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CBOE Continues Its Record-Breaking Pace In July

Date 02/08/2000

Trading volume at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, continued at a record-setting pace in July with a total of 23,990,023 option contracts (15,939,018 calls and 8,051,005 puts) traded, a 27% increase over the year ago July volume of 18,838,239 contracts. Open interest in all CBOE listed options stood at 43,384,704 contracts at month's end, an incredible 78% more than the total of 24,417,811 contracts at the close of July last year.
KCBT Wheat Options End July With Open Interest At All-Time High

Date 01/08/2000

Open interest in wheat options at the Kansas City Board of Trade ended the month at an all-time high, capping the busiest July on record for the contract.
Futures On The TechWIG Index Traded On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 01/08/2000

On August 1, 2000, new futures contracts - TechWIG futures - have been launched on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The contract is based on the WSE TechWIG index.
Eurex Trades 31.2 Million Contracts In July - 268.5 Million Contracts Traded During First Seven Months - New Record In Option On Nokia - Growth In Derivatives On Nemax 50

Date 01/08/2000

Eurex, the international derivatives market, achieved turnover of 31.2 million contracts traded in July. Over 269 million contracts have already been traded at Eurex during the first seven months of the year, surpassing the previous year's seven-month total by 26 percent.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Approves Nymex Demutualization Plan

Date 01/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange received approval of its demutualization plan last week from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

CME Equity Index Products Set New July Monthly Volume Record - GLOBEX®2 Volume Rises 110 Percent Year-To-Date

Date 01/08/2000

Year-to-date trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) rose nearly 13 percent through July 31 to 135.7 million contracts, as July volume totaled 15.5 million. A new July monthly volume record was set in equity index products, with volume of more than 4 million contracts including a July record of 3.7 million equity index futures.
CBOT To Launch e-openoutcry.com On August 28, 2000

Date 01/08/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced that e-openoutcry.com, the order entry system that routes orders direct to CBOT floor brokers, will be launched on August 28, 2000. E-openoutcry.com is the new browser-based order entry system that can be used by members and member firms in conjunction with the a/c/e trading platform or as a stand-alone order entry system.
428 Billion Euros In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges In July - Equities Turnover For First Seven Months Nearly Double The Previous Year's Period - Xetra Sets Second Straight Record In Small And Mid-Cap Segments

Date 01/08/2000

Volume of 428 billion euros in equities, warrants and fixed-income securities was traded on the German stock exchanges in July, which is about the same volume as reported in July of last year. The total comprises about 328 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds and about 99 billion euros in fixed-income securities. Equities turnover in Frankfurt for the first sevem months of the year increased almost 100 percent compared with the same period of last year: whereas some 1.4
Reduction Of Fees For Share Options And Share Index Options On Amsterdam Exchanges' Options Market

Date 31/07/2000

With effect from 18 September 2000 the fees for floor and prof transactions for share options and index options will be cut for some categories of seatholders at Amsterdam Exchanges' options market. This fee change will remain in effect until the introduction of the Euronext fees.
Open interest In KCBT Wheat Options Hits New High

Date 31/07/2000

Open interest in Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options has hit a new high, adding to several records posted in KCBT wheat contracts this summer.