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LIFFE trades £194BN per day in July 1999

Date 04/08/1999

The nominal value of contracts traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) averaged £194 billion daily during July 1999.
CBOT'S July Volume At 21,428,907 Contracts, Up 4.1% From 1998

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 21,428,907 contracts for July 1999, up 4.1 % from July 1998.
CBOT Wheat Contracts Set New Daily Volume Record - Follows Surge In Agricultural Trading Volume In July

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today a new daily volume record for wheat futures contracts. On August 2, 1999, CBOT members traded 71,471 contracts, surpassing the former record of 66,228 set on June 29, 1999.
CBOE at Record Volume Pace For Year. Internet Index Volume Up; OEX and SPX Open Interest Increase

Date 04/08/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) kept pace with record breaking year-to-date volume levels during July. Sector index volume, led by the internet indexes, increased 49% over year-to-date July, 1998. Total option volume at the CBOE hit a new year-to-date record for July of 131,942,835 contracts (84,322,066 calls and 47,620,769 puts) which is 13.3 % ahead of last year's record setting year-to-date pace of 116,435,075 contracts.
The Spanish Equity Derivatives Market Has A Total Growth Of 43% in July

Date 03/08/1999

The Spanish equity derivatives market registered a volume of 791,703 contracts traded in July 1999, accumulating a total volume of 6,535,325 in the first semester; a 43% growth over the same period of last year. Options on Shares have experienced the biggest growth with a 182% increase.

Sydney Futures Exchange Agrees To Exclusive Deal With Computershare

Date 03/08/1999

The Board of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) today announced it would deal exclusively with Computershare Limited (CPU) after receiving a revised offer that values SFE at $260 million.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Weekly Weekly Aluminium Report

Date 03/08/1999

This week, the spot month in OME aluminium futures expired sharply higher. Other contract months, however, plunged on active selling due to the yen's surge and to the easier tone in LME. Distant month : opening 176.7 yen, a high 177.1 yen (Jul. 27), a low 166.9 yen (Jul. 30), closing 167.1 yen.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Weekly Rubber Market Review

Date 03/08/1999

RSS3 Futures: Distant month: opening 70.8 yen, a high 71.2 yen (Jul.27), low 66.0 yen (Jul.29), closing 66.5 yen. Rubber Index Futures: Distant month: opening 67.95, a high 67.95 (Jul.26), a low 62.75 (Jul.30), closing 62.75 points.
Eurex Trading Volume Rises Again in July

Date 03/08/1999

Eurex is continuing to post increases in turnover. About 35.6 million contracts were traded in the world's largest derivatives market in July, the second highest monthly volume to date. Eurex statistics show that volume increased about 60.5 percent compared with the same month of last year. Total turnover for the first seven months of 1999 exceeded 213 million contracts, about 82 million more than the number traded during the same period of 1998.
EUR 433 Billion in Turnover on the German Stock Exchanges in July

Date 03/08/1999

Volume of 432.91 billion Euro was traded in equities, fixed income securities and warrants on the German Stock Exchanges in July. Of this amount, 246.76 billion Euro was traded in equities. Trading in Frankfurt accounted for about 84.8 percent of the total turnover in equities.