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Nymex To Increase Palladium Futures Margins

Date 11/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will increase the margins on palladium futures on August 14, 16, and 18.
Nymex To Change Platinum Options Expiration Schedule

Date 11/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to change the expiration schedule for its platinum options contract to the third Wednesday of the month preceding the contract month, beginning with the expiration of the May 2001 contract.
NYBOT® Reports Additional Open Interest Record For Sugar Options; Cocoa Futures

Date 11/08/2000

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) yesterday reported another new open interest record of 120,741 Sugar options puts for August 9, 2000 over the prior open interest record of 120,278 realized on August 8, 2000.
New Participant On SWX: swissfirst Bank AG, Zurich

Date 11/08/2000

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted swissfirst Bank AG, Zurich, as a participant. The new participant will commence trading activities on the SWX platform on Monday, 14 August 2000.
International Securities Exchange Trades One-Millionth Contract - ISE Establishes Successful Marketplace

Date 11/08/2000

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has announced that it traded its one-millionth contract on August 8, just ten weeks since the launch of trading on the first fully electronic options exchange in the U.S.

Iceland Statistical Bureau: New Index Values, Effective 01.September 2000.

Date 11/08/2000

New values of indices calculated by Iceland Statistical Bureau become effective 01.Sept.2000. CPI for month of September is 199,1 (now 200,1) and CTI for month of September is 3931 (now 3951). Intra-month daily adjustment used by Iceland Stock Exchange will be -5,835% p.a. for the CPI and -5,908% p.a. for the CTI until the end of the month.
CME Announces Revised Trading Hours For Dairy Products Beginning August 14

Date 11/08/2000

Trading hours for dairy futures and options products on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will be revised beginning with the start of trading on Monday, Aug. 14, 2000, the CME announced.
Chicago Stock Exchange Surpasses 1999 Total Annual Volume In The First Seven Months Of 2000

Date 11/08/2000

The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) exceeded its total 1999 annual volume in the first seven months of 2000, propelled by a record July in terms of trade and share volume. Total trade volume in July finished at 5,011,303, an increase of 132 percent over last year, while share volume reached 2,006,855,484, up 89 percent from July 1999.
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics - July

Date 11/08/2000

Riga July has turned out to be a busy month for the Latvian capital market. Total trading volume amounted to EUR 56.81 million (a 42.3% increase over the previous month), equity turnover contributing EUR 16.46 million (a 154.55% increase over June) and debt trading - EUR 30.35 million. Equity market capitalisation at the end of the month was LVL 261.75 million (EUR 462.99 million). In comparison to the close of the previous month, the market has lost some of its value (Dow Jones RSE i
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong: The Release Of News On The Teletext Regarding Pacific Century Group's Disposal Of Shares In Pacific Century Cyberworks

Date 10/08/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong makes the following information available to clarify a report in a newspaper today (Thursday) concerning the release of the news regarding Pacific Century Group Holdings Limited's disposal of shares in Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited (PCCW) on the Teletext on 9 August 2000.