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Minneapolis Grain Exchange Names Officers And Non-Member Directors

Date 17/10/2000

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange Board of Directors named 2000-01 officers at its October 16 meeting.
Meeting Of The Oslo Stock Exchange Board On 17 October 2000

Date 17/10/2000

Fast, Norkom and Northern Offshore Limited are to be listed. The Stock Exchange Board has approved the listing of shares in Fast Search & Transfer ASA on the Main List, and the shares in Norkom ASA and Northern Offshore Limited on the SMB-list of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Global Communications Player Marconi plc Lists Shares On Nasdaq

Date 17/10/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., announced that shares of U.K.-based Marconi plc, a leading global communications and information technology (IT) company, began trading on Nasdaq® today under the symbol Nasdaq:MONI. The company, whose shares are also listed on the London Stock Exchange and whose American Depositary Receipts were previously traded on the Over-the-Counter Market (OTC), has the largest market capitalization (as of October 11, 2000) of all the U.K. companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock
Final Nasdaq Third Quarter 2000 Results - Daily Share Volume Averaged 1.58 Billion - Total Dollar Volume Exceeded $4.7 Trillion

Date 17/10/2000

The Nasdaq Composite® Index finished the third quarter of 2000 significantly higher than it did at the end of the same period one year ago, while trading activity continued to ascend. On September 29, the Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 3672.82, a gain of 33.74 percent from the end of the third quarter the year before. The Composite declined 7.39 percent, however, from the second quarter of this year and was 9.74 percent lower for the year.
Extraordinary General Meeting Of shareholders Of OM Gruppen

Date 17/10/2000

In conjunction with OM’s offer to the shareholders of the London Stock Exchange plc (“LSE”), the Board of OM has called an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders to take place on November 6, 2000 at 4pm in the Polhemssalen, Ingenjörshuset (Citykonferensen), Malmskillnadsgatan 46 in Stockholm. At this meeting, the Board will present a proposal to OM’s shareholders regarding its mandate to authorise the board to decide on issues of new shares. The intention is to use the authorisation partl

Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - September

Date 17/10/2000

Turnover for September was EUR 66,727.0 million. This compares to EUR 57,727.8 million in August. Domestic turnover in September was EUR 61,874.8 million, foreign turnover EUR 2,402.2 million, Nuovo Mercato EUR 2,338.4 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 111.6 million. Turnover for the period January to September 2000 was EUR 664,970.3 million.
Zurich Financial Services To Replace Zurich Allied In SMI

Date 16/10/2000

As a part of measures aimed at unifying its group structure, Zurich Financial Services Group will dissolve its dual holding structure and in future be consolidated under the roof of a single holding entity domiciled in Switzerland. As a result, the dual structure of the group's Swiss and British shares listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and London Stock Exchange (LSE), respectively, shall also be eliminated.
The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Sets Date For Launch Of AMS/3

Date 16/10/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong will introduce AMS/3, the Third Generation Automatic Order Matching and Execution System, on 23 October 2000 (Monday). This has been approved by the Securities and Futures Commission.
Palestine Securities Exchange Unable To Resume Trading

Date 16/10/2000

The Palestine Securities Exchange was unable to resume trading due to the continuing closures and barriers imposed by the Israeli occupying forces on the roads which made it very dangerous for the employees of the Palestine Securities Exchange and employees of the member brokerage firms to reach their work places.
OM Group Announcement Of Acceptance Levels Offer For London Stock Exchange Plc ('LSE')

Date 16/10/2000

By 3.00 p.m. on 13 October 2000, the date of OM's announcement of its Increased Offer, valid acceptances of the Offer posted on 11 September 2000 had been received in respect of a total of 300,000 LSE Shares, representing approximately 1.0 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of LSE.