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LIFFE Trades Record £358 billion Per Day In January 2001

Date 05/02/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded a record average daily nominal value of £358 billion (?565 billion) and a record monthly total value of £7,873 billion (?12,439 billion) in January 2001, an increase of 80% on January 2000.
HKEx Seeks Partners In Provision Of Electronic Support Services

Date 05/02/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has invited service providers to respond to a Request for Expression of Interest (RFI) to provide additional electronic support services to brokers.
East West Bancorp, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning February 12, 2001

Date 05/02/2001

East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBC) of San Marino, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Friday, February 12, 2001. East West Bancorp, Inc. will replace Bank United Corporation (Nasdaq: BNKU), which is being acquired.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Equity Market Opened 2001 With Handsome Performance

Date 05/02/2001

In January 2001, equity trading amounted to DKK 80.4 billion, up from DKK 57.9 billion in January last year. The value of average daily trading amounted to DKK 3.7 billion, a 33 per cent rise on January 2000, and 3 per cent higher than in December 2000.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Daily Settlement Prices For Futures Contracts

Date 05/02/2001

Settlement prices for listed futures contracts are now available on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's homepage.

CBOE Sets New Single-Day Trading Record In January

Date 05/02/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) began the new year with a strong start by setting new records for single-day and monthly January volume. 2,501,747 contracts traded on January 19, the first time that single-day total volume ever passed 2 1/2 million contracts at CBOE. In January, average daily volume was 1,436,342 contracts, the seventeenth consecutive month that average daily volume has exceeded a million contracts per day at CBOE.
CBOE Adds Options On iSharesSM S&P 100® Index Fund (OEF)

Date 05/02/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that the trading of options on the iSharesSM S&P 100® Index Fund (ticker symbol OEF) will commence Wednesday, February 7. OEF is an exchange-traded fund that trades exclusively at CBOE. It seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 100® Index.
Australian Stock Exchange: Enterprise Market

Date 05/02/2001

Following an extensive analysis of Enterprise Market, Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) has decided to cease its involvement in the business.
Australian Stock Exchange Acquires Stake In Orient Capital

Date 05/02/2001

Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (ASX) announced today that it had acquired a 50% interest in Orient Capital Pty Ltd (Orient), Australia's leading strategic investor relations consultancy, for an undisclosed sum.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 04/02/2001

The marked spiked up a little as it gained 0.8% on strength in banks.