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Xetra Trading Continues After Interruption - Error In Operating System Software Likely Cause For Interruption

Date 18/07/2000

Trading in the electronic trading system Xetra was interrupted on Tuesday from 03.10 p.m. (CEST) for a good two hours. Trading restarted at 5.15 p.m. (CEST) with the so called pre-trading allowing orders to be entered into the system. The first trades occurred in a following auction at 6.30 p.m. (CEST). After that the system was switched to continuous trading.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 18/07/2000

Activity was more subdued this week with the index up 1.8%.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 18/07/2000

The AGM of BIHL will be held at the Gaborone Sun Conference Centre on Tuesday the 1st of August 2000 at 1600hrs.
Nymex Sets Launch Date For Mid-Columbia Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 17/07/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange today announced September 15 as the launch date for its electricity futures contract based on delivery in the Mid-Columbia River region.
Merger Information Document Published - Outline Of iX-International Exchanges Strategy And Merger Benefits; International Group Of Key Market Users To Advise Board; Board Members Nominated.

Date 17/07/2000

London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse have today published the Information Documents which provide shareholders with details of the proposed merger to create iX-international exchanges.

Final First-Half Nasdaq 2000 Results - Total Dollar Volume Increased 125 Percent Over The First Half Of 1999 - Record Share Volume Day Recorded in April

Date 17/07/2000

The dollar value of shares traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® increased dramatically in the first half of 2000. Total dollar volume in the first six months of this year climbed to $10.8 trillion. This represented a 125 percent increase from $4.8 trillion in the same period in 1999, a clear indication that investors traded more shares with greater value.
CME Announces July 25 Launch Date For E-mini Lean Hog Contract

Date 17/07/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced it will begin trading "E-mini" lean hog futures contracts-the first traditional agricultural commodity to be traded exclusively on the CME's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system -on Tuesday, July 25.
Canadian IPO Issuers Enjoy Cost Advantages

Date 17/07/2000

A recently released study by The Conference Board of Canada, "Going to Market, The Costs of IPOs in Canada and the United States", found that the costs of initial public offerings are lower in Canada than the U.S.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report - June

Date 15/07/2000

The total turnover of securities on the Exchange amounted to SIT 23.4 billion in June. It was much higher than the May figure of SIT 15.2 billion, which was the lowest monthly turnover this year. The total turnover in June 1999 was SIT 19.1 billion. The total value of SIT 125.9 billion of securities traded in the first six trading months of 2000 was SIT five billion above the 1999 figure for the same period.
Hang Seng Index - Replacement Of Cable & Wireless HKT Limited By Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited

Date 15/07/2000

In view of the rescheduling of the court proceedings relating to the merger of Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited (PCCW) and Cable & Wireless HKT Limited (CWHKT), HSI Services Limited today clarified that the replacement of CWHKT by PCCW in the Hang Seng Index and related constituent changes in the other indexes will be deferred accordingly.