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Nasdaq to Modify SuperMontage Proposal - "Breakthrough Proposal"- In Response to Issues Raised by ECNs and Others - Bloomberg Tradebook Announces Support

Date 28/09/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced that it will modify its SuperMontageSM proposal in response to issues raised by certain electronic communications networks (ECNs) and others.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Changes Wheat Daily Price Limits

Date 28/09/2000

Effective Monday, October 9, the Kansas City Board of Trade is changing the daily price limit for its hard red winter wheat futures contract. The new limit will be 30 cents per bushel above or below the previous day's settlement price, replacing the current limit of 25 cents.
Eurex Worldwide Market Leader In Options On Nokia - Eurex Cooperation Model With HEX Is Successful

Date 28/09/2000

Trading volume has increased sharply in the products of HEX, the Finnish derivatives exchange, since their most liquid derivatives were transferred to the Eurex platform. This is particularly clear, as the two exchanges reported, from the option on Nokia shares, for which Eurex is now the leading marketplace worldwide. With a market share of about 40 percent, Eurex ranks well ahead of the other five trading places for Nokia options in the United States and Sweden.
CBOT® Contract Volume Tops Two Million In First Month Of Trading On A/C/E - 30-Year Treasury Bond Contract Surpasses One Million Mark

Date 28/09/2000

In just one month, CBOT® members traded more than two million contracts on the new electronic trading platform a/c/e, alliance/cbot/eurex, the Chicago Board of Trade reported today. As of yesterday, overall a/c/e volume reached 2,107,166 contracts, with the average daily trading volume on a/c/e rising to 95,780 contracts. Contract volume on a/c/e exceeded one million contracts after only 12 days.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Announces Marketing Promotions

Date 27/09/2000

The Kansas City Board of Trade announced today the promotions of two staff members to officer positions within the exchange.

HKFE Revises Margins For HSI Futures, PSI Futures And Selected Stock Futures Contracts

Date 27/09/2000

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, announced today (Wednesday) that with effect from Thursday, 28 September, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts are as follows:
Havas Advertising Lists On Nasdaq

Date 27/09/2000

Havas Advertising will begin trading its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) today on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the symbol HADV. The Paris-based advertising communications group is the most recent addition to a growing list of new issues that have joined Nasdaq.
CME Domestic Stock Indexes To Settle At Fair Value, Close Early At End Of Quarter On Friday, Sept. 29

Date 27/09/2000

Following its new quarter-end settlement procedure, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will close its domestic equity index futures contracts 10 minutes early at the end of the quarter, Friday, Sept. 29, and revise its daily settlement procedures to reflect a “fair value” settlement price.
CBOE Lists Warrants on Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc. 2000 TEN+ SM INDEX (TJS.WS)

Date 27/09/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today began trading Call Warrants on the Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc. 2000 TEN+SM Index under the symbol TJS.WS. The offering, underwritten by Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, Inc., consisted of 1.4 million Warrants priced at $5.00 per Warrant for an aggregate amount of $7 million.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 17.1 Billion Krónur

Date 26/09/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on September 26 of the standard maturity of 14 days.The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.6 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 17.1 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.