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Deutsche Börse AG: Annual General Meeting Approves Record-High Dividend - Supervisory Board Newly Elected

Date 04/05/2000

At the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, the shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG approved the payment of a dividend of 8 euros per share. Unappropriated profit for the year in business year 1999, amounting to 58.72 million euros, will be distributed. The shareholders also released the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG from their responsibilities for business year 1999.
CME Announces New Cash Options On Lean Hog, Feeder Cattle Indexes

Date 04/05/2000

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) yesterday approved listing cash index options on the CME Lean Hog Index™ and the CME Feeder Cattle Index™. The options would be listed with expirations in months for which no futures contracts are listed on the CME, providing producers the opportunity to more finely tune their risk management during all 12 months of the year.
Sydney Futures Exchange Appoints New CEO

Date 03/05/2000

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) announced today that Mr Robert Elstone is to be the Exchange's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Elstone, 46, will begin work at SFE within the next few weeks as soon as he has fulfilled his current commitments.
Singapore Exchange To Launch STI Futures

Date 03/05/2000

The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT) and SPH Data Services Pte Ltd (SPHDS) announced today that SGX-DT has been granted a licence by SPHDS to create and trade futures and options contracts based on the Straits Times Index (STI). The SGX STI futures contract will be launched on 28 June 2000, while the STI options contract may be listed later in the year.
NYMEX To Decrease Palladium Futures Margins

Date 03/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will decrease the margins on its palladium futures contracts at the close of business today for July 2000 and beyond. The initial margins will be lowered to $5,000 from $15,000 for clearing members; to $5,500 from $16,500 for members; and to $6,750 from $20,250 for customers.

Nasdaq Europe Ltd. Announces A Joint Venture With The Combined London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse To Provide A Globally Linked, Pan-European Trading Platform For New Economy Companies

Date 03/05/2000

Nasdaq Europe Ltd. today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of a joint venture with iX (comprised of the London Stock Exchange and the Deutsche Börse) to provide for a wide ranging, globally linked pan-European market for the listing and trading of initial public offerings, US and Asian and other international securities and "new economy" stocks from all across Europe.
London Stock Exchange And Deutsche Börse To Merge To Create iX - Agreement With Nasdaq To Create A High Growth Market

Date 03/05/2000

London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse today announce their plans for a merger of equals to create a new company, to be called iX. In addition, iX and Nasdaq have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a pan-European, high growth market.
London Metal Exchange April Volume

Date 03/05/2000

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,388,860 lots in April. This figure was made up of 5,029,987 lots of futures, 349,743 lots of options and 9,130 lots of TAPOs. The new LMEX contract traded 4.,451 lots of futures.
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 2/5 2000

Date 03/05/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on May 2 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 19.3 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
CBOT Members Traded 19,155,133 Contracts In April, With Agricultural Volume Up 9.1% Year-To-Date

Date 03/05/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 19,155,133 contracts for April 2000. April Highlights Included: Total exchange month-end open interest: 5,143,123; CBOT average daily volume: 1,008,165; Project A® monthly total: 860,607; Project A average daily volume: 45,295; Agricultural Futures and Options were up 9.1% Year-To-Date (YTD); 10-Year Agency Futures set a monthly volume record at 92,475, and a daily open interest record on April 28, at 29,946; 10-Year Agency O