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Three Companies Join Roster Of NYSE-Listed Stocks

Date 17/12/1999

In the week ended today, three companies joined the ranks of New York Stock Exchange-listed companies.
Sycom® Proving Its Capacity And Reliability

Date 17/12/1999

The volume of trading conducted on SYCOM®, the electronic trading system of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE), continues to rise, demonstrating the system's capacity and reliability as SFE's full-time trading platform.
Program Trading Averaged 18.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 6-10

Date 17/12/1999

The New York Stock Exchange yesterday released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 6-10. The data indicated that during Dec. 6-10, program trading amounted to 18.8 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,013.6 million shares, or 190.2 million shares a day.
PHLX Waives Customer Transaction And Comparison Fees

Date 17/12/1999

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that all customer transaction and comparison fees will be waived for orders up to 250 contracts entered through PHLX's Automated Options Market (AUTOM), effective January 3, 2000. Currently, customer fees are $0.14 per option contract.
Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock Tops $5 Billion in Assets

Date 17/12/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® reported today that total assets in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM (Amex: QQQ) rose to a record level of $5.3 billion as of yesterday's close. The Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock is comprised of Exchange-traded securities that represent ownership in the Nasdaq-100 TrustSM, a unit investment trust designed to track the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® .

LIFFE'S Financial Options To Trade Exclusively On LIFFE CONNECT™ From Tuesday 2 May 2000

Date 17/12/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announces that its financial option contracts will trade exclusively on the Exchange's electronic trading system LIFFE CONNECT™ from Tuesday 2 May 2000.
Fondspartner - Consequences Of The Action Taken By Kredittilsynet

Date 17/12/1999

Fondspartner will no longer be permitted to receive and transmit orders in relation to financial instruments on behalf of investors.
CBOE Breaks Daily Volume Record

Date 17/12/1999

A record number of stock option contracts traded at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) on Friday, December 17. A total of 1,664,493 stock option contracts (equivalent to 166 million shares of stock) traded during the December expiration session, beating the previous record equity volume of 1,651,165 contracts set on November 19, 1999. Total option volume at CBOE on Friday was an estimated 1,922,275 contracts.
Australian Stock Exchange And Year 2000

Date 17/12/1999

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has completed all "preventative" measures possible to ensure there is no significant risk of failure of critical services in the transition to the year 2000. ASX has spent more than two years ensuring that the sharemarket and the wider community suffer as little disruption as possible as a result of the date processing problem.
The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Announces The Formation Of Its Fifth Working Group On Corporate Governance.

Date 16/12/1999

The Exchange announces the formation of its Fifth Working Group on Corporate Governance since 1996. The current Working Group comprises officials from the Exchange and the Securities and Futures Commission and also various market practitioners in Hong Kong. The composition of the Working Group represents a cross-section of the major constituencies which can contribute to current issues of corporate governance in Hong Kong. The convenor of the Working Group is Mr. Tad Beczak who is also the Chair