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LIFFE Reduces Premises Overhead With Lease Of London Stock Exchange Floor And 61 Threadneedle Street

Date 19/04/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced that the Knight Trimark Group (KTG) will take over LIFFE's vacant trading floor at the London Stock Exchange building and the adjacent 61 Threadneedle Street office building for the remaining term of the leases which expire in 2004.
JOMED N.V. Opens 18% Above Issue Price

Date 19/04/2000

The shares of JOMED N.V., medical-technical company, were traded today for the first time on the SWX New Market. The offering price was set Tuesday night at CHF 42. At the start of trading on SWX, the stock stood 18% above that level at CHF 49.50, representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 1.1 billion.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange Announces Change In The Initial Trading Dates Of Non-quarterly Month Contracts In Options On JGB Futures

Date 18/04/2000

The initial trading dates of non-quarterly month contracts in Options on JGB Futures will be advanced to the 1st of the second prior month of the respective option contract months from July 2000 contract. By the same token, the strike prices with 0.5 yen interval in the quarterly month contracts will be added on the 1st of the month prior to the last trading month from September 2000 contract so that 11 or more consecutive strike prices with 0.5 yen interval are available.
The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Proposes Electronic Dissemination Of All Listed Issuers' Announcements

Date 18/04/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong is consulting the market on its proposal to disseminate alllisted-issuers' ann ouncements through its website, rather than by paid newspaper announcements.
Nasdaq Records Another One-Day Point Gain Record - It Is The Composite's Second Consecutive Record

Date 18/04/2000

The Nasdaq Composite Index® achieved its largest one-day point increase ever, with preliminary statistics showing a rise of 254.41 points to close at 3793.57. That translates into a 7.2 percent increase, the Composite's second largest percent increase. The previous point gain record was established only one day before, when the Composite Index climbed 217.87 points to finish at 3539.16.

Listing of S&P/TOPIX 150 Futures & Options By Tokyo Stock Exchange

Date 18/04/2000

Recent years have seen investors demanding an increasingly diverse range of investment and risk management tools. In response to these needs, to enhance the TSE derivatives market and to provide effective risk hedging and asset management tools, TSE has decided to introduce futures and options based on the S&P/TOPIX 150 index, an index developed in cooperation with Standard & Poors.
Eurex Will Launch Option On T-Online On April 25 - Stock Options On Five Neuer Markt Equities

Date 18/04/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives market, will further expand its product range in stock options: On April 25, Eurex is launching an option on the T-Online shares, which have been traded in Deutsche Börse's Neuer Markt since April 17. With the addition of this new stock option and the existing options on Consors, EM TV, Intershop and Mobilcom, Eurex will then have five options on the most liquid Neuer Markt stocks to offer private and institutional investors.
Deutsche Börse and MarketXT, Inc. Open European Stock Market to US Investors

Date 18/04/2000

Deutsche Börse, a leading European exchange organization, and MarketXT, Inc., one of the first extended-hours electronics communications networks (ECN) announced today that they have joined forces to offer qualified US investment buyers access to the European stock markets. This joint effort is designed to increase liquidity in European stocks and widen the availability and range of investment opportunities for US investors.
Dennis Dutterer Named Interim President And CEO Of Chicago Board Of Trade - Board Begins Search For Permanent President And CEO

Date 18/04/2000

David Brennan, Chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade, announced today that the Board of Directors have named Dennis Dutterer as Interim President and CEO. Mr. Dutterer currently is serving as President and CEO of the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC). He will assume his duties immediately. The Board of Directors also announced that they have begun the search for a permanent CEO and President of the Exchange. Mr. Dutterer will return to his position at BOTCC when a permanent replacem
The Hong Kong Securities And Futures Markets Operated Orderly

Date 17/04/2000

The Hong Kong securities and futures markets experienced some volatility today (Monday). Despite this, the market operated in an orderly manner.