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TIFFE: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 2 July 2001

Date 02/07/2001

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am (JST) on 2 July 2001, responding to the release of a BOJ's TANKAN report at 8:50am.
Nasdaq Makes Additional Price Adjustments

Date 02/07/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced that in light of the network interruptions experienced by Nasdaq® on Friday, June 29, 2001, particularly in the context of the annual rebalance of the Russell Indexes, Nasdaq® MarketWatch today and over the weekend adjusted Friday's closing prices for 35 Nasdaq issues.
LIFFE - Revised Trading Hours For Short Term Interest Rate ("STIR ") Futures And Options Contracts

Date 02/07/2001

From Monday 9 July LIFFE will be extending the trading times for the Three Month Sterling (Short Sterling) contracts and options on all Short Term Interest Rate Products.
Ivan Tyryshkin Has Been Elected RTS President

Date 02/07/2001

On 22 June 2001 at the General meeting of RTS members Ivan A. Tyryshkin, present Head of the Board of the National Association of Stock Market Participants, was elected the new President of the Exchange.
HEX Calculation Of New Technology Index Started Today

Date 02/07/2001

HEX started today the calculation of the new HEXTech technology stock index. The trading with derivatives based on HEXTech will start in the near future. In HEXTech, the weight of stocks of any single company is limited to twenty per cent. The index constituents include Nokia, Sonera, Tietoenator and Elisa Communications, Comptel, Elcoteq, F-Secure, Perlos, Jot Automation Group and Stonesoft.

Final Outcome For Next 150 Split Up Of Eridania Beghin-Say - Egide, Net2S And Riber Deleted From Next 150; Infovista To Remain In N150

Date 02/07/2001

Because of changed market conditions, the final result for the selection of Next 150 Index of the split up of Eridania Beghin-Say differs from the indication given in our press release earlier today. Based on the Market capitalisation of the close of Friday 29 June Egide, Net2S and Riber will be deleted from the Next 150 index, effective 2 July 2001.
Eurex Turns Over 324 Million Contracts In First Half Of 2001 - Six-Month Turnover 37 Percent Higher Than Previous Year - 53.2 Million Contracts In June - Eurex Capital Market Products World's Top Family Of Exchange-Traded Derivatives

Date 02/07/2001

Eurex, the world's Number One derivatives market, turned over 53.2 million contracts in June. This is almost 35 percent higher than the figure for June last year and just short of the figure for May 2001 (53.8 million contracts), the third-highest monthly total posted at Eurex to date. Turnover for the first half of the year shows a total of 324 million contracts traded, about 37 percent higher than the first six months of last year.
EEX Turns Over 1,415 Gwh On Integrated Spot And Futures Market In June - Continuing High Turnover In Spot Market - Stable Trading Volumes In Futures Market

Date 02/07/2001

The European Energy Exchange EEX released its turnover figures for the month of June on Monday: 1,415 gigawatt hours (GWh) were traded on the integrated spot and futures market. EEX is thus continuing to expand its position as the largest and most liquid electricity exchange in Continental Europe. The June total comprises 861 GWh in the spot market, and roughly 554 GWh in the futures market. The six-month total for the spot market this year is 4,356 GWh traded; some 3,346 GWh have been traded in
Details On Stock Exchange Of Thailand Corporatization Proposed Today

Date 02/07/2001

Mr. Vicharat Vichit-Vadakan, President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), today revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the SET have invited market participants organizations, including brokers, sub-brokers, listed companies, asset management companies and other related organizations to attend an Industry Hearing on SET corporatization. Previously, principles and objectives for this initiative were presented to all participants on September 22, 2000.
CME Volume in First Six Months Rises More Than 59 Percent To 191 Million - GLOBEX®2 Volume Increases 143 Percent

Date 02/07/2001

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) in June rose 62.4 percent over year-ago levels to set a new June record of 33.3 million contracts. For the six months ending June 2001, CME trading volume of more than 191 million increased more than 59 percent over 2000. The underlying value of the contracts traded in June totaled $22.9 trillion, while year-to-date underlying value of trading equals $135.7 trillion.