FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

News

HKEx: Futures And Options Markets Arrangements Following Today's Trading Interruption

Date 28/05/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) said today that futures and options trading was interrupted at 3:12 pm due to a power failure. The UPS system failed to immediately takeover. Conversion to the alternative back-up centre took place at 4:00pm. The Exchange is required to provide participants 30 minutes notice prior to reopening. The Exchange with the Securities and Futures Commission made the decision not to re-open the markets.
FTSE UK Reviews

Date 28/05/2002

The quarterly changes to the FTSE 100 index and other FTSE UK indices will be announced after the UK market closes on Wednesday 12 June 2002.
Euronext.Liffe To Launch Schatz Futures Contract On 18 June 2002

Date 28/05/2002

Euronext.liffe has announced that it will list a Schatz futures contract on Tuesday 18 June 2002.
Agreements Regarding Issuance And Market Making In Icelandic Government Bonds

Date 28/05/2002

The Minister of Finance has assigned the National Debt Management Agency (NDMA) the task of offering agreements regarding Issuance and Market Making in Government Bonds.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: New Executive Appointments

Date 27/05/2002

On the approval reached at the Board of Directors' Meeting on May 21, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced changes for members of the Board of Directors, Managing Directors and Executive Officers.

TIFFE Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 May 2002

Date 27/05/2002

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 29 May 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Successful Start For Trading On SAXESS<sup>™</SUP> At Oslo Børs

Date 27/05/2002

Today, trading on the new SAXESS™ platform started at Oslo Børs. The SAXESS platform has been provided by OM and is the chosen technical platform for the exchanges participating in the NOREX Alliance - Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Iceland Stock Exchange, Oslo Børs and Stockholmsbörsen. This will give the world´s investors access to more than 800 Nordic shares at a single stroke, on a Nordic market largely based on unified rules and regulations.
RTS Technical Center Clearing Activities On FORTS Is Insured For The Amount Of $ 1 Million

Date 27/05/2002

Insurance Company Ltd. "Ingosstrakh" insured RTS Technical Center clearing operations on FORTS (Futures & Options Market on RTS) for the amount of $ 1 million.
Removal Of Gevaert From Euronext Brussels Indices

Date 27/05/2002

Following the squeeze-out bid of the Company "Almanij" and taking into account the decision of Euronext Brussels to transfer the share Gevaert from quotation Group A1 (Continuous) to quotation Group A8 (Temporary Listing, single fixing), the share Gevaert (Isincode BE0003711257) will be removed from the following indices on 2002/05/27 after close following art. 1.4.d. of the BAS indexrules: BAS price index BAS return index Belgian Continuous return index Mid Cap ret
New Eurex Board Of Directors Appoints Granziol As President - Fischer Elected Honorary President

Date 27/05/2002

Thursday saw the General Shareholders' Meeting of Eurex Zürich AG elect its new Board of Directors. At its constituent meeting, the new Board of Directors appointed Dr. Markus Granziol as President. Dr. Joerg Fischer, who had been President of the Board of Directors since the foundation of Eurex, was elected Honorary President.