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KCBT Wheat Options Open Interest Sets New Record

Date 31/05/2001

Open interest in Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options has swelled over the past couple of weeks, breaking the previous record of 32,916 contracts, which was set on Aug. 17, 2000. At the conclusion of trade on Wednesday, May 30, open interest was at 37,452 contracts.
HKFE Revises Margins For Stock And Stock Index Futures

Date 31/05/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Thursday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 1 June 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 the result of a regular review of market conditions and are based on the clearing compa
HKEx: Public Consultation Exercise On The Listing Rules In Relation To Derivative Warrants

Date 31/05/2001

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (the Exchange) has published a consultation paper on the Listing Rules in relation to derivative warrants. Copies of that paper are available from the office of the Exchange and from the website at www.hkex.com.hk. Comments on the paper should be submitted to the Exchange no later than 30 June 2001.
HKEx Reaches Agreement With Shanghai Stock Exchange And Shenzhen Stock Exchange To Exchange Securities Market Data

Date 31/05/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) signed an agreement with the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange today (Thursday) providing for the mutual exchange of securities market and listed company data.
Deutsche Börse And Eurex Set Up Joint Market For U.S. Products - Equities In The Top U.S. Indices And U.S. Stock Options Tradable In Euros - Market Experts And Market Makers Provide For High Liquidity - Lower Costs For Trading In U.S. Securities - Xetra P

Date 31/05/2001

Deutsche Börse and Eurex will offer their trading participants an integrated market for liquid trading in euro-denominated U.S. equities as well as exchange-traded funds and stock options on the Xetra and Eurex trading platforms. The trades will be settled within Clearstream Banking and via the existing link to the U.S. central securities depository Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). The U.S. segment is the first building block in the so-called Global Markets Concept and is set to

CME To Add May Contract For Lean Hogs

Date 31/05/2001

Beginning Monday, June 4, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. will add a May contract month to the listing cycle for lean hogs futures and options contracts. Listed futures contracts on that date will be June, July, August, October and December 2001 and February, April, May and June 2002.
CBOT Fed Funds, Mortgage Futures Again Set Open Interest Highs

Date 31/05/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade 30-Day Fed Funds futures contract set another in a string of open interest records-the eighth new high in May--as the contract becomes increasingly popular in the investment community. The new open interest record now stands at 117,133 contracts as of May 30, up from the previous record of 115,364, set May 29.
Antonov plc: Director's Share Dealings

Date 31/05/2001

On 31 May 2001 share options over the Company's shares were granted under the Antonov plc Executive Share Plan to the following directors of the Company:
Triad Guaranty Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning June 6, 2001

Date 30/05/2001

Triad Guaranty Inc. (Nasdaq:TGIC) of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, June 6, 2001. Triad Guaranty Inc. will replace Allied Capital Corporation (Nasdaq:ALLC), which is delisting from The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM.
Toronto Stock Exchange Provides Listings Details

Date 30/05/2001

Outgoing Toronto Stock Exchange chairman Dan Sullivan today announced that, “the TSE will be a publicly traded company in due course, and may be the first publicly traded stock exchange in North America within 6 to 12 months.” By taking this step, the TSE will join international exchanges in Sweden, Germany, Australia and London – all of which have gone public with great success.