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Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Informed Investing Objective Of The Investor 2000

Date 25/04/2000

The objective of The Investor 2000 project by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is to promote informed investing amongst investors and to expand on the benefits of investing more on fundamentals and less on speculation.
Trading Of Singapore Exchange Shares

Date 24/04/2000

Ordinary shares ("Member Shares") in the Singapore Exchange have reportedly been recently traded for up to $15,000 per share. Intending purchasers of Member Shares should note that through a proposed future offering ("Offering"), Member Shares will be diluted. An adjustment mechanism will be put in place so that each Member Share plus any adjustments will in aggregate have a dollar value of exactly $5,000 (post-offering) when valued at the Market Determined Price (defined below), irrespective o
Modification Of Warsaw Stock Exchange Trading Schedule

Date 24/04/2000

Trading time for futures will be extended. From May 4, 2000, futures will be traded from 10:15 a.m. (currently 10:45) to 4:00 p.m. The following contracts are currently available for trading (in the continuous system): WIG20 index futures, USD futures and EURO futures.
CBOE Announces Open Interest At Record Level

Date 24/04/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that open interest in CBOE traded options reached a new record level on Thursday, April 20, 2000. At the close of business on Thursday, 48,950,423 contracts were outstanding compared to the previous record of 48,050,993 contracts, which was set on January 21, 2000. A new record was also set for open interest in stock options traded at CBOE, with 44,505,303 contracts outstanding, beating the January 21, 2000 record of 43,714,397 contracts
The Tokyo Grain Exchange Non-GMO Soybean Futures Launch

Date 21/04/2000

The partial amendments of the Business Regulations and Contract Terms for Brokerage that had been approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Members held on March 27, 2000, received authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on April 21, 2000 and shall come into effect from that day. The main points of the amendments are as follows:

Program Trading Averaged 19.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 10 - April 14

Date 21/04/2000

The New York Stock Exchange yesterday released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for April 10-April 14.
Launch Dates Of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inter-month Spread Transactions of JGB Futures, Evening Session And Options On 5-year JGB Futures

Date 21/04/2000

Tokyo Stock Exchange is pleased to announce respective launch dates of Inter-month Spread Transactions of JGB Futures, Evening Session and Options on 5-year JGB Futures, as follows.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Applies For Listing Approval Of Equity Options Based On An Additional 70 Stocks

Date 20/04/2000

An additional 70 stocks have been selected basically from the S&P/TOPIX 150 index to underlie TSE equity options, and an application for listing approval has been made to the Minister of Finance for equity options on these stocks.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 20/04/2000

On April 10, OME Rubber index futures opened easier carrying over the last week's weak sentiment. The current and the distant contract months fell to 66.30 yen and 81.40 yen, down 0.1 yen and 0.3 yen, respectively. Later, the distant contract turned marginally firmer to 82.80 yen on short-covering due to the yen's weakness. On April 14, however, the current and distant contracts closed at 64.70 yen and 79.50 yen, respectively, on light selling with many players taking a wait-and-see attitude
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 20/04/2000

On April 10, OME Aluminium futures opened slightly firmer with distant March contract at 162.4 yen, up 0.7 yen from the last Friday's close on short-covering due to a lull in the price-falls in LME Aluminium market. On April 12, distant contract rose to 163.8 yen on fresh buying and short-covering due to the weaker yen amid the firmer tone in LME Aluminium.