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Stock Exchange of Thailand Announces Board Of Governors' Resolutions

Date 21/12/2000

Mr. Vicharat Vichit-Vadakan, President, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, announced the resolutions of the SET Board of Governors following the Board's monthly meeting as follows:
Record Trading Year For London's Equity Markets

Date 21/12/2000

The London Stock Exchange has confirmed its status as Europe's leading financial centre, with record volumes traded on its international and domestic markets during 2000, as well as a highly active new issues market.
Program Trading Averaged 33.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 11-Dec. 15

Date 21/12/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 11-Dec. 15.
NYSE Launches Pilot For Automatic Order Execution Service NYSE Direct+ - Network NYSE Auto-X Routing Underway

Date 21/12/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today launched the pilot program for its new NYSE Direct+ automatic execution service, which provides member firms with a new level of choice in accessing the Exchange's superior liquidity and execution quality. Qwest (NYSE:Q), Avaya (NYSE: AV) and Warnaco Group (NYSE: WAC) will be the three stocks initially designated for NYSE Direct+ orders. One of the new Network NYSE offerings of order-execution services and market-information products, NYSE Direct+ allows for no-
Helsinki Exchanges Group: Study On Listing Qualifications Of HEX Completed

Date 21/12/2000

The Board of Directors of Helsinki Exchanges Group have, as announced 5.6.2000, studied the listing qualifications of HEX Group. External advisors have been used in making the study. According to the completed analysis, HEX Group as a company is eligible for listing and there are no legislative obstacles for the listing.

2000 Becomes Record Year At Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

Date 21/12/2000

Trading volume at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has reached an all-time annual high. As of the close of trading yesterday, year-to-date trading volume was 226.8 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 226.6 million contracts set in 1998.
Tallinn Stock Exchange Announcement - Changes In TSE And ECDS Price Lists

Date 20/12/2000

On 19.12.2000 the Supervisory Board of Tallinn Stock Exchange (TSE) approved amendments to the price lists of TSE and Estonian Central Depository for Securities (ECDS).
SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt To Step Down Before Mid-February 2001

Date 20/12/2000

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt today announced that after seven and one-half years he would step down as Chairman before mid-February 2001. Levitt, the SEC's longest-serving chairman, made the announcement to the Commission staff in the SEC's William O. Douglas Room. Chairman Levitt did not indicate his future plans.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) Sets One-Day Volume Record For Equity And Index Options

Date 20/12/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) reported that 673,017 equity and index options contracts traded on December 15 marking a one-day record high volume. This was a 7 percent increase over the previous record-high daily volume set on October 19, 200 when 629,072 contracts were traded.
Nymex Receives Approval On Further Amendments To Natural Gas Price Limit Rules

Date 20/12/2000

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today informed the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., that it has approved additional amendments to the natural gas price limit rules so that there will be no price limits on trading in any of the listed months during open outcry trading for the last three days in the spot month.