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  • Bahrain Stock Exchange Weekly Report

    Date 03/01/2000

    Bahrain Stock Exchange index was up 2.1% last week and thereby ended 1999 with a marginally positive return of 1.1%. Similar to previous week, most of the week's increase in the index can be accounted for by extraordinary gains on some selected stocks that resulted from efforts of window dressing by some institutional investors. There was also a marked improvement in the turnover as the volume and value of shares traded jumped by 234% and 195%, respectively. However, the advance decline ratio de

  • 1999 Volume At Kansas City Board Of Trade Exceeds Previous Record By Nearly 10%

    Date 03/01/2000

    The Kansas City Board of Trade had more contracts change hands in 1999 than ever before in its 143-year history, concluding the century with success.

  • Y2K: HK's Financial Sector To Open For Business Tomorrow As Usual

    Date 02/01/2000

    The financial services sector of Hong Kong, including the banking industry, the securities and futures industry and the insurance industry, will open for business as normal tomorrow (January 3), a spokesman for the Financial Sector Emergency Co-ordination Centre (FSECC) said today (Sunday). The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has confirmed that all authorised institutions in Hong Kong have completed wellness checks of their mission critical systems and have not identified any problem. The H

  • The Tel-Aviv Exchange To Resume Trading Monday

    Date 02/01/2000

    The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange announced that it successfully completed its final Y2K test today, signaling that the Exchange is ready to resume full operations tomorrow.

  • Results of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong 's Simulated Trading

    Date 02/01/2000

    All trading members of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong reported they had encountered no Y2K related exceptions during yesterday's simulated trading.

  • Millennium Update Issued By The LSE Nerve Centre Following A Checkpoint At 1600 on 2 January 2000

    Date 02/01/2000

    The Exchange has completed external confidence testing and no date-related problems have been found. Systems are operating normally and so we will not be invoking our contingency day tomorrow (Monday 3 January).

  • Millennium Update Issued By The LSE Nerve Centre Following A Checkpoint At 0800 On 2 January 2000

    Date 02/01/2000

    The Exchange has continued to monitor its systems overnight. No date related problems have been found and we have confirmed that external confidence testing will commence as planned with selected market participants.

  • London Metal Exchange Y2K Compliance Verification Completed - 3.30pm. 2 January 2000

    Date 02/01/2000

    Verification testing of all LME systems and their connections with member firms have now been completed and all systems have been found to operate normally. The LME has also received status reports from its members, the clearing house, warehouse operators and their agents and the warrant depository confirming that they have tested their operations and are Y2K compliant. Commenting today David King, chief executive of the LME, said: "The LME has now successfully completed its comprehensive pr

  • LIFFE Y2K Status Report

    Date 02/01/2000

    Internal testing of LIFFE systems has now been completed and no issues have been found. Member connectivity testing has now been completed and no issues have been identified. The Exchange expects to be open for business as usual on 4th January 2000.

  • KLSE Y2K Rollover Successful

    Date 02/01/2000

    The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has successfully completed its rollover to the year 2000.