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Nasdaq Shatters Share Volume Record Also Sets New Record For Transaction Volume

Date 17/11/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that it had its biggest share volume day ever, with a preliminary figure of 1,646,000,000 shares traded. Nasdaq's previous record was set yesterday (November 16), with 1,495,994,800 shares changing hands. Six of the 10 highest share volume days in Nasdaq's history have occurred during the past two weeks.
ASX Launches Retail Interest Rate Market

Date 17/11/1999

Australian retail investors have a new and exciting opportunity to diversify their portfolios with the launch of the Australian Stock Exchange's screen-traded Interest Rate Market tomorrow. This will make it as easy to identify, trade and settle retail interest rate securities as it is for shares.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On November 29

Date 16/11/1999

Trading hours for all contracts of the Exchange will start from 8:45a.m. on November 29, 1999 responding to MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry)'s announcement that the Preliminary Report on Indices of Industrial Production, Producer's Shipments and Producer's Inventory (Oct. 99) will be released at 8:50a.m. on this day.
Palestinian Stock Exchange Trading Hours Change

Date 16/11/1999

From Sunday October 31, the Palestinian Exchange moved from 3 to 4 trading sessions a week. The trading sessions are Sunday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 12 noon.
No Problems With Trading On SWX On Monday November 15

Date 16/11/1999

In cooperation with participants, the data in all systems were brought into line again and made available for the opening of trading on Monday morning. Trading on Monday opened on schedule at 9.00 a.m. During the opening, 8000 trades totalling CHF 600 million were completed. This is three-and-a-half times higher than the average for the past few months. The day's trading went off without any problems. A total of 735,405 orders with 64,275 trades were processed. This represents a turnover of ove

New Crude Price Indicator Launched

Date 16/11/1999

From tonight trade-weighted average prices for each Brent Crude futures contract month will be published on the IPE web-site. The initiative follows requests from a number of market participants who see the new price indicator as a potential new benchmark for the oil industry.
Nasdaq Announces Technical Problems Affected Trade Reporting And Quotation Systems

Date 16/11/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced that, due to technical problems, the operation of its trade reporting and quotation systems was disrupted. The systems ceased operation at 15:40 p.m. Eastern Time and resumed operation at 15:57 p.m. Eastern Time.
JSE Review Of Market Structure, Trading Methodology And Technological Infrastructure

Date 16/11/1999

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is conducting a review of the market structure, trading methodology and technological infrastructure.
CBOT/MIDAM Thanksgiving Day Schedule

Date 16/11/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Thanksgiving Day holiday trading schedules:
500 Companies On Xetra Have Designated Sponsors - Deutsche Börse Introduces New Performance Rating Model

Date 16/11/1999

The number of companies with so-called Designated Sponsors to provide for additional liquidity has increased further: At the beginning of November, over 500 companies had Designated Sponsors for trading in their shares.