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CME Sets New Single-Day Volume Record For Currency Trading On GLOBEX®2 Electronic System

Date 16/08/2001

Electronic trading of currency futures at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to a new single-day volume record of 25,314 contracts yesterday, August 15. The previous single-day currency volume record for electronic trading on CME's GLOBEX®2 system was set June 12 at 23,123 contracts. Yesterday's total currency volume reached 150,591 contracts.
CBOE Trading Schedule For Labor Day Holiday

Date 16/08/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Labor Day holiday:
CBOE MNX(sm) Sets Single-Day Volume Record

Date 16/08/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) celebrated the one-year anniversary of trading the CBOE Mini-NDX (symbol MNXSM) with record setting volume. A single-day volume record in the Nasdaq-100 Index, MNXSM, was established today with an estimated 86,853 contracts trading. The MNX was launched on August 14, 2000 as an exclusive CBOE product.
Stockholmbörsen And Oslo Børs To Co-operate On Market Surveillance

Date 15/08/2001

Oslo Børs and Stockholmsbörsen have signed a Letter of Intent for the further development of the Oslo Børs market surveillance product obSurveX.
SGX Press Statement - Fair Settlement Price And Settlement Procedures Of Links Island Shares

Date 15/08/2001

Several letters have appeared in the newspapers following the exchange's announcement in respect of Links Island Holdings Ltd of a "fair settlement" price, and settlement procedures for outstanding share transactions made on 14, 15 and 16 August 2000.

Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For July 2001

Date 15/08/2001

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 1,692.4 points at the end of July, an increase of 7.3 points from the closing value at the end of June.
HKFE Revises Margins for Stock Futures

Date 15/08/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Wednesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 17 August 2001, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are the result of a regular review of market conditions and are based on the clea
Deutsche Börse Posts Further Increases In Second Quarter - 23 Percent Increase In Sales Against Previous Year - 19 Percent Growth In Earnings (EBIT)

Date 15/08/2001

Deutsche Börse AG posted another substantial increase in sales and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) during the second quarter of the current fiscal year. On Wednesday, the company reported that sales during the second quarter had increased 23 percent to 182.9 million euros, compared with the second quarter of 2000. The EBIT of 70.3 million euros is 19 percent higher than the second-quarter performance last year. For the first half of 2001, sales of 374.6 million euros and EBIT of 160.
U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission Adopts Rules For Futures Markets Trading Futures On Individual Stocks And Narrow-Based Indexes To Register And File Proposed Rule Changes

Date 14/08/2001

On August 13, 2001, the Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules to implement provisions in the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 that allow futures markets to register as national securities exchanges by filing a written notice with the Commission and to file proposed rule changes using an expedited process. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 authorizes trading of futures on individual stocks and narrow-based stock indexes. Trading between eligible contract
Nymex To Introduce Calendar Spread Options

Date 14/08/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would introduce calendar spread options contracts for light, sweet crude oil and Brent crude oil on September 21; natural gas and heating oil on October 5; and unleaded gasoline on October 12.