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SWX New Market: Performance Exceeds All Expectations

Date 29/02/2000

On Wednesday 1 March 2000, the SWX Swiss Exchange will initiate its new index covering price developments in the SWX New Market. This market segment was launched already in July of last year and is home to rapidly growing companies from Switzerland and abroad. The enclosed chart shows the explosive rise in the implied value of the SWX New Market Index during the first two months of 2000. The index has been effectively computed since 1 January of this year, and was pegged at a baseline value of 1
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 29/02/2000

Distant month: opening 88.80 yen, a high 92.90 (Feb. 22), low 84.50 yen (Feb. 25), closing 84.70 yen. On February 21, OME RSS3 futures market opened slightly easier on long-liquidation due to the firmer yen with distant month falling to 88.8 yen. On the next day, the distant month went higher to 92.90 yen on fresh buying as the yen plunged to the 111 yen level. On February 23, the current month expired higher than expected at 77.90 yen as trading houses covered roughly a half of their positio
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 29/02/2000

Distant month : opening 180.5 yen, a high 182.2 yen (Feb 22), a low 178.2 yen (Feb. 24), closing 179.9 yen. On February 21, OME Aluminium Futures opened easier as buyers kept to the sidelines with distant January contract unchanged from the Friday's close at 180.5 yen. In the afternoon, distant month steadied to 181.9 yen on light buying as LME three months aluminium managed to stay above the resistance at $1,630.
Nymex Sets Record Copper Volume

Date 29/02/2000

Copper futures trading set a daily volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday when 35,444 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 35,168 contracts traded on June 25, 1999.
Nasdaq Lead In The UK Grows With 36 Percent Name Recognition

Date 29/02/2000

Independent research carried out by MORI in January has revealed that The Nasdaq Stock Market® has increased its lead as the UK's most recognised stock market with name recognition outstripping any other foreign stock market.

Nasdaq Breaks Single-Day Share Volume Record - Composite Index Also Climbs To A Record High

Date 29/02/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that it experienced its heaviest trading session ever, with preliminary figures showing more than 2.078 billion shares changed hands. All of Nasdaq's top ten share volume days have occurred this year with year-to-date daily share volume averaging 1.724 billion shares.
E-mini S&P 500 Sets Volume Record

Date 29/02/2000

Volume in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's E-mini S&P 500 futures contract reached a record 82,817 contracts Feb. 28, as electronically traded volume in all equity index products rose to a record 114,439 contracts.
CME Expands Daily Price Limit On Nikkei 225 Index

Date 29/02/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has expanded the daily price limit for its Nikkei 225 index contracts to 1,500 index points effective with the start of trading tomorrow, March 1.
CLEARNET SBF SA Closer To Becoming Central Counterparty For Trades In Italian Government Securities.

Date 29/02/2000

CLEARNET SBF SA, the central counterpart and netting organisation for regulated and OTC markets in France, is set to become the clearing house for MTS cash trades in Italian government debt. CLEARNET will also be clearing MTS sell/buy backs in Italian government debt.
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction

Date 29/02/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on February 29 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 14.3 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.