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New Participant On SWX: swissfirst Bank AG, Zurich

Date 11/08/2000

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted swissfirst Bank AG, Zurich, as a participant. The new participant will commence trading activities on the SWX platform on Monday, 14 August 2000.
International Securities Exchange Trades One-Millionth Contract - ISE Establishes Successful Marketplace

Date 11/08/2000

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has announced that it traded its one-millionth contract on August 8, just ten weeks since the launch of trading on the first fully electronic options exchange in the U.S.
Iceland Statistical Bureau: New Index Values, Effective 01.September 2000.

Date 11/08/2000

New values of indices calculated by Iceland Statistical Bureau become effective 01.Sept.2000. CPI for month of September is 199,1 (now 200,1) and CTI for month of September is 3931 (now 3951). Intra-month daily adjustment used by Iceland Stock Exchange will be -5,835% p.a. for the CPI and -5,908% p.a. for the CTI until the end of the month.
CME Announces Revised Trading Hours For Dairy Products Beginning August 14

Date 11/08/2000

Trading hours for dairy futures and options products on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will be revised beginning with the start of trading on Monday, Aug. 14, 2000, the CME announced.
Chicago Stock Exchange Surpasses 1999 Total Annual Volume In The First Seven Months Of 2000

Date 11/08/2000

The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) exceeded its total 1999 annual volume in the first seven months of 2000, propelled by a record July in terms of trade and share volume. Total trade volume in July finished at 5,011,303, an increase of 132 percent over last year, while share volume reached 2,006,855,484, up 89 percent from July 1999.

Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics - July

Date 11/08/2000

Riga July has turned out to be a busy month for the Latvian capital market. Total trading volume amounted to EUR 56.81 million (a 42.3% increase over the previous month), equity turnover contributing EUR 16.46 million (a 154.55% increase over June) and debt trading - EUR 30.35 million. Equity market capitalisation at the end of the month was LVL 261.75 million (EUR 462.99 million). In comparison to the close of the previous month, the market has lost some of its value (Dow Jones RSE i
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong: The Release Of News On The Teletext Regarding Pacific Century Group's Disposal Of Shares In Pacific Century Cyberworks

Date 10/08/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong makes the following information available to clarify a report in a newspaper today (Thursday) concerning the release of the news regarding Pacific Century Group Holdings Limited's disposal of shares in Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited (PCCW) on the Teletext on 9 August 2000.
Program Trading Averaged 24.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 31 - Aug. 4

Date 10/08/2000

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 July 31 - Aug. 4.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures, TSR20 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 10/08/2000

On July 31, OME RSS3 futures opened steadier on short-covering and buying by bulls due to the yen's weakness against the U.S. dollar. The current August and distant January contracts rose by 1.2 yen and 2.1 yen to 73.00 yen and 84.50 yen, respectively. Toward the month-end, the increase in the number of market participants were observed: they perceived that the recent sharp rise as the sign of the market bottoming out after the downward trend that had continued for about 5 and a half year
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 10/08/2000

On July 31, OME Aluminium futures opened little changed as buyers kept to the sidelines in the absence of market-moving factors with distant July contract at 168.6 yen, up 0.2 yen from the last Friday's close.