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The Copenhagen Stock Exchange Equity Market Buzzes With Activity

Date 05/04/2000

In March 2000, share trading amounted to a record DKK 85 billion, up 32 per cent on February, which was the previous peak month. The average daily value of trading was DKK 3.5 billion, a 21 per cent rise on February 2000 and a 108 per cent rise on the same month last year.
SGX Derivatives Up 8½% In 1st Quarter - Taiwan Index Futures Break Monthly Record

Date 05/04/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT) is pleased to announce that its trading volume has grown by a robust 8.5% in the 1st quarter. A total of 6,994,621 futures and options on futures contracts were traded from January to March 2000, compared to 6,447,336 contracts during the same period last year.
SGX Appoints Thomas Kloet As CEO

Date 05/04/2000

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Thomas Kloet as its first Chief Executive Officer. Currently Senior Managing Director at ABN AMRO in Chicago, Mr Kloet will start his appointment with SGX on Monday, 24 April 2000.
Nymex To Lower Gold Margins

Date 05/04/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange announced today that, effective at the close of business, margins on COMEX Division gold futures will be lowered to $1,500 per contract from $2,000 for members and hedgers and to $2,025 per contract from $2,700 for non-member speculators.
Nasdaq Sets New Share Volume Record

Date 05/04/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced yesterday that it experienced its heaviest trading session ever, with preliminary figures showing that nearly 2.9 billion shares changed hands. It was a session during which the Nasdaq Composite® Index endured an intra-day swing of 634 points, and the Nasdaq stock quotation system processed a record 6.5 million quote updates, eclipsing the previous record of 5.8 million.

More Than 22 Million Contracts Traded In The Paris Derivatives Markets In March - Volumes Up 25% In Q1 2000 Compared With Q1 1999

Date 05/04/2000

March trading volume in the derivatives markets operated by ParisBourse SBF SA was up slightly on February, with 22 million contracts traded compared with 21.9 million. In first-quarter 2000, more than 63 million contracts were traded versus 50.5 million for the same period in 1999, a rise of 24.8%.
London Stock Exchange Market Announcement

Date 05/04/2000

Following the technical problem that prevented the London stock market from opening this morning, Gavin Casey, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange, said: "The market opened at 3.45 p.m. this afternoon after a thorough investigation into the fault in the network that takes real-time price and other information from the central trading systems to our market users. "In order to enable investors to undertake their business, trading hours this evening have been extended to 6.30 p.m.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Announces Changes In Information Feed In Connection With The Transfer Of Bonds And Derivatives To SAXESS/CLICK

Date 05/04/2000

On 21 June 1999, Danish equities were transferred to the SAXESS trading system as an element of the realisation of the NOREX Alliance between the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and the OM Stockholm Exchange. The migration of the Danish equities to SAXESS has been a success. Please see the press release of 24 January 2000, which is available at the Exchange's web site www.xcse.dk. Carsten Tanggaard's report corroborates the Exchange's and the exchange members' positive reception of the new tradi
CME Announces New Board Member, Treasurer To Replace Kloet

Date 05/04/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) today announced that Patrick B. Lynch has filled the vacancy on its Board created by the departure of Thomas A. Kloet and that the Board of Directors this afternoon elected Robert L. "Buck" Haworth to replace Kloet as its Treasurer.
CHX POSTS RECORD-BREAKING FIRST QUARTER - Trade Volume Up 172 Percent Over First Quarter '99 - Seat Prices Hit Record Levels - New Monthly Trade And Share Volume Records In March

Date 05/04/2000

Driven by record monthly volume in March, the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) recorded its best first quarter ever. For the quarter ended March 31, 2000, total trade volume finished at 17,295,874, up 172 percent from the first quarter of 1999, while share volume reached 6,624,289,504, an increase of 123 percent. The CHX also established new monthly trade and share volume records in March. Total trade volume concluded at 7,232,663, up 208 percent over March 1999. Total share volume finished up 149