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  • PHLX Posts Record Breaking Volume For 1999 - PHLX Equity And Index Options Volume Reaches All Time Record

    Date 06/01/2000

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's (PHLX) just-released 1999 figures reveal that volume in PHLX's 950 equity options reached an all-time annual record of 44,281,558 contracts traded, an increase of 18% over last year's annual volume when 37,473,343 contracts changed hands. In addition, equity options volume for the month of December reached a monthly volume record when 4,261,170 contracts traded, a 38% increase over December, 1998 when 3,088,325 contracts changed hands.

  • Nymex Board Approves Demutualization Plan

    Date 06/01/2000

    The New York Mercantile Exchange board of directors last night unanimously approved a demutualization plan which will convert the Exchange from a not-for-profit membership structure to a for-profit organization.

  • LIFFE Trades £197 Billion A Day In 1999

    Date 06/01/2000

    The value of contracts traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) averaged £197bn (EUR317bn) per day throughout 1999. The total nominal value traded for the year was £50,319bn (EUR81,000bn) making LIFFE the largest exchange in Europe and the second largest exchange in the world by value. The Exchange traded a total of 117,783,881 futures and options contracts in 1999.

  • Final 1999 Trading Volume, IPOs Star At The NYSE

    Date 06/01/2000

    The New York Stock Exchange set records in 1999 for trading volume and initial public offerings, listing more than 94 percent of the year's qualified domestic IPOs. The Exchange this year reached record trading levels on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Average daily trading volume was a record 809.2 million shares1, a 20.1 percent increase over last year's 673.6 million share average. A total of 203.9 billion shares were traded, up 20.2 percent over the 1998 volume of 169.7

  • 1999: Amsterdam Exchanges Looks Back On A Good Year

    Date 06/01/2000

    Despite gloomy predictions, 1999 turned out to be a good year for Amsterdam Exchanges. Once again the AEX index broke record after record. In contrast to many expectations, this rally chiefly occurred in December, just before the changeover to the new millennium. The AEX index finally closed on 30 December at 671.41 points, its highest closing price ever.