FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index: 99,528.30 -126.12

News Centre

News

Amsterdam Exchanges: Invensys Extends And Amends Its Bid For Baan

Date 26/07/2000

In a press release dated 26 July 2000, Invensys plc announced that it has extended its bid for Baan Company N.V. (Baan) until 5.59 a.m. Dutch time on 2 August 2000.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Futures On The TechWIG Index

Date 25/07/2000

On August 1, 2000, the Warsaw Stock Exchange starts trading futures contracts on the TechWIG index.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Revision Of Deliverable Grade For JGB Futures

Date 25/07/2000

Tokyo Stock Exchange will revise the deliverable grade for JGB Futures on 11th September 2000, as follows.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For July 2000

Date 25/07/2000

As of mid-July, short interest in 3,866 Nasdaq National Market® securities totalled 2,880,449,686 compared with 2,749,065,611 shares in 3,842 National Market issues for the month of June.
The Future Of The FUTOP Market

Date 25/07/2000

At a meeting on 20 June 2000, the Board of Directors of the FUTOP Clearing Centre decided that the solution for the Danish derivatives market would be to: move share derivatives and derivatives on the KFX Index to the Swedish trading system CLICK; interest rate derivatives are transferred to SAXESS, and all products are cleared via the Swedish SECUR instead of the FUTOP system.

SEC To Establish Advisory Committee On Market Information

Date 25/07/2000

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is establishing a federal advisory committee to assist it in evaluating issues relating to the public availability of market information in the equities and options markets. The Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Market Information will have a broad mandate to explore both fundamental matters, such as the benefits of price transparency and consolidated market information, and practical issues such as the most ef
Revision Of Foreign Shares In All-Share And Sub-Group Indices Of Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 25/07/2000

The number of foreign shares in the All-Share and sub-group indices of the CSE has been revised on 1 August 2000.
Paris Bourse Midcap Trading Data - Trading In Midcaps Reaches Record Highs In 1st-Half 2000 - June Figures Steady

Date 25/07/2000

Mid-size stocks traded on the Second Marché and Nouveau Marché in Paris turned in a record performance in the first half of 2000, with transactions totaling EUR 20.33 bn compared with EUR 15.8 bn for the whole of 1999. The number of trades reached 6.5 million, nearly twice the full-year 1999 figure of 3.7 million.
NYSE Proposes To Start Decimal-Pricing Pilot On Aug. 28

Date 25/07/2000

The New York Stock Exchange, together with a securities-industry committee on decimal pricing, has proposed to the Securities and Exchange Commission an Aug. 28 start date for the decimal-pricing pilot for NYSE-listed stocks.
NYBOT And NYMEX Litigation Dismissed Regarding Clearing Member

Date 25/07/2000

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) today announced a settlement of the litigation between the respective exchanges relating to the suspension of a clearing member, Klein & Co. Futures, Inc., from NYBOT and its clearinghouse, the New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC).