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Boston Stock Exchange Posts Strong Volume Numbers For The First Six Months of FY2001 - Announces Second Quarter Results

Date 06/04/2001

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) announced today volume results for the first half of fiscal year 2001. Average share volume rose from 22.2 to 25.4 million shares per day, an increase of 14% compared to the same period in fiscal year 2000. Average daily trade volume reached 54,259 trades, an increase of 3% compared to 52,663 trades per day in the first six months of fiscal year 2000.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange New Crop Commodity Price Trends

Date 05/04/2001

Throughout March, Oct 01 western barley prices have been trading at levels approximately $6.00/tonne above year-ago price levels. Oct 01 feed wheat prices are also trading at levels significantly above year-ago prices. Year-ago feed wheat futures prices for purposes of comparison have been adjusted (as explained below) to approximate the recent changes in the feed wheat contract.
Trading Up In March For Euronext Paris, Amsterdam And Brussels.

Date 05/04/2001

Trading in equities through the central order-book of Euronext rose 12.35% in value, from EUR 139.4 billion in February to EUR 156.6 billion in March.
Singapore Exchange And American Stock Exchange To Begin Trading ETFS And HOLDRS<SUP>SM</SUP> In Singapore On May 4

Date 05/04/2001

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today announced Amex-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and HOLDRSSM will begin listing and trading on SGX Securities Trading (SGX-ST) on May 4th.
QQQ The Newest Star At CBOE: New iShares Record Set In March

Date 05/04/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) saw its newest product take off in March, as volume levels for options on the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM, QQQ, surpassed all expectations. In its first full month of trading following a February 27 launch, QQQ volume was 2,211,781 contracts (1,504,011 calls and 707,770 puts), making it the second most actively traded index option at CBOE, trailing only the venerable S&P 500® Index options (SPX). CBOE also set a new record for one-day v

Preliminary First-Quarter 2001 Results - Daily Share Volume Averages A Record 2.1 Billion - 22 Of 50 Largest Trading Sessions Ever Occurred In The First Quarter

Date 05/04/2001

Daily volume on The Nasdaq Stock Market® averaged a record 2.1 billion shares in the first quarter of this year, a 15.8 percent increase from 1.8 billion shares in the first quarter of 2000, and a 2.9 percent gain from 2.03 billion shares in the fourth quarter last year. Twenty-two of the 50 heaviest trading days ever on Nasdaq® occurred in the first quarter of 2001. Nasdaq experienced its most active single session in the first quarter, when 3.18 billion shares were traded on January 31, 2001.
New York Stock Exchange Announces 2000 Financial Results

Date 05/04/2001

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenue of $815.3 million and net income of $72.9 million in 2000, compared with revenue of $735.5 million and net income of $75.2 million in 1999.
March Sees Second Highest Monthly Volume Level Ever At Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

Date 05/04/2001

Total monthly futures pit trade, for all commodities combined, reached a record level for the month of March at 303,720 contracts, 48.8% higher than one year ago. A substantial increase in canola futures volume for March was a driving factor behind the overall record level in total futures volume. Crop year-to-date total futures pit trade for 2000/01 came in at 1,838,692 contracts, well ahead of the 1,565,062 contracts traded during the same period one-year earlier. Total futures open interest w
LIFFE Appoints Managing Director Of Sales And Marketing

Date 05/04/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Simon Raybould has been appointed as the Exchange's Managing Director of Sales and Marketing.
IPE Gas Oil Futures 20 Years Old On 6 April 2001

Date 05/04/2001

IPE Gas Oil futures celebrates 20 years on Friday 6 April 2001. Launched in 1981, Gas Oil futures was the IPE's first successfully traded contract and it has developed into one of the most well-established hedging and trading tools of the energy industry.