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CBOT Agricultural Volume Sets New Record On Project A Trading 13,083 Contracts

Date 28/07/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today its members set a new volume record for agricultural contracts on Project A.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 28/07/1999

The market rose again to a new all-time high of 1,077.41. Volumes were depressed as only 3 counters traded but this should be viewed on the back of the bank holidays which limited the trading week to just three days. FNBB was responsible for the entire market gain by moving up 25t to P18.50 on 1,400 shares and closed firmer at P18.50/P19.00. Sechaba traded unchanged at P5.30 on over 300,000 shares. A total of 328,000 shares valued at P1,752,865 traded during the week.
Dow Jones Indexes Launches Asia Pacific Extra Liquid Series

Date 27/07/1999

Dow Jones Indexes today announced that indices based on Australia, Hong Kong and Japan will be the initial offerings of the Dow Jones Asia Pacific Extra Liquid Series (AP/ELS).
LIFFE trading system gains access to the United States

Date 26/07/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) welcomed the decision by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to issue a no-action letter on Friday 23 July permitting LIFFE to grant direct access from the United States of America to its new electronic trading system, LIFFE CONNECT™ .
KLOFFE'S John Duggan Joins KLSE Group

Date 26/07/1999

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has appointed John Duggan as Group Advisor, Derivatives Markets. Duggan is presently the Chief Operating Officer of the Kuala Lumpur Options & Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE), a KLSE company. The appointment is effective August 1, 1999.

Bahrain Stock Exchange SICO Weekly Report & Market Survey

Date 26/07/1999

All the Gulf stock markets were down last week: Bahrain -0.5%, Saudi -0.3%, Kuwait -2.4%, UAE -1.4% and Oman -4.4%. On the BSE, out of the 26 active companies this week, 12 declined and only 4 increased in value.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong launches investor education programme on bond trading

Date 23/07/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong is embarking on an investor education programme to promote the understanding of retail bond trading.
New opening hours at Amsterdam Exchanges

Date 23/07/1999

As announced previously, trading in a large number of Amsterdam Exchange products will begin at 09:00 with effect from August 1, 1999.
NASD Opposes SEC Approval of NYSE's Anti-Competitive Amendment to Rule 500

Date 23/07/1999

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), today declared its strong opposition to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of an amendment to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Rule 500. Even as amended, Rule 500 continues to impede competition for NYSE listings; it is unjustifiable, is clearly not in the best interests of the marketplace, and may be a violation of the anti-trust laws.
HEX commences legal proceedings against OM for trading in "Finnish" products

Date 23/07/1999

Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) has demanded arbitration proceedings concerning earlier agreements with OM. HEX claims that "Finnish" companies such as Nokia should not be allowed to have either their shares or share options listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange.