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CME To List Five- And Ten-Year Agency Note Futures And Options Contracts

Date 27/01/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange today announced plans to list new contracts designed to meet the demand for products tied to the growing market for securities issued by the nation's largest home lending agencies. Commodity Futures Trading Commission approval to list the new contracts will be sought shortly.
Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange - Chinese New Year

Date 27/01/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce the following closure dates:- Tuesday, 1 February 2000 in conjunction with Federal Territory Day. The Exchange and its subsidiaries will resume operations on Wednesday, 2 February 2000, Friday, 4 February 2000 & Monday, 7 February 2000 in conjunction with Chinese New Year. The Exchange and its subsidiaries will resume operations on Tuesday, 8 February 2000.
CBOT Board Approves New Ten- And Five-Year Agency Debt Futures And Options Contracts

Date 27/01/2000

In response to overwhelming interest from exchange customers, the Board of Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade has approved four new contracts based on federal agency debt.
SGX MSCI Taiwan Index Futures Breaks Volume And Open Interest Records Again

Date 26/01/2000

The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT) is pleased to announce that the daily trading volume of its MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract has chalked up a record volume of 27,780 contracts. The previous daily high of 25,824 contracts was traded on 25 June 1999. The MSCI Taiwan Index futures open interest also hit a record high of 34,349 contracts yesterday surpassing the previous record of 30,930 contracts traded on 27 December 1999.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 26/01/2000

Distant month: opening 71.70 yen, a high 75.10 (Jan. 19), low 71.25 yen (Jan. 17), closing 73.95 yen.

Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 26/01/2000

Distant month : opening 177.3 yen, a high 185.0 yen (Jan.19), a low 177.3 yen (Jan. 17), closing 180.8 yen
HKFE Updates Members On HSI Futures And Options Migration Process

Date 26/01/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) updated Members today on the Hang Seng Index (HSI) Futures and Options migration process. The Exchange remains committed to the migration of its HSI products to HKATS and becoming a fully electronic marketplace. Migration is a process and today's briefing is just one step in that process.
Eurex World's Largest In Nokia Options Launches New Finnish Stock Options

Date 26/01/2000

On January 24, the European derivatives market Eurex launched eight new stock options on Finnish equities: StoraEnso, TietoEnator, Helsinki Telephone, Sampo Insurance, Metso, Metsä-Serla, Fortum and Huhtamäki van Leer have been added to the selection of Nordic stock options available for trading, which already included Nokia, UPM and Sonera. The listing of Finnish products is a result of the cooperation finalized between Eurex and HEX last year.
CBOE Lists TARGETS® on Sun Microsystems (SUNW)

Date 26/01/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today opened trading on a new issue of Targeted Growth Enhanced Terms Securities (TARGETS®), a hybrid security whose value is linked to Sun Microsystems common stock (SUNW).
Amsterdam Exchanges Change To Trading Times For Investment Funds

Date 26/01/2000

The trading times for investment funds (open-end funds and closed-end funds) will change as of 1 March 2000, when the start of trading will be brought forward thirty minutes to 9.00 a.m. This means that investment funds will be traded between 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. with effect from 1 March 2000.