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Icelandic Stock Exchange - Authorized Dealers In Government Bonds

Date 07/06/2000

This morning an agreement was signed between the National Debt Management Agency (NDMA) and four financial institutions on market making in Government Bonds.
Deutsche Börse: Issuers' Reservations Are Unfounded - Issuers Are The Ones Who Decide Whether To List In New Market For Blue Chips - DAX Will Be Retained

Date 07/06/2000

Deutsche Börse described the reservations voiced by BASF Executive Board member Kley regarding the consequences for German issuers as a result of the Deutsche Börse-London Stock Exchange merger as unfounded.
Amsterdam Exchanges' Stock Market Experiences Heavy Trading In May

Date 07/06/2000

High levels of trading were seen at Amsterdam Exchanges' stock market again in May. As in April, the largest increase was recorded at EURO.NM Amsterdam, the segment for innovative, rapidly-growing companies. Turnover in May was up 442.2% compared with the same month last year, and during the first five months of the new millennium turnover within this segment more than quadrupled compared with the same period in 1999. The number of transactions concluded in the EURO.NM Amsterdam segment als
10 Leading Equities Exchanges Jointly Announce Global Equity Market Partnership Talks

Date 07/06/2000

The New York Stock Exchange is participating in multilateral discussions to explore the feasibility of a Global Equity Market (GEM) with the Australian Stock Exchange, Euronext (Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris), the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Toronto Stock Exchange.
LIFFE To List FTSE techMARK 100 Index Future

Date 07/06/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced that it will launch a futures contract based on the FTSE techMARK 100 index from Tuesday 27 June 2000.

Three New Entrants Expected To Join The FTSE 100 Following Quarterly Review

Date 06/06/2000

Three companies are expected to join the FTSE 100, the leading index of UK stocks, on Wednesday 7 June.
Nymex Sets Monthly Volume Records

Date 06/06/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange established several NYMEX Division monthly volume records in May.
New Participant On SWX

Date 06/06/2000

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted Fimatex S.A., Zweigniederlassung Zürich, as a participant. The new participant will commence trading on the SWX platform today, Tuesday, 6 June 2000.
MSCI Chief Joins FTSE

Date 06/06/2000

FTSE announced today that Jane Staunton, formerly a Principal with MSCI Europe, will join FTSE as Chief Operating Officer of its North American subsidiary, FTSE Americas Inc, effective June 12. Staunton will lead FTSE's drive in North America to convert plan sponsors to the new FTSE All-World index.
London Metal Exchange May Volume

Date 06/06/2000

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,608,729lots in May. This figure was made up of 5,193,142 lots of futures, 406,078 lots of options and 9,509 lots of TAPOs.