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Parisbourse Becomes First Exchange To Offer Access To Futures On Dow Jones Stoxx sm In The USA

Date 14/03/2000

ParisBourseSBF SA is the first exchange to receive authorization from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to market futures contracts on the Dow Jones Euro STOXXSM 50 and Dow Jones STOXXSM 50 indexes in the United States. The contracts can be traded like any United States product through Stateside trading screens.
Nymex To List Additional Strike Prices For Silver Options

Date 14/03/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange listed additional silver options strike prices today of 725, 750, 775, 800, 850, and 900 on the March 2001 contract.
Estimated First Day Volume in CME Agency Note Futures Nears 14,000 Contracts

Date 14/03/2000

Trading in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's 5- and 10-year agency note futures contracts made a strong debut Tuesday, with estimated volume approaching 14,000 contracts.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Officials Ring In Launch Of 5- and 10-Year Agency Note Futures

Date 14/03/2000

Officials from Fannie Mae® and Freddie Mac®joined Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) officials today to ring a ceremonial bell initiating trading in the CME's new 5- and 10-year agency note futures. The agency note futures contracts are based on Freddie Mac's Reference Notes and Fannie Mae's Benchmark Notes. The two agencies are the nation's largest home funding companies. The contracts will trade alongside the CME's bellwether Eurodollar contract, the most heavily traded U.S. interest rate f
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction

Date 14/03/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on March 14 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 7.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.

The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong February Statistics

Date 13/03/2000

The average daily turnover for the 19 trading days in February was HKD 22,088 million, an increase of 26 per cent compared with the previous month and 600 per cent as compared with the HKD 3,153 million in February 1999. Total turnover value for the month was HKD 419,666 million compared with HKD 367,325 million last month and HKD 53,606 million in February 1999.
The Montreal Exchange Names Luc Bertrand President And Chief Executive Officer

Date 13/03/2000

The Governing Committee of the Montreal Exchange has appointed Luc Bertrand as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Formerly Vice-President and Managing Director with the Institutional Sales Group at National Bank Financial, and Chairman of the Governing Committee of the Montreal Exchange, Mr. Bertrand will assume his new functions on March 29th.
NASD Launches Member Vote On Restructuring And Opens Subscription Period For The Initial Phase Of Nasdaq Private Placement

Date 13/03/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) today launched the member vote on its proposed restructuring and simultaneously opened the subscription period for the initial phase of the Nasdaq private placement.
LIFFE's FTSE Eurotop 100 Index Gains Access To The United

Date 13/03/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) received a 'No Action' letter from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday 10 March which will allow LIFFE's FTSE Eurotop 100 Index Futures contract to be offered and sold to US investors.
Gustaf Sahlman To Leave OM

Date 13/03/2000

On May 1, OM 's Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Gustaf Sahlman, will be leaving OM in order to take up the position of President for Polopoly, a company dedicated to the development of technical solutions for the Internet. Gustaf Sahlman has been with the OM since 1993 and has been in his current position since 1996.