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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong enlarges the GEM Listing Committee

Date 01/09/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong amended the GEM Listing Rules and appointed additional members to the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) Listing Committee at a meeting of the Exchange Council today (Wednesday).
Record Volumes Set at Winnipeg Commodity Exchange During Fiscal Year

Date 01/09/1999

Several new Records were set in futures and OPtions volumes during Winnipeg Commodity Exchange's 1998/1999 fiscal year.
PHLX to Begin Trading Ten New Options

Date 01/09/1999

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX), announced today (August 31) that it will begin trading put and call options on 3Com Corporation (option/stock symbol: THQ/COMS), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (option/stock symbol: AMD), Applied Materials, Inc. (option/stock symbol: ANQ/AMAT), Compaq Computer Corporation (option/stock symbol: CPQ), Microsoft Corporation (option/stock symbol: MSQ/MSFT), Nike, Inc. (option/stock symbol: NKE), and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (stock symbol: SUQ/SUNW), upon the openi
LIFFE appoints new head of Non-Financial Products

Date 01/09/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) is pleased to announce that Bill Smit has been appointed as the Exchange's Head of Non-Financial Products. Mr Smit is a well-rounded and highly experienced Commodity Market professional. He has held senior management positions at Prudential-Bache, Berisford International and E F Hutton, and has had responsibility for both front and back office operations, and sales, working in the United States and Europe. Mr Smit was, until
KCBT August monthly volume overtakes all previous records for August

Date 01/09/1999

During the month of August, volume traded at the Kansas City Board of Trade transcended all previous records for the month of August. August volume of 272,203 contracts broke the previous record of 267,148 contracts, which was set in 1984.

Eurex Volume in August Almost Even with Total for 1998 - 245 Million Contracts Traded

Date 01/09/1999

Eurex, the German-Swiss derivatives exchange, is posting further increases in trading: Over 32 million contracts were traded on the world's largest derivatives market in August. Compared with the same month of last year, Eurex statistics show an increase in volume of about 5 million contracts. Over 245 million contracts were traded during the first eight months of 1999, an in-crease of 86 million contracts over the number traded during the same period of 1998. Thus, by the end of August 1999, t
August Volume At The CME Increases As E-MINI S&P 500 Monthly Futures Volume Pierces The One Million Contract Mark

Date 01/09/1999

Trading activity at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) increased 12.7 percent over the prior month's level as volume in all equity index contracts increased, including a new monthly record in the E-mini S&P 500 contract which for the first time surpassed the one million contract level.
379 Billion EURO in Turnover on the German Stock Exchanges in August

Date 01/09/1999

Volume of 378.9 billion EURO was traded in equities, fixed-income securities and warrants on the German stock exchanges in August, with 192.26 billion EURO of this amount being traded in equities.
TIFFE Euroyen Contracts Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier on August 31

Date 31/08/1999

Trading hours for Euroyen contracts will start from 8:45a.m. on August 31, 1999 responding to MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry)'s announcement that the Preliminary Report on Indices of Industrial Production, Producer's Shipments and Producer's Inventory (Jul. 99) will be released at 8:50a.m. on this day.
The OM Stockholm Exchange Appoints new Chairman

Date 31/08/1999

Per E Larsson, OM Gruppen's President and Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed the new Chairman of the OM Stockholm Exchange's Board.