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CBOT, CME and NYMEX Respond to CFTC Proposal For Change in Futures Contract Approval Process

Date 23/07/1999

The three largest U.S. futures exchanges, The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) today issued the following statement in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) proposed change to the regulatory approval process for new futures contracts: "By accepting that exchanges should have the ability to list contracts for trading without the delay of a lengthy regulatory approval process, the CFTC has taken a key
Near Real-Time Statistics to be Included on the Nasdaq-Amex Newsroom

Date 23/07/1999

The Nasdaq-Amex Market GroupSM today announced that statistics measuring the performance of The Nasdaq Stock Market® and the American Stock Exchange® will be added to the award-winning Nasdaq-Amex NewsroomSM Web site (www.nasdaq-amexnews.com). This groundbreaking new feature, which will include near real-time data, will appear on the site beginning today.
Three Dow Jones Extra Liquid Indexes To Be Added To The Dow Jones Real-Time Datafeed

Date 22/07/1999

On July 25, three new Dow Jones Extra Liquid Indexes: Australia, Hong Kong and Japan will be added to the Dow Jones Real-Time Data Feed. These indexes will be disseminated in 15 second intervals over the Dow Jones datafeed of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) market data ticker network.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong publishes Growth Enterprise Market listing rules

Date 22/07/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong today (Thursday, July 22) published the listing rules for its Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), which it aims to launch in October.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 22/07/1999

RSS3 Futures:Distant month: opening 74.8 yen, a high 74.8 yen (Jul.12), low 70.1 yen Jul.15), closing 70.9 yen. Rubber Index Futures: Distant month: opening 68.70, a high 68.70 (Jul.12), a low 65.40 (Jul.14), closing 67.20 points.

Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 22/07/1999

This week, OME aluminium futures maintained the strong sentiment following the price-gains in LME. Distant month : opening 180.0 yen, a high 185.3 yen (Jul. 13), a low 179.4 yen (Jul. 12), closing 180.2 yen
News from the Central Bank of Iceland

Date 22/07/1999

The Central Bank of Iceland has revised its inflation forecast for 1999 in the light of recent information about the development of consumer prices and underlying factors. The Central Bank now projects that consumer prices will rise by 3.0 percent between the averages of 1998 and 1999 and by 4.0 percent within the year 1999.
David Brennan Letter Outlines Start of Process for CBOT Restructuring Plan, July 21, 1999

Date 22/07/1999

Dear Fellow Member: The CBOT of Directors, at my urging, voted yesterday to begin the process of preparing an exchange-restructuring plan, in order to allow us to better realize the value of the CBOT to the members.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records

Date 21/07/1999

Daily volume records were established on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday for total energy futures when 438,796 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 436,583 contracts set on March 10, 1999 and for crude oil futures when 274,975 contracts were traded, exceeding the record 244,742 contracts set last week on July 14, 1999.
Bahrain Stock Exchange Securities & investment Research Weekly Report

Date 21/07/1999

The BSE index slipped by 0.6% while turnover decreased by over 80%, mainly because last week there was exceptionally high turnover due to deals relating to the BMB stock. Oman posted an impressive gain of 16%, Saudi Arabia was up 0.5%, Kuwait and UAE lost 0.8% respectively.