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Eurex Turns Over 102 Million Contracts In January and February - Second-Highest Turnover On Monthly Basis: Over 48.9 Million Contracts In February - New Record Results In Options On Nokia, Philips And Dow Jones Euro-STOXX

Date 01/03/2001

In February, Eurex, the international derivatives market, posted its second-highest monthly volume to date: With 48.9 million contracts traded, the world market leader again surpassed all expectations, even in the short month of February. Compared with February 2000, Eurex volume for the month grew by more than 25 percent. Eurex is thus continuing into the new year on the extremely positive trend in trading volume set in January: More than 100 million contracts have already changed hands at the
CME Volume Rises 41 Percent in February, Averaging 1.4 Million Contracts Daily - GLOBEX®2 Volume Up 119 Percent

Date 01/03/2001

Monthly trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) in February rose 41 percent, averaging 1.4 million contracts daily and marking the busiest February in CME history. Total volume reached 26.7 million contracts, an increase of more than 41 percent above year-ago levels. February’s volume represented $19.1 trillion in underlying value of trading. Year-to-date, CME volume rose 58 percent to 58.4 million contracts.
CBOT: Fed Funds Settle At 94.505

Date 01/03/2001

The 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for February settled March 1 at a price of 94.505 for an effective average overnight rate of 5.495 percent during the delivery month.
Annual Reweighting Of The AEX-Index And Amsterdam Midkap Index

Date 01/03/2001

BeUnder the rules of the AEX-index (AEX) and the Amsterdam Midkap index (AMX), both indices are reweighted annually on the first tradingday of March. On the basis of this reweighting, the following changes are made to the indices.
Migration Swiss Auctions Of First Issues Through Eurex Repo As Of End Of February - Auctions For Registered Money-Market Claims And Swiss Federal Bonds In Two Steps - Karl Hug, SNB: "Utilization Of The Electronic Trading System Boosts Efficiency"

Date 28/02/2001

Eurex, the European exchange organization, is expanding its line of products and functionalities on the Eurex Repo platform: As of the end of February, auctions of first issues of Swiss registered money-market claims and Swiss federal bonds will be carried out via the electronic trading platform that Eurex has been operating for repo trading since June 1999. The company made the announcement on Wednesday. The electronic issuing procedure replaces the existing auctions by fax and phone and is di

Launch Of First German Derivatives Exchange For Electricity With 20 Participants - Broad-Based Support From Energy Sector And Banks

Date 28/02/2001

The derivatives market for electricity of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will be launched on March 1st with 20 participants, as the company reported on Wednesday. In the first German derivatives exchange for electricity, participants will be able to trade futures on electricity. EEX will start out with two futures, on base-load and peak-load blocks. Trading on the futures market will be carried out via the trading system of the derivatives exchange, Eurex.
Deutsche Börse Launches Xetra XXL, Block Trading On Xetra - Xetra XXL offers First Exchange-based, Fully Electronic Block Trading Facility - Avoids Negative Price Effects And Increases Process Efficiency - Market Launch On March 2, 2001

Date 28/02/2001

On March 2, Deutsche Börse is launching Xetra XXL, with a new form of trading for so- called block-crossing of shares, as the company announced on Wednesday. The new functionality is designed for trading by institutional investors with large order volumes and runs on Xetra, the fully electronic trading platform. Deutsche Börse is the first European exchange to offer fully electronic, exchange-based block trading in equities. With Xetra XXL, according to Deutsche Börse, institutional investors be
CME Open Interest Posts New Record At 10.6 Million As Eurodollar Becomes World’s First Futures To Surpass 4 Million In Open Interest

Date 28/02/2001

Open interest at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) set a record for the second consecutive day yesterday, Feb. 27, at 10,604,085 positions. Eurodollar futures, CME’s flagship interest rate product and the world’s most actively traded futures contract, set a new open interest record of more than 4 million positions. This milestone marked the first time any futures contract in the world has exceeded 4 million in open interest.
Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

Date 28/02/2001

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE Group will be closed on Tuesday, 6 March 2001 in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidil Adha.
CBOT to Host Crop Report Briefing March 8

Date 28/02/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade will conduct the third in its 2001 series of crop report briefings for the media and members following release on Thursday, March 8, 2001, of the latest crop supply/demand report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.