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  • CBOE Open Interest Up 54% In March

    Date 02/04/2002

    Open interest rose significantly in March at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), where open interest in all listed options stood at 77,621,760 contracts (47,046,516 calls and 30,575,244 puts) at month's end, an increase of 54% versus March 2001, when open interest stood at 50,390,150 contracts. Open interest in all CBOE equity options stood at 68,968,425 contracts (42,620,201 calls and 26,348,224 puts) at the end of March, an increase of 52% versus March 2001 when open interest stood at 4

  • Stock Exchange Of Thailand Convenes Meeting To Discuss Resolution On Listed Companies' Debt Restructuring

    Date 01/04/2002

    The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) convened a meeting of fourteen commercial banks, nine finance companies, the Thai Bankers' Association (TBA), the Thai Asset Management Corporation (TAMC), the Asset Management Corporation (AMC), the Government Pension Fund (GPF) and Krung Thai Asset Management Co., Ltd. to discuss means to support the debt restructuring of listed companies.

  • Singapore Exchange Limited To Extend Borrowing Period And Waive Rollover Fees For Securities Lending From 8 April 2002

    Date 01/04/2002

    Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that it will extend the securities borrowing period on the SGX Securities Lending programme by allowing successive rollovers from 8 April 2002. The Central Depository (CDP), the securities clearing and depository division of SGX, will also waive the fee of S$20 per rollover request for the time being.

  • Nymex Sets New Record For Nymex Division Seat Sale

    Date 01/04/2002

    A seat on the NYMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold today for $925,000, topping the record of $900,000 set on March 25, 2001.

  • Nasdaq Hires Theodore J. Coburn As Head of Sales

    Date 01/04/2002

    The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced that Theodore J. Coburn has joined Nasdaq® as senior vice president and head of sales in the corporate client group - one of Nasdaq's three core businesses and the area responsible for servicing Nasdaq's listed companies. Coburn will lead strategic initiatives to attract companies to list on The Nasdaq Stock Market®. Coburn reports to David Weild, vice chairman.

  • KCBT Wheat Options Volume Sets New Record For Month Of March

    Date 01/04/2002

    Trading volume at the Kansas City Board of Trade continued to set records in the wheat options contract. Previously, the most volume traded during any given March was 22,658 contracts, which was in 2001. In March 2002 trading volume was 25,288 contracts, an increase of 11.6 percent.

  • Instinet To Release 2002 First Quarter Earnings On April 18, 2002

    Date 01/04/2002

    Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) will release its results for the first quarter of 2002 on Thursday, April 18, 2002, after the U.S. market close.

  • CBOT Fed Funds Settle At 98.270

    Date 01/04/2002

    The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for March 2002 was cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 98.270, for an average overnight effective rate of 1.730 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

    Date 01/04/2002

    The short trading week failed to stem the rising tide as the market sailed higher to record highs on continued strong demand for the big cap stocks.

  • Trading At Palestine Securities Exchange Suspended Till Further Notice

    Date 31/03/2002

    Trading at PSE will be suspended (March 31st, 2002) till further notice due to deterioration of situations in Palestine.