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NYSE To Extend 2 Weeks Trading In ADR Of PT Tri Polyta Indonesia

Date 03/03/2000

The New York Stock Exchange announced today that trading in the American Depositary Receipt (ADR) of PT Tri Polyta Indonesia (the "Company") -- ticker symbol TPI-will be extended for two weeks in order to allow for additional time to effectuate an orderly transition to an alternate market. Trading now will be suspended prior to the opening on Monday, March 20, 2000.
KFX Index Set Second Record In Succession.

Date 03/03/2000

The KFX Index closed the day at 287.11 - 41 per cent higher than the corresponding day last year. The previous high of 280.53 was reached yesterday.
FTSE International And Reuters Join Forces On Industry Classification

Date 03/03/2000

FTSE International and Reuters today announce plans to classify nearly 35,000 companies in the Reuters database of equities using the FTSE Global Classification System for the global equities markets. The service will be jointly produced and Reuters will disseminate the FTSE - Reuters Classification Service through its 3000 Xtra services worldwide.
Durum Wheat Futures Contract Amendments Approved

Date 03/03/2000

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE) announced changes to the durum wheat futures contract, traded on the Exchange since February 1998. These changes were approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on February 28, 2000.
CME Reacts To SEC-CFTC Letter On Single Stock Futures

Date 03/03/2000

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chairman Scott Gordon and President and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNulty today responded to a joint SEC-CFTC letter about single stock futures and the Shad/Johnson Accord sent yesterday to Senate and House leaders:

ASX Share Day - Understanding The Trick Of The Trade

Date 03/03/2000

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) will hold its annual Share Day on Saturday 4 March 2000, at the Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide to assist members of the public interested in share investment to understand how the sharemarket works.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong - Compensation for C.A. Pacific Securities And Chark Fung Securities Claimants

Date 02/03/2000

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Sydney Futures Exchange's Market Disruption

Date 02/03/2000

2 March 2000: At 3.55pm EST today, the market of the Sydney Futures Exchange was halted due to a systems failure, preventing the last 35 minutes of the day's trading and delaying the opening of the evening session until 7.05pm EST.
Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Enjoys Another Month Of Strong Growth In Volume And Open Interest

Date 02/03/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT) is pleased to announce figures showing robust growth in its total trading volume and open interest in the month of February 2000. A total of 4,350,812 contracts have been traded from January to February 2000, up 12.40% from the 3,870,825 contracts traded in the same period last year. Open interest has leaped 16.5% to 1,081,786 contracts at end February 2000, from 928,589 contracts at end February 1999.
Program Trading Averaged 19.8 Percent of NYSE Volume During Feb. 22-25

Date 02/03/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 22-25. The data indicated that during Feb. 22-25, program trading amounted to 19.8 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,063.4 million shares, or 211.0 million shares a day.