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Tradepoint And The SWX Swiss Exchange Enter Exclusive Negotiations Relating To New Pan-European Initiative

Date 23/05/2000

TFN and SWX announce that the two exchanges have entered into a three month period of exclusive negotiations with a view to collaborating on a pan-European blue chip trading platform. These discussions have the full support of the Boards of Tradepoint and SWX as well as the Consortium of leading international brokerage and financial services firms, which has a 54% holding in Tradepoint. A further announcement will be made in due course.
The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Issues A Consultation Paper On Certain Areas Of The GEM Listing Rules

Date 23/05/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, today (Tuesday) issued a consultation paper the GEM Listing Rules.
Supervisory Board Of Deutsche Börse Votes In Favor Of Merger With LSE - Division Of Operations Between Frankfurt And London Confirmed - Issuers Can Choose Market Segment That Is Most Attractive For Them

Date 23/05/2000

On Tuesday, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse approved the merger of Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange to form iX-international exchanges. As reported by Deutsche Börse on Tuesday, the proposal for the merger of the two companies will probably be submitted to the general meeting of shareholders for a vote in September. The merger of Deutsche Börse and LSE is to be formally finalized before the end of the year.
Nasdaq Slashes Non-Professional Fee For Access To Market Participant Quotations

Date 23/05/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced yesterday that it will introduce a one year pilot program that creates a non-professional user fee of $10 per month for in-depth access to market participant quotation information. The 80% fee reduction was approved last week at a meeting of the NASD Board of Governors and must be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to implementation.
Meeting Of The Oslo Stock Exchange Board On 23 May 2000

Date 23/05/2000

The Stock Exchange Board has approved the listing of shares in Customax, iGroup.no and Scandinavia Online on the Main List and Webcenter Solutions on the SMB List.

IPE Extends Gas Oil Futures On Its Electronic Trading Platform

Date 23/05/2000

For the first time in its history, Gas Oil futures will be traded electronically between 0800 and 0900 London time. Pit hours will remain at 0915 to 1727 London time. The introduction of the extra hour will provide the facility for IPE Members to extend their market reach and will allow market participants to use our brokers at a time that may be more convenient to them.
International Securities Exchange Announces Options To Be Traded At Launch On May 26

Date 23/05/2000

The International Securities Exchange ("ISE") today announced that it would begin trading on May 26 by listing options on 3 equity securities: LSI Logic Corporation (symbol LSI); Alcoa Inc. (symbol AA); and SBC Communications Inc. (symbol SBC).
Compensation Fund Only Covers Clients Of The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Participants

Date 23/05/2000

The Unified Exchange Compensation Fund provides protection only to clients of Exchange Participants of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Exchange Participants were formerly known as Exchange Members.
CME's E-mini Equity Index Contracts Set New Volume Records - Open Interest In E-mini S&P 500 & E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures Continues To Surge Ahead

Date 23/05/2000

Volume in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index and E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index futures contracts both rose to record levels yesterday, May 22. In addition, both contracts continue to post record open interest.
CBOT Markets: Responding To A Changing Treasury Market

Date 23/05/2000

The dynamics of the financial market are changing. Thirty-year treasury futures volume is down 21%, while cash market trading in the 30-year bond has declined 69.3% this year. In contrast, the CBOT's 5-year and 10-year note futures contracts are up 63.8% and 44.1% respectively. While the 30-Year Bond may be retracting as a benchmark contract, the CBOT's 10-year note contract, the new benchmark for U.S. Treasury debt, and its new agency note contracts continue to grow at unprecedented rates.