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  • Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

    Date 29/02/2000

    Distant month: opening 88.80 yen, a high 92.90 (Feb. 22), low 84.50 yen (Feb. 25), closing 84.70 yen. On February 21, OME RSS3 futures market opened slightly easier on long-liquidation due to the firmer yen with distant month falling to 88.8 yen. On the next day, the distant month went higher to 92.90 yen on fresh buying as the yen plunged to the 111 yen level. On February 23, the current month expired higher than expected at 77.90 yen as trading houses covered roughly a half of their positio

  • Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

    Date 29/02/2000

    Distant month : opening 180.5 yen, a high 182.2 yen (Feb 22), a low 178.2 yen (Feb. 24), closing 179.9 yen. On February 21, OME Aluminium Futures opened easier as buyers kept to the sidelines with distant January contract unchanged from the Friday's close at 180.5 yen. In the afternoon, distant month steadied to 181.9 yen on light buying as LME three months aluminium managed to stay above the resistance at $1,630.

  • Nymex Sets Record Copper Volume

    Date 29/02/2000

    Copper futures trading set a daily volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday when 35,444 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 35,168 contracts traded on June 25, 1999.

  • Nasdaq Lead In The UK Grows With 36 Percent Name Recognition

    Date 29/02/2000

    Independent research carried out by MORI in January has revealed that The Nasdaq Stock Market® has increased its lead as the UK's most recognised stock market with name recognition outstripping any other foreign stock market.

  • Nasdaq Breaks Single-Day Share Volume Record - Composite Index Also Climbs To A Record High

    Date 29/02/2000

    The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that it experienced its heaviest trading session ever, with preliminary figures showing more than 2.078 billion shares changed hands. All of Nasdaq's top ten share volume days have occurred this year with year-to-date daily share volume averaging 1.724 billion shares.

  • E-mini S&P 500 Sets Volume Record

    Date 29/02/2000

    Volume in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's E-mini S&P 500 futures contract reached a record 82,817 contracts Feb. 28, as electronically traded volume in all equity index products rose to a record 114,439 contracts.

  • CME Expands Daily Price Limit On Nikkei 225 Index

    Date 29/02/2000

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has expanded the daily price limit for its Nikkei 225 index contracts to 1,500 index points effective with the start of trading tomorrow, March 1.

  • CLEARNET SBF SA Closer To Becoming Central Counterparty For Trades In Italian Government Securities.

    Date 29/02/2000

    CLEARNET SBF SA, the central counterpart and netting organisation for regulated and OTC markets in France, is set to become the clearing house for MTS cash trades in Italian government debt. CLEARNET will also be clearing MTS sell/buy backs in Italian government debt.

  • Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction

    Date 29/02/2000

    The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on February 29 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 14.3 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.

  • Bahrain Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report

    Date 29/02/2000

    Last week the index dropped to its lowest level since September 1997. The market experienced another lackluster week characterised with thin volumes. Trading continued to be focused on a few scrips namely Investcorp, BIB and BMB. For the past four weeks, BIB has been amongst the top three most actively traded stocks.