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LIFFE's Mid-Curve Options Display Dramatic Growth

Date 02/08/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has recently recorded dramatic growth in its Euribor and Short Sterling One Year Mid-Curve Options. This follows the successful transfer of LIFFE's financial options from open outcry to LIFFE CONNECT™ on 2 May 2000. Since then substantial increases have been observed in the number of market participants, contract liquidity, volume and open interest.
LIFFE Announces The Migration Of Its Non-Financial Products To LIFFE CONNECT™ On 27 November 2000

Date 02/08/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has announced that it will list all of its Commodity Products on its electronic trading system, LIFFE CONNECT™, on Monday 27 November 2000.
Demutualization: The Montreal Exchange Submits Application For Recognition With The CVMQ

Date 02/08/2000

In connection with its plan to demutualize, the Montreal Exchange submitted on Friday July 28th an application to the Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec (CVMQ) for the recognition of Montreal Exchange Inc. as a self-regulatory organization. This application follows the approval of a demutualization plan by the Governing Committee of the Montreal Exchange on June 20, 2000. Following recognition by the CVMQ, the demutualization plan will be submitted for approval to the members of the Mon
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Very Large Increase In Equity Trading During Danish Summer Holidays

Date 02/08/2000

In July, the value of trading on the equity market was DKK 73.0 billion in market prices, only exceeded by the turnover for March 2000 of DKK 85.1 billion. In average, the turnover for July amounted to an average of DKK 3.5 billion per trading day, an increase of no less than 159 per cent compared to the same month of last year and 25 per cent more than in June.
CBOT July Volume

Date 02/08/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 13,859,085 contracts for July 2000.

CBOE Continues Its Record-Breaking Pace In July

Date 02/08/2000

Trading volume at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, continued at a record-setting pace in July with a total of 23,990,023 option contracts (15,939,018 calls and 8,051,005 puts) traded, a 27% increase over the year ago July volume of 18,838,239 contracts. Open interest in all CBOE listed options stood at 43,384,704 contracts at month's end, an incredible 78% more than the total of 24,417,811 contracts at the close of July last year.
KCBT Wheat Options End July With Open Interest At All-Time High

Date 01/08/2000

Open interest in wheat options at the Kansas City Board of Trade ended the month at an all-time high, capping the busiest July on record for the contract.
Futures On The TechWIG Index Traded On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 01/08/2000

On August 1, 2000, new futures contracts - TechWIG futures - have been launched on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The contract is based on the WSE TechWIG index.
Eurex Trades 31.2 Million Contracts In July - 268.5 Million Contracts Traded During First Seven Months - New Record In Option On Nokia - Growth In Derivatives On Nemax 50

Date 01/08/2000

Eurex, the international derivatives market, achieved turnover of 31.2 million contracts traded in July. Over 269 million contracts have already been traded at Eurex during the first seven months of the year, surpassing the previous year's seven-month total by 26 percent.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Approves Nymex Demutualization Plan

Date 01/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange received approval of its demutualization plan last week from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.