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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Two Futures Contracts

Date 19/09/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Wednesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 21 September the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodol
HKEx To Change Its Information Pages On Hang Seng Indices

Date 19/09/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will change its information pages on the Hang Seng indices on 3 October due to changes in the indices that will take effect on that date.
Deutsche Börse: US Segment Now Set to Start On September 24

Date 19/09/2001

Deutsche Börse is launching its new US segment on September 24. The launch of the segment, originally scheduled for September 14, was postponed in response to the events that took place in the United States on Tuesday last week. The new segment will contain all U.S. stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), S&P 100, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Global Titans 50, the so-called "Xetra US Stars". Index funds on the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 and Dow Jones Industrial Average can also be traded
Deutsche Börse: 2.43 Billion Euros In Turnover In XTF Segment In August - New Record In Trading Volume For Index Funds - XTF Leading In Europe With Over 50 Percent Market Share - Index Funds On DAX And Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Are Highest-Volume Products

Date 19/09/2001

Turnover in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment for exchange-traded index funds and actively managed funds rose to 2.43 billion euros in August, an increase of about 67 percent from the July figure of 1.46 billion euros. Average daily volume in the XTF segment rose by about 60 percent, from 66.23 million euros in July to 105.65 million euros in August. Index funds accounted for 94 percent of the total, actively managed funds, six percent.
Deutsche Börse Updates Weighting In Equity Indices - Changes In Company Weights And Index Composition Become Effective September 24

Date 19/09/2001

As of Monday, September 24, new weights will apply for the companies in the Deutsche Börse equity indices. The exchange released the tentative figures on Wednesday; the final figures, based on the Xetra closing prices from Friday and the number of shares admitted to trading, will be published at the Deutsche Börse website on Saturday.

CME's Equity Index Products Set Second Consecutive Day Of Volume, Open Interest Records

Date 19/09/2001

For the second consecutive day, trading volume in equity index products on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) yesterday set new records, with open interest rising for the first time to more that 600,000 positions in CME's benchmark S&P 500 stock index futures contract.
CFTC Provides Additional Relief To Futures Industry Following Attacks

Date 19/09/2001

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced a broad package of regulatory relief measures designed to assist futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors (together, "registrants") as they resume operations and carry on with business in the face of enormous challenges presented by the attacks on the World Trade Center. These formal measures complement the CFTC's initial responses to issues of immediate concern to f
CBOT To Return To Regular Trading Hours Tonight

Date 19/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will return to regular trading hours for all markets effective at 8:00 p.m., Chicago time, today. All markets will trade at the following times:
CBOT Members Set DJIA Record, Trading Over 50,000 Contracts

Date 19/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT® members set a new DowSMJones Industrial Average (DJIASM) futures contract daily volume record yesterday, trading 50,858 contracts. The former DJIASM futures high was 47,221 contracts, set on March 12, 2001.
CBOE Interest Rate Products To Close at2:00 p.m. Central Time Beginning Thursday, Sept. 20

Date 19/09/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that interest rate/treasury products traded at CBOE will return to normal trading hours, closing at 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT), beginning Thursday, September 20.