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Strong Start For LIFFE's Universal Stock Futures

Date 05/02/2001

LIFFE's Universal Stock Futures have traded a daily average of 2.3 million shares (5,180 contracts) during their first week of trading.
Nymex Announces Margin Increases On Western Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 05/02/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will increase the margins on its California Oregon border; Palo Verde; and Mid-Columbia River electricity futures contracts as of the close of business tomorrow.
Nominations At HEX Group

Date 05/02/2001

Veli Matti Salmenkylä has been appointed executive vice president in charge of Securities services business area and member of the executive group of HEX Group. He has also been appointed CEO of HEX Securities Services Ltd Oy. Mr Salmenkylä has been employed by HEX Group and its predecessors for over eight years, and has since the beginning of year 2000 acted as the group's chief financial officer.
New Member Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 05/02/2001

On Wednesday 7th February 2001, Tullett & Tokyo Liberty (Equities) Limited commences trading and thus it becomes the 43rd active member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. At the same time the company also commences trading at the OM Stockholm Exchange.
Nasdaq Includes Unit Investment Trusts In Its Mutual Fund Quotation Service

Date 05/02/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved its proposal to include Unit Investment Trusts (UIT’s) in the Mutual Fund Quotation ServiceSM (MFQSSM). A Unit Investment Trust is a registered investment company that buys and holds a relatively fixed portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities. "Units" in the trust are sold to investors (unitholders) who receive a share of principal and interest or dividends. These trusts have a st

London Metal Exchange January 2001 Volume

Date 05/02/2001

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,809,033 lots in January 2001. This figure was made up of 5,514,493 lots of futures, 282,603 lots of options and 11,937 lots of TAPOs.
LIFFE Trades Record £358 billion Per Day In January 2001

Date 05/02/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded a record average daily nominal value of £358 billion (?565 billion) and a record monthly total value of £7,873 billion (?12,439 billion) in January 2001, an increase of 80% on January 2000.
HKEx Seeks Partners In Provision Of Electronic Support Services

Date 05/02/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has invited service providers to respond to a Request for Expression of Interest (RFI) to provide additional electronic support services to brokers.
East West Bancorp, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning February 12, 2001

Date 05/02/2001

East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBC) of San Marino, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Friday, February 12, 2001. East West Bancorp, Inc. will replace Bank United Corporation (Nasdaq: BNKU), which is being acquired.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Equity Market Opened 2001 With Handsome Performance

Date 05/02/2001

In January 2001, equity trading amounted to DKK 80.4 billion, up from DKK 57.9 billion in January last year. The value of average daily trading amounted to DKK 3.7 billion, a 33 per cent rise on January 2000, and 3 per cent higher than in December 2000.