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NASD Chairman Zarb And Board Member Davidson Send Joint Letter To Members On The NASD Restructuring

Date 04/02/2000

On Thursday, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Chairman and CEO Frank G. Zarb and NASD Board Member and President of Zeus Securities, Inc., Smithtown, New York, Alan L. Davidson sent an electronic joint letter to all NASD members on the upcoming NASD restructuring.
KLSE Statement Is An Accurate And True Account Of Meeting With SGX

Date 04/02/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) maintains that its press release issued on 31 January 2000 titled "SGX recognises Effective Capital's Proposal" is an accurate and true account of the meeting held between KLSE and Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) on Monday, 31 January 2000.
Exchange Changes Expiration Date For March 2000 FTSE Eurotop 300® Contract

Date 04/02/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange board last night approved moving the expiration of the March 2000 Eurotop 300® contract to Thursday, March 16, from Friday, March 17, in recognition of the closure of the Irish Stock Exchange on March 17.
CBOT/MIDAM Presidents Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 04/02/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following trading schedules in observance of Presidents Day:
CBOT Fed Funds Contract Sets New Volume Record, Year To-Date Volume Up 36% From Last Year

Date 04/02/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT members set a new daily volume record in the 30-day Federal Funds futures contract yesterday, trading 18,887 contracts. The record was set on the same day as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, at which the target Federal Funds interest rate is determined for the cash market.

Top Buyside Equity Trader Wendy Beaver Joins Nasdaq-Amex As A Consultant

Date 03/02/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), today announced the addition of Wendy Beaver as a consultant to Nasdaq-Amex Global Sales and Member Affairs, effective February 17, 1999.
Sydney To Host Environmental Markets Conference

Date 03/02/2000

An international forum aimed at spurring the development of commercial markets for the environmental benefits provided by forests will be held in Sydney in April.
Program Trading Averaged 21.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 18-21

Date 03/02/2000

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 Jan. 18-21. This included program trading associated with the Jan. 21 monthly expiration of stock-index options and futures.
Overseas Institutional Investors Contribute 30 Per Cent Of Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Turnover

Date 03/02/2000

The Stock Exchange's latest Members Transaction Survey shows that the contribution of local individual trading increased slightly from 41 per cent in 1998 to 45 per cent in 1999 and remained the largest component of total market turnover.
Oslo Stock Exchange Monthly Report: January Trading Record

Date 03/02/2000

Whether measured in number of trades or in kroner, activity in the stock market has never been as high as in January. Trading in the derivatives market was also unprecedented. The all-share index, which recorded unusually wide day-to-day fluctuations, dropped 2.1 per cent.