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Nymex Decides To Delay Tomorrows (Tuesday March 6) Openings

Date 05/03/2001

The executive committee of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., has decided to delay the opening of all Exchange metals markets by two hours tomorrow and all Exchange energy markets by one hour due to anticipated transportation delays because of inclement weather in the New York metropolitan area.
London Stock Exchange Launches Major International Marketing Initiative

Date 05/03/2001

Delivering on its commitment to further internationalise its markets, Clara Furse, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange today launches the first phase of a major international promotion of its techMARK and AIM markets.
Euronext Brussels Statistics - February 2001

Date 05/03/2001

The stock market In contrast with the general tendency, the BEL20Ò closed the month at 2,999.60 points or a rise of 1.04%. The Small and Mid Cap indices performed even better with increases of respectively 4.35% and 4.19%. This good performance is also reflected in the sector indices. Of the 30 existing sectors, 21 gained ground. Especially the sectors "Investment companies" (+13.80%), "Food & Drug retailers" (+5.77%) and "Packaging "(+5.45%) did well. The performance of the sector
Eurex Launches Swiss Equity-Repo Trading - Eurex Opens Up Repo Platform For Collateralized Funding Business

Date 05/03/2001

Eurex, the international exchange organization, is further expanding its services for repo trading: As of March 5, 2001, equity-repo trading with Swiss blue-chip stocks will be initiated on the Eurex Repo trading platform, as the exchange reported on Monday.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Handsome Trading Volume On The Stock Market In February

Date 05/03/2001

In February 2001, equity trading amounted to DKK 70.1 billion, up 9 per cent on February 2000, but down 13 per cent on January this year. The value of average daily trading amounted to DKK 3.5 billion, a 14 per cent rise on February 2000, and a slight fall of 4 per cent compared with a month earlier.

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 05/03/2001

The market broke through the previous record high of 1575.12 points to a new all-time high of 1596.63 points on the back of continued strength in some of the financials as it gained 2.9% on the week, with the market’s year to date growth now at 9.85% in local currency terms and 8.14% in US dollar terms.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 05/03/2001

MRIB released good results for the 6 months to 31 December 2000. Revenues rose 20.1% to P5.882m with net income up 23.7% to P1.777m. Dividends rose 28.6% to 4.5t per share. Prospects look good going forward, with the directors confident of achieving real earnings growth for the financial year to June 2001.
Value Of LIFFE's February Trading Up 28% Year On Year

Date 02/03/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded an average daily nominal value of £313 billion (?494 billion) and a total value of £6,260 billion (?9,890 billion) in February 2001, up 28% on February 2000.
Nymex To Lower Natural Gas Margins

Date 02/03/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange will lower the margins at the close of business today on its Henry Hub natural gas futures contracts to $4,500 for clearing members from $6,000 for the April 2001 contract and $5,000 for all other months; to $4,950 for members from $6,600 for April 2001 and $5,500 for all other months; and to $6,075 for customers from $8,100 for April 2001 and $6,750 for all other months. <
NYBOT Names Five Public Members

Date 02/03/2001

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced yesterday the appointment of five Public Members to its Board of Directors. Terms for the new Public Members start March 1, 2001.