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SWX: MCH Messe Schweiz AG Opens At CHF 319

Date 29/06/2001

The shares of MCH Messe Schweiz AG were traded today for the first time on the main board of the SWX Swiss Exchange. The price was set Thursday night at CHF 320. At the start of trading on SWX, the stock stood at CHF 319, representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 153.85 million.
Revised CME Independence Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 29/06/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following revised trading schedule for the Independence Day holiday:
NYSE Announces Third-Quarter 2001 Circuit-breaker And Trading-Collar Levels

Date 29/06/2001

The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit-breaker and trading-collar trigger levels for third-quarter 2001, effective Monday, July 2.
Nymex Announces Early Closing For Day Before July 4th

Date 29/06/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange today announced that it would close early on Tuesday, July 3rd. The early closing schedule is as follows: energy markets at 1 P.M.; palladium and aluminum at noon; copper and silver at 12:05 P.M.; and platinum and gold at 12:10 P.M.
NYBOT Announces Rule Ammendments To The January 2003 Sugar No. 11 Futures And Options Contracts

Date 29/06/2001

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today several changes to its options listings for its Sugar No. 11 futures contract following the addition of a January futures contract beginning January 2003.

Next 150: Split Up Of Eridania Beghin-Say

Date 29/06/2001

All four companies resulting from the split up of Eridania will enter the Next 150 index as of 2 July 2001 Following the official announcement of Eridania Beghin-Say the company will be split up. The four companies resulting from this split are Beghin-Say, Cereol, Cerestar and Provimi. Based on the ratio of the Net Asset Values of the four new companies all four companies qualify for inclusion on their own right. If all remains equal Beghin-Say, Cereol, Cerestar and Provimi
New Participant On SWX: Consors (Schweiz) AG, Glattzentrum/Wallisellen

Date 29/06/2001

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted Consors (Schweiz) AG, Glattzentrum/Wallisellen, as a participant. The new participant will commence trading activities on the SWX platform on Monday, 2 July 2001.
Nasdaq Experiences Network Interruption, Then Extends Trading To 5 P.M. Eastern

Date 29/06/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced that an intermittent network outage that affected the quality of stock quotations resulted in the suspension of Nasdaq's SOES and SelectNet trading systems at 2:31 p.m.
LIFFE To Launch Five Year FLEX® Options

Date 29/06/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced that, from Monday 9 July 2001, it will extend the maximum expiry for FTSE 100 Index FLEX® Options to five years, increasing the flexibility and range of risk management uses of the FLEX® product.
KCBT Wheat Futures Break All Previous Single-Day Volume Records

Date 29/06/2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures volume on Thursday, June 28 amounted to 32,024 contracts, which exceeds all previous single-day volume records. The previous record of 29,794 contracts was set nearly a year ago, on July 3, 2000. Each wheat futures contract represents 5,000 bushels, meaning trading volume yesterday represented 161.010 million bushels.