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Philadelphia Stock Exchange Equity Options Up 52 %; Foreign Currency Options Up 71%

Date 02/11/2001

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced Friday that equity options trading volume totalled 83,439,215 contracts for the first ten months of 2001, up 52% over the same year ago period when 54,892,004 contracts traded.
NYMEX: Exchange Amends Platinum, Palladium Trading Hours

Date 02/11/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would amend the trading hours for its platinum futures and options contracts and palladium futures beginning on Monday, November 5.
Nymex To Lower Cost Of Exchange Of Futures For Swap Transactions

Date 02/11/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would lower the cost of exchange of futures for swap (EFS) transactions to $2.50 per contract per side from $10 per contract per side and would apply the discounted fee retroactively to the natural gas transactions conducted since the start of the program yesterday.
NYBOT: S&P Institutes Annual Weightings Changes For The S&P Commodity Index

Date 02/11/2001

In accordance with its published methodology, Standard & Poor's announced today the weightings for each of the 17 commodities found in the S&P Commodity Index (SPCI). Weightings have changed for each of the commodities and will remain fixed in the index for one year. The changes will be implemented at the close of trading on February 8, 2002.
NYBOT Announces New Trading Hours

Date 02/11/2001

Following completion of its two new trading pits (scheduled to be ready for trading on Monday, November 12th), the new tentative/proposed trading hours are as follows (all hours are in NY Time).

New participant On SWX: Instinet UK Limited, London

Date 02/11/2001

The SWX Swiss exchange has accepted Instinet UK Limited, London, as a participant. The new participant commenced trading activities on the SWX platform on Monday, 22 October 2001.
New participant On SWX: Cantor Fitzgerald International, London

Date 02/11/2001

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted Cantor Fitzgerald International, London, as a participant. Cantor Fitzgerald International will be active solely in the SWX Eurobonds trading segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange.
London Stock Exchange Launches techMARK Mediscience: The World's First Market For Healthcare Companies

Date 02/11/2001

Today, on the second anniversary of techMARK™, the London Stock Exchange launched a new market: techMARK mediscience™, London's international market for healthcare companies.
London Metal Exchange October 2001 Volume

Date 02/11/2001

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 4,998,281 lots in October 2001. This figure was made up of 4,683,376 lots of futures, 311,289 lots of options and 3,616 lots of TAPOs.
LIFFE Value Up 53% Year-To-Date

Date 02/11/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded £78 trillion worth of business year-to-date, up 53% for the same period in 2000, having already exceeded the total value traded for the whole of last year by the end of September.