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  • Nasdaq Sets New Record For One-Day Point Gain

    Date 07/04/2000

    The Nasdaq Stock Market® today had its largest point increase ever, with preliminary figures showing the Nasdaq Composite® Index rising 178.89 points to 4446.45. The previous point gain record was set on February 23, 2000 with the Composite Index rising 168.21 points.

  • Longer Trading Hours At Deutsche Börse And Eurex - Trading Until 8:00 p.m. As Of June 2, 2000

    Date 07/04/2000

    Effective June 2, 2000, Deutsche Börse and Eurex are extending the trading hours in all equities and warrants at FWB, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and in all German equity and equity index derivatives at Eurex until 8:00 p.m. (Frankfurt time).The exchanges made the announcement in Frankfurt on April 7. As of the announced date, closing prices for equities and closing index levels at FWB will be calculated at 8:00 p.m., the closing auction in Xetra will take place as of 8:00 p.m. The cash-market

  • SFE Experiences Second Busiest Month Ever

    Date 06/04/2000

    Trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) in March 2000 rose to 4,107,137 futures and options contracts - the second highest monthly turnover in SFE's 40-year history.

  • Program Trading Averaged 23.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During March 27 - 31, 2000

    Date 06/04/2000

    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 March 27 - 31. The data indicated that during March 27 - 31, program trading amounted to 23.9 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1068.2 million shares, or 255.3 million shares a day.

  • Oslo Stock Exchange March Report: IT Stocks In Reverse

    Date 06/04/2000

    Scepticism of the high valuation of IT shares led to a worldwide price fall for this sector in March. A 7 per cent dip on the Oslo Stock Exchange´s IT index was the main reason why the all-share index fell 2.2 per cent over the month.

  • Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

    Date 06/04/2000

    On March 27, despite a large quantity of delivery as much as 781 lots, the current month expired calmly at 61.90 yen on short-covering and trading houses taking deliveries. This made the other months go firmer on buying interest. On the next day, the new September contract month opened higher than August contract by 1.50 yen at 79.30 yen. Later, amid the yen's rise, the prices slid on long-liquidation and selling by bears with distant month at 77.90 yen. This decline was triggered by the

  • Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

    Date 06/04/2000

    On March 27, OME Aluminium Futures opened slightly easier with distant January contract at 172.6 yen, down 0.3 yen from the last Friday's close on long-liquidation due to the yen's strength. On March 28, current month expired sharply lower at 169.8 yen, down 10.8 yen from the previous day on selling by physical-holders.

  • NYSE Board Endorses Market-Structure Report Recommending 'Network NYSE' - A Market Built On Customer Choice

    Date 06/04/2000

    The New York Stock Exchange board of directors today endorsed a report recommending a multi-platform market structure built on customer choice. This new structure will integrate new execution and information initiatives into the Exchange's agency-auction market without fragmenting the market, and retains the investor protections that are the hallmark of the NYSE.

  • Nymex Middle Eastern Sour Crude Oil Futures Contract To Be Launched May 4

    Date 06/04/2000

    The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange last night agreed to introduce a Middle Eastern sour crude oil futures contract, based on the reported value of Oman and Dubai crude oils, beginning at 4 PM on May 4, which marks the start of the May 5 trading session.

  • New Record At The Montreal Exchange 205, 898 S&P/TSE 60 Futures Contracts Traded In March

    Date 06/04/2000

    The monthly volume for the S&P/TSE 60 Futures contract beat the 200,000 mark in March. The S&P/TSE 60 Futures contract, exclusively traded on the Montreal Exchange, reached a monthly volume of 205,898 contracts, representing a 37.7 per cent increase compared to its previous record of 149,300 contracts, reached in December 1999.