volume record yesterday on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 462,140 contracts traded, breaking the previous record of 450,075 contracts set on August 30, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,819,304 contracts yesterday, of which 1,357,164 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.
SGX Launches First Stage Of Securities Lending

Date 31/10/2001

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that from 1 November 2001, it will begin building a lending pool of investors as the first step towards the SGX Securities Lending programme.
Nymex: Exchange To Introduce Exchange Of Futures For Swap Transactions In Natural Gas Market Beginning Tomorrow

Date 31/10/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would begin offering tomorrow exchange of futures for swap (EFS) transactions in the first step of its plans to offer over clearing services to the over-the-counter (OTC) natural gas market.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 31/10/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Wednesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 1 November, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodo
Euronext Revenues Highly Resilient In The 9 Months To September 30 2001, Coming In At € 522.6m

Date 31/10/2001

Euronext NV announces revenues of €522.6m for the first nine months of 2001 compared with € 523.2m for the same period of 2000. In the third quarter of 2001, despite the sharp slowdown in the listing business, revenues from derivatives trading, clearing and sales of market data and software all increased, while the decline in cash trading commissions was limited to 7.2%. Excluding the impact of lower listing fees, Euronext's overall revenues would have risen by 1.8%.