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CBOT/MIDAM Thanksgiving Day Schedule

Date 16/11/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Thanksgiving Day holiday trading schedules:
500 Companies On Xetra Have Designated Sponsors - Deutsche Börse Introduces New Performance Rating Model

Date 16/11/1999

The number of companies with so-called Designated Sponsors to provide for additional liquidity has increased further: At the beginning of November, over 500 companies had Designated Sponsors for trading in their shares.
NYMEX Board Votes To Lower Delivery Discount For Forties Blend And Create Qua Iboe Premium

Date 15/11/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange board of directors has voted to decrease the discount received for delivery of Forties from $.35 per barrel to $.30 per barrel and to create a premium of $.05 per barrel for delivery of Qua Iboe.
KLSE Diploma Expands Group Of Qualified Securities Industry Professionals

Date 15/11/1999

Graduates of the Research Institute of Investment Analysts Malaysia (RIIAM) Diploma in Investment Analysis will expand the present group of qualified professionals in the securities industry.
HKFE Releases Latest Y2K Newsletter

Date 15/11/1999

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) has just released the latest edition of its Year 2000 (Y2K) Newsletter.

Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Financial Information on Index Funds

Date 13/11/1999

With the debut of trading of The Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (TraHK), the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong today (Friday, November 12) introduced information on index funds for display on its Stock Financial Information pages in order to facilitate dealings in these funds.
Growth Enterprise Market, GEM, Of The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Will Ballot Stock Codes For Charity

Date 13/11/1999

The Growth Enterprise Market, GEM, of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has invited the first batch of companies which have obtained preliminary listing approval to ballot for stock codes on Saturday, November 13. All proceeds of the ballot of charity codes will be donated to the Community Chest.
Suspension Of Trading At SWX

Date 12/11/1999

The SWX Swiss Exchange discovered at 11.25 a.m. on November 11 that not all market participants were receiving the same information simultaneously, due to network problems. This led to suspension of trading. Despite the most intensive efforts by the SWX Swiss Exchange, it was not possible to resume trading. In the course of yesterday's incident SWX Swiss Exchange has decided not to take up electronic trading for today (12 Nov 1999). Off-exchange functionalities are available until 12:00 MET.
Program Trading Averaged 17.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 1-5

Date 12/11/1999

The New York Stock Exchange today (November 11) released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 1-5. The data indicated that during Nov. 1-5, program trading amounted to 17.1 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 920.9 million shares, or 157.5 million shares a day.
IPE Volumes Soar To New Highs

Date 12/11/1999

Traded volumes on the IPE reached a massive 204,139 lots on November 10, beating the previous record set on 8 October this year by more than 20,000 lots. The number of lots traded represents more than 180 million barrels of oil, or nearly two and a half times total daily world oil consumption.