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CME Posts All-Time Monthly Volume Record with Two Days Remaining As Open Interest Rises To Record Level For Second Day

Date 29/11/2001

With two more trading days remaining in the month, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) yesterday marked the best volume month in its 103-year history, with 40,840,838 contracts traded month-to-date. The new record surpasses the previous monthly volume record set in September, when 40,331,171 contracts changed hands.
Chairman Of The Baltic Exchange

Date 29/11/2001

Mr Peter Kitching, Chairman of the Baltic Exchange, is to serve a third year as Chairman of the world's leading shipping market, the Exchange announced today.
CBOT®'s Electronic Trading Platform Sets New Daily Record - Exchange Sees Third Highest Trading Day In Its History

Date 29/11/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today its members set a new daily volume record for the second consecutive day on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 546,387 contracts traded, breaking the previous record of 543,695 contracts, set on November 27, 2001.
Archipelago And REDIbook To Merge, Combining The Two Fastest Growing ECNs

Date 29/11/2001

Archipelago and REDIBook, two of the leading electronic communications networks (ECNs), today announced their intention to merge. The combination, backed by some of the largest financial institutions on Wall Street, will create a trading venue that will vie for the top spot among ECNs and paves the way towards the launch of the recently approved Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx).
World Index Changes To Boost Australian Market

Date 28/11/2001

In a significant recognition of the strength and efficiency of Australia's capital markets, the first phase of Morgan Stanley Capital International's (MSCI) move towards a free-float index will commence this Friday, 30 November.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TOPIX 150

Date 28/11/2001

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TOPIX 150 Index after the close of trading December 4th , 10th and 11th 2001.
NZSE Will Open On Mondays December 24 And 31

Date 28/11/2001

The New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE) will open for a half-day on both Christrnas Eve and New Year's Eve.
NYMEX: Exchange Changes Termination Date For The FTSE Eurotop 100® And 300® Futures Contracts

Date 28/11/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange announced today that it would change the expiration of its FTSE Eurotop 100® and 300® December 2001 futures contracts to 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 20, from 7:00 A.M., Friday, December 21, due to the abbreviated trading hours.
Nymex To Increase Light, Sweet Crude Oil And Natural Gas Margins

Date 28/11/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would raise the margins on its natural gas and light, sweet crude oil futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
New Index Completes FTSE/Xinhua China A All-Share series

Date 28/11/2001

FTSE/Xinhua Index Ltd, (FXI) the joint venture company formed between global index provider FTSE Group, and Chinese market specialists, Xinhua Financial Network, today launch the world's first transparent index to measure the performance of small cap domestic Chinese stocks.