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Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 10/08/2000

On July 31, OME Aluminium futures opened little changed as buyers kept to the sidelines in the absence of market-moving factors with distant July contract at 168.6 yen, up 0.2 yen from the last Friday's close.
CBOT Reincorporation In Delaware Complete

Date 10/08/2000

On August 8, the reincorporation merger overwhelmingly approved by the membership of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) became effective and, as a result, the CBOT has been reincorporated in Delaware as a Delaware not-for-profit, nonstock corporation. In connection with the reincorporation, the CBOT has changed its name to "Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc."
Tokyo Stock Exchange And Australian Stock Exchange Sign An Agreement On Mutual Cooperation

Date 09/08/2000

On 8 August 2000, Tokyo Stock Exchange and Australian Stock Exchange signed an Agreement on Mutual Cooperation outlining the framework for a collaborative partnership. Cooperation between the two Exchanges will contribute to the development and orderly, efficient operation of their markets, and investor protection, as well as the development of capital markets in Asia-Pacific region.
The KFX And KFMX Indices Reach New Highs

Date 09/08/2000

Today, the KFX Index and the KFMX Index set a new record. The 23rd record for the KFX Index this year.
LME Finalises Plans For Change Of Company Structure

Date 09/08/2000

The LME today announced that the board had agreed its final recommendations for structural change to be put to its membership at an Extraordinary General Meeting in September 2000.

EEX: Increasing Professionalization Of Electricity Trading - 21 Participants On Board From Very First Day - Meeting The Needs Of The German Market

Date 09/08/2000

"The launch of EEX will advance the professionalization of electricity trading," said the two EEX Executive Board members Christian Geyer and Hans E. Schweickardt in Frankfurt on Wednesday. "Progressive portfolio management with financial-sector trading techniques is coming to the fore, in which long- and short-term contracts, exchange-based trading and OTC trading, complement each other," as Geyer and Schweickardt put it. "The standards that have to be met by trading systems will continue to
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 08/08 2000

Date 09/08/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on August 8 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 15.5 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Nymex Names New Vice President

Date 08/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange board of directors has promoted Karen Ogulnick to vice president of NYMEX ACCESS®, the Exchange's electronic trading system.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange Strategic Review

Date 08/08/2000

Further to recent speculation concerning the strategic review conducted by the JSE in March 2000, the JSE would like to state that: The JSE’s strategic review was initiated in the interest of further economic liberalisation and deregulation, the reduction of costs and the maximising of efficiencies and international best practice. The review commenced in December 1999 and is not in reaction to any recent events. To date the JSE has consulted with a broad selection of its users to ascertain whic
Electricity Trading On EEX Successfully Launched - 12,233 Megawatt Hours Traded - 21 Market Participants From Five Countries On Board For The Launch

Date 08/08/2000

"Our high expectations have been surpassed," said the two EEX Board members Christian Geyer and Hans E. Schweickardt, summing up the successful launch of the European Energy Exchange on Tuesday. On the first day of trading, 12,233 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity were traded.