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Tokyo Stock Exchange Vision For The New Year - Letter From The TSE President

Date 05/01/2000

My best wishes to you for this New Year and the new millennium. The Japanese 'Big Bang' has brought about dramatic changes in the Japanese financial market. At the same time, competition between domestic and international markets is ever intensifying.
SFE Secures Certainty For Users Of The SPI®

Date 05/01/2000

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has today signed an agreement with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) which ensures that SFE's premier equity product, the Share Price Index futures contract (SPI®), will continue to be based on the existing All Ordinaries Index (AOI) until September 2001.
SFE Has Successful First Day Of Year 2000 Trading

Date 05/01/2000

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) completed its first 24 hours of operation in the year 2000 without disruption.
NASD Board Unanimously Approves Major Restructuring

Date 05/01/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), announced that its Board of Governors yesterday has unanimously approved a major restructuring of the NASD.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Elects Officers, Directors For 2000

Date 05/01/2000

The membership of the Kansas City Board of Trade today has elected Daniel P. Maltby to the office of chairman for 2000.

Irish Stock Exchange And Deutsche Börse Announce Strategic Alliance - Deutsche Börse Acts As Systems Provider Offering Outsourcing Opportunities

Date 05/01/2000

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) and Deutsche Börse have signed a Letter of Intent to form an alliance under which Deutsche Börse would provide the ISE with electronic trading facilities, whereby the ISE will run its market on a special segment of the Xetra trading platform. The Exchanges expect to have the new electronic market for Irish stocks operational in the second quarter 2000. The joint venture will reduce costs for the market participants and the exchanges, widen the product range, increa
Hang Seng 100 Futures Set Volume Record

Date 05/01/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) has announced that Hang Seng 100 Futures volume rose to an all-time high of 1,189 contracts today, breaking the previous record of 821 contracts set on 28 April 1999. Hang Seng 100 Futures and Options were introduced in September 1998.
CBOT 1999 Volume At 254,561,215 Contracts

Date 05/01/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), yesterday announced total 1999 year-end volume of 254,561,215 contracts, marking six consecutive years CBOT topped 200 million contracts. December trading volume was 13,938,312.
CBOE Ends Year As The First Exchange To Average Over A Million Options Contracts Per Day

Date 05/01/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that it set new records in annual and monthly volume. Total exchange-wide volume soared to 254,331,851 contracts in 1999, accounting for a record year at CBOE that represents a 23% increase over the record setting 206,865,991 contracts traded in 1998. Average daily volume rose to 1,009,253 contracts in 1999, compared to 1998's record setting pace of 820,897 contracts. Exchange wide open interest reached an all-time year-end high, standing a
SFE Market Begins New Year Smoothly

Date 04/01/2000

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) opened for the first time in 2000 at 8.30am this morning, Tuesday 4 January, without disruption following the New Year changeover.