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Eastern Standard Time Affects FINEX & NYFE Evening Sessions

Date 25/03/2000

Due to the start of Daylight Savings Time in Europe on Sunday, March 26 (Daylight Savings Time does not begin in the U.S. until Sunday, April 2), the hours for the FINEX Dublin trading sessions will change for the week of March 26 to March 31 only. After March 31, hours for this session will revert to the normal trading hours.
TSE Options Trading Moves To Montreal

Date 24/03/2000

Options trading at the Toronto Stock Exchange closed for the final time today. Trading in these products will start at the market opening on the Montreal Exchange effective Monday March 27. This will complete the transfer of all derivatives trading to the Montreal Exchange as envisaged under the agreement to realign the stock exchanges in Canada.
Think Tools AG, Seventh Company To List On SWX New Market, Opens 159 % Above Offering Price

Date 24/03/2000

Think Tools AG, a company involved in knowledge management, were traded today for the first time on the SWX New Market. The offering price was set Thursday night at CHF 270.00. At the start of trading on SWX, the stock stood 159% above that level at CHF 700.00, representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 1,680 million.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For March 2000

Date 24/03/2000

As of mid-March, short interest in 3,755 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 2,637,843,523 compared with 2,557,730,380 shares in 3,737 National Market issues for the month of February.
Estonian, Latvian And Lithuanian Stock Exchanges Revise The Composition Of The Baltic List

Date 24/03/2000

The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian stock exchanges have revised the composition of the Baltic List, adding two new companies, Pro Kapital and Tallinna Kaubamaja to the list of Baltic blue-chip securities. The changes are effective as of April 1, 2000.

CME Agency Note Futures Pass 10,000 Open Interest Mark

Date 24/03/2000

Open interest in the new 5- and 10-year agency note futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surpassed 10,000 for the first time at the close of trading yesterday, with a record 5,418 open positions in the 10-year product and 4,698 open contracts in the 5-year notes.
Bond Yields On Tallinn Stock Exchange Internet Homepage

Date 24/03/2000

From Friday, March 24, the Tallinn Stock Exchange (TSE) will start publishing on its Internet homepage (http://online.tse.ee/english) yields of fixed income securities listed on the stock exchange and bond market's average yield index Bondway.
TSE And 10,000 -- A Significant Achievement

Date 23/03/2000

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark the TSE 300 Composite Index, flirted with the 10,000 level today -- breaking through the "magic" level at 2pm before closing at 9990.13.
Steinhause Elected Vice Chairman Nymex - Five Others To Board Positions

Date 23/03/2000

The members of the New York Mercantile Exchange has elected Mitchell Steinhause as vice chairman and the following Exchange members to other positions on the Exchange board of directors: Richard Saitta, Neil Citrone, David Greenberg, Jesse Harte, and Scott Hess.
Program Trading Averaged 23 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 13 - Mar. 17

Date 23/03/2000

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 Mar. 13-17. This included program trading associated with the March 17 quarterly expiration of stock-index options and futures. The data indicated that during Mar. 13-17, program trading amounted to 23.0 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,241.4 million shares, or 285.9 million shares a day.