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Amendment to the Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Listing Rules

Date 27/12/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has amended Rule 8.08 of the Exchange Listing Rules. The rule change will come into effect on December 30, 1999.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Communiqué - Trading Holidays

Date 24/12/1999

The Warsaw Stock Exchange would like to remind that on December 24 (Friday), December 30 (Thursday) and December 31, 1999 (Friday) there will be no trading sessions on the Exchange. The WSE offices will be open on these dates.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Communiqué - Fee Schedule Of The WSE Has Been Revised.

Date 24/12/1999

The member firms have been exempted from fees concerning USD and EURO futures, up to June 30, 2000. From January 1, 2000 the trading fee for WIG20 futures (for opening and closing transactions) will be lowered to PLN 4 (previously PLN 5) for each contract.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Communiqué - Changes to WSE Articles of Association

Date 24/12/1999

On December 17, 1999 the WSE Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders decided on raising the WSE share capital to the amount of PLN 42 million (previously PLN 21 million), through the increase of the nominal value of shares from PLN 350 to PLN 700. At the same time the meeting introduced changes to the WSE Articles of Association (Statutes) and approved changes to the Exchange Supervisory Board's Regulations.
Singapore Exchange Press Statement

Date 24/12/1999

The Central Depository Pte Ltd (CDP) has received a proposal from Effective Capital Sdn Bhd (ECSB) for migration of Clob securities. CDP is seeking legal advice and will make an announcement soon.

Program Trading Averaged 24.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 13-17

Date 24/12/1999

The New York Stock Exchange yesterday released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 13-17. The data indicated that during Dec. 13-17, program trading amounted to 24.7 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,091.5 million shares, or 269.8 million shares a day. This included program trading associated with the Dec. 17 quarterly expiration of stock-index options and futures.
Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock Tops $6 Billion in Assets

Date 24/12/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® reported yesterday that total assets in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM (Amex: QQQ) rose to a record level of $6 billion as of the previous day's close. The Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock is composed of Exchange-traded securities that represent ownership in the Nasdaq-100 TrustSM, a unit investment trust designed to track the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® .
Important Update To Gemstar International Group Limited's Inclusion In The Nasdaq-100 Index

Date 24/12/1999

Due to Y2K preparedness efforts, The Nasdaq Stock Market® will accelerate the component change to the Nasdaq-100 Index® sooner than planned. Gemstar International Group Limited (Nasdaq:GMST) will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index, effective at the beginning of trading Thursday, December 30, 1999. Shares of Gemstar will also be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM (Amex:QQQ). Gemstar will replace Qwest Communications International Inc., which is delisting from Nasdaq® . The
RTS Trading Session On December 31

Date 23/12/1999

In accordance with the RTS Board of Directors decision on December 31, 1999 the RTS trading session will be from 11:00 till 14:00. The next RTS trading session will take place on January 5, 2000 in usual mode.
Meeting Of All Indian Stock Exchanges Held On December 20, 1999

Date 23/12/1999

The Meeting of all the Stock Exchanges was held to discuss the issues related to Survival of Small Stock Exchanges, Y2K preparedness of the Stock Exchanges and stock brokers and other issues. The following decisions were taken in the meeting.