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  • Chase Manhattan Corporation to make an offer for Robert Fleming Holdings

    Date 17/04/2000

    Details of the recent take over negotiations between Chase and Flemings have been announced. Chase Manhattan is to make an offer to Flemings of £2,573m in cash and US$3,622m in new Chase shares (valuing Flemings at approximately £4,880m). The deal represents an opportunity to create a global force in asset management and investment banking. The transaction is expected to benefit clients of both firms, as the two firms will be able to deliver a wider range of quality asset management, securities

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

    Date 17/04/2000

    While global markets took a tumble this week on the back of a huge sell-off in technology stocks, worsened by sharp falls on Wall Street resulting from higher than expected US inflation figures, the Botswana market rose 1.2% on the back of the continued surge in two key bank stocks.

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

    Date 17/04/2000

    Barclays Bank's AGM will be held at The Grand Palm Hotel on Friday 28 April 2000 at 1700hrs.

  • Nasdaq Sets One-Day Point Gain Record - Third Largest Volume Day Also Established

    Date 17/04/2000

    The Nasdaq Stock Market® had its largest point increase ever with preliminary figures showing the Nasdaq Composite® Index rising 217.87 points to 3539.16. The Composite climbed 6.5 percent, its 2nd largest percent increase ever. The previous point gain record was set on April 7, 2000 with the Composite Index rising 178.89 points.

  • Nymex Sets Trading Hours for Middle East Sour Crude Oil Futures Contract

    Date 15/04/2000

    The New York Mercantile Exchange executive committee has approved trading hours for its new Middle East sour crude oil futures contract. They will be Mondays through Thursdays from 4 P.M. until 12:30 P.M. the following day and, on Sundays, from 7 P.M. to 12:30 P.M. the following day. The contract will be traded solely electronically over the NYMEX ACCESS® trading system.