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Engage Appointed As Exclusive Ad Sales Representative For The London Stock Exchange - WWW.Londonstockexchange.Com Accepts Advertising For The First Time

Date 13/12/2000

The London Stock Exchange has decided to accept advertising for the first time on their website www.londonstockexchange.com, and has appointed Engage, Inc., the industry source for both enterprise marketing software and interactive media, to exclusively handle both the advertising sales, and ad serving. The London Stock Exchange appointed Engage following a competitive pitch.
EEX Derivatives Market Starts In First Quarter 2001 - Enlarged Group Of Participants Through Trading In Derivatives Products On Electricity - Two Futures On Base Load And Peak Load

Date 13/12/2000

Derivatives trading in electricity at the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will begin in the first quarter of 2001, as the company announced in Frankfurt on Wednesday. The two futures contracts will be based on the electricity indices for base-load and peak-load blocks that EEX calculates and publishes as of December 11, and will have terms of one to 18 months. Trading will be carried out on the Eurex trading system, which is also used by Eurex, the world's leading derivatives exchange. Trading h
CME Christmas And New Year's Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 13/12/2000

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays:
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics November 2000

Date 13/12/2000

The Riga Stock Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of Lithuania, assisted by international investment bank Lazard, organized Baltic capital market road show in London on November 9, 2000, in order to introduce Baltic capital markets and the largest Baltic companies to London based financial investors. Telecommunication companies from all three Baltic states, gas companies from Latvia and Lithuania and an Estonian bank were be represented at the road show.
Australian Derivatives Exchange Launch Set For 12 January

Date 13/12/2000

The Australian Derivatives Exchange (ADX) today announced Friday 12 January as its launch date, with 17 of the 24 signed ADX participants already connected and capable of trading on day one.

The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong - Nine Exchange Participants To Join Rollout Of Additional Broker Supplied Systems

Date 12/12/2000

Nine Exchange Participants will join the 15 December (Friday) introduction of additional Broker Supplied Systems (BSS) of AMS/3, the Third Generation Automatic Order Matching and Execution System.
Standard & Poor's – Index Adjustment

Date 12/12/2000

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Thursday, December 14, 2000 the relative weights of the companies in the TSE and S&P/TSE Canadian Indices will be adjusted. The relative weight change reflects the quarterly update to the float shares of various companies. Changes to the indices are in accordance with TSE 300 Composite Index Maintenance Policies.
OM Stockholm Exchange changes rules for Attract 40 prior to half-year review

Date 12/12/2000

On July 3 this year the OM Stockholm Exchange introduced the new Attract 40 sector into the exchange's O-list. During the course of the autumn the trading pattern of the O-list changed, which under the original rules would mean that only 12 companies have qualified for inclusion in the sector. For this reason the rules for the Attract 40 sector are being changed.
Nymex To Increase Natural Gas Margins

Date 12/12/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise the margins on its Henry Hub natural gas contract at the close of business tomorrow to $14,000 from $12,000 for clearing members; to $ 15,400 from $13,200 for members; and to $18,900 from $16,200 for customers.
Nasdaq Appoints David P. Warren Chief Administrative Officer

Date 12/12/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® has announced that David P. Warren has been appointed Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), effective January 2, 2001. As CAO, Warren, 46, will report to Richard G. Ketchum, Nasdaq’s president, and will be directly responsible for human resources, purchasing, facilities, and real estate administration. This is a new position created as a result of the pending separation of Nasdaq from its parent, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.