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Chicago Stock Exchange Growth Remains Strong In Third Quarter - Third Quarter Trade Volume Up 132 Percent Over 1999 - Third Quarter Share Volume Up 97 Percent Over 1999 - Seat Prices Hit Record Levels During Third Quarter

Date 10/10/2000

The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) announced continued strong volume in the third quarter. For the quarter ended September 30, 2000, total trade volume reached 15,163,100, up 132 percent over the third quarter of 1999, while share volume ended at 6,454,177,006, an increase of 97 percent.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Annual Meeting And Board Election Set For April 18, 2001

Date 10/10/2000

From Scott Gordon, Chairman of the Board and James J McNulty, President and CEO October 10, 2000 To All Members: Last week, the CME Board of Directors voted to defer our annual election and annual meeting until April 18, 2001. Additionally, the Board approved holding all future elections and annual meetings during the month of April.
ASX Ownership Limits Freed Up

Date 10/10/2000

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today announced plans to free up the ownership limits on the Australian Stock Exchange.
TIFFE To Downsize U.S. Dollar-Japanese Yen Currency Futures

Date 09/10/2000

The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) has announced that its U.S Dollar-Japanese Yen Currency Futures will be downsized to one-fifth on 1st November 2000. The contract size is to be changed from US$50,000 to US$10,000, and the tick value from \2,500 to \500. In accordance with this downsizing, the exchange fee is also reduced to \20 per contract on one-way basis, which is one-fifth of the current \100.
Oslo Stock Exchange: Changes To The Standard Agreement For Secondary Listing

Date 09/10/2000

The Oslo Stock Exchange has decided to make changes to the standard secondary listing agreement for companies which maintain a primary listing on a foreign stock exchange. It has come to the attention of the Oslo Stock Exchange that it very often proves difficult for a company which maintains one or more secondary listings in addition to its primary listing to operate with two or more separate sets of regulations. While companies with a secondary listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange are subject to

OM To Introduce Sweden’s First Exchange Traded Fund - XACTOMX - On October 30

Date 09/10/2000

Everything is in place for trading to commence in Sweden’s first exchange traded fund - XACTOMX - on Monday, October 30, 2000, through a listing on the OM Stockholm Exchange’s Fund list.
Mini-HSI Futures First-Day Trading Volume Reaches 986 Contracts

Date 09/10/2000

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) Mini-HSI Futures contract debuted today (Monday) with trading volume of 986 contracts.
LME Select

Date 09/10/2000

The London Metal Exchange (LME) announced today that its new trading system would be called LME Select. Chief Executive, David King, made this announcement to the 300 international delegates who had gathered for the LME seminar at the QEII Centre, Westminster this morning.
Eurex Introduces Repo Trading - SWX Repo Dealings To Be Integrated Into Eurex/Access Via Internet

Date 09/10/2000

The SWX Swiss Exchange and Eurex have announced that they will cooperate in the trading of repos (sale and repurchase agreements). To that purpose, SWX-Repo, the existing electronic repo-trading platform of the SWX Swiss Exchange, has been integrated into Eurex as of 1 October and from now on will be operated as an independent segment under the name of Eurex-Repo. Eurex intends to offer this repo market, with its fully integrated clearing and settlement capacity, to institutional participants wo
Driss Bencheikh Named Director General Casablanca Stock Exchange

Date 09/10/2000

The Casablanca Stock Exchange has named Driss Bencheikh as its new director general to replace Fathiya Bennis. Before being appointed by the Exchange's board as director general, Bencheikh held the bourse secretary general position for the last four years.