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OM Increases Its Holdings In Research & Trade And Plans A Stock Market Flotation Of The Company In 2000

Date 16/12/1999

OM increases its holding in Research & Trade and plans a stock market flotation of the company in 2000 OM Technology has signed an agreement with the other owners of Research & Trade (the founders, D. Carnegie AB, inter alia) for the acquisition of a further 2,250,000 newly issued Research & Trade shares. The agreement also covers OM's transfer to Research & Trade of its distribution operations for the ORC family of products. OM's ownership stake in Research & Trade will thus increase from 52.8
LSE Christmas And New Year Arrangements 1999/2000

Date 16/12/1999

The London Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday 27 December 1999, Tuesday 28 December 1999, Friday 31 December 1999 and Monday 3 January 2000. The Exchange's trading and information services are closed on Friday 31 December 1999 and will not resume live service until Tuesday 4 January 2000.
HKFE Trading Hours For The Christmas And Newyear Period

Date 16/12/1999

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) announces that there will be no afternoon trading session on Christmas Eve (Friday, 24 December 1999) this year. Accordingly, the trading hours on Christmas Eve will be as follows:
GSCI, NASDAQ Products Set Volume, Open Interest Records

Date 16/12/1999

New product volume and open interest records were set at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for the fifth consecutive trading day Wednesday as the GSCI, the Nasdaq 100 lndex and E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index futures contracts broke into record territory.
BrokerTec Global Selects OM As Technology Provider

Date 16/12/1999

BrokerTec Global LLC and OM Technology today announced a preliminary agreement under which OM will supply BrokerTec's electronic inter-dealer trading platforms for U.S. Treasuries and Euro-denominated sovereign debt, due to be launched next year. The global inter-dealer brokerage service will enable European dealers to trade U.S. products, and vice versa, through BrokerTec's European and U.S. subsidiaries using the same technology platform. The agreement contemplates a five-year, 700 MSEK rela

TSE Demutualization Plan Receives Government Approval

Date 15/12/1999

The Toronto Stock Exchange moved a step closer to becoming a for-profit entity, today. The proposal that would allow the Exchange to demutualize passed third reading by the Ontario Legislature, as part of its Budget Bill, and has now received Royal Assent from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 15/12/1999

Distant month: opening 76.90 yen, a high 78.40 yen (Dec. 8), low 75.00 yen (Dec. 9), closing 76.40 yen.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 15/12/1999

Distant month : opening 163.4 yen, a high 164.9 yen (Dec. 9), a low 162.5 yen (Dec. 6), closing 163.4 yen.
NYMEX To Establish COMEX Division Posting Deadline For EFPs

Date 15/12/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange will, beginning on December 20, establish a posting deadline of 10 A.M. the next business day for exchange of futures for physicals (EFPs) transacted on the COMEX Division while the open outcry market is closed.
NYBOT President James J. Bowe Departs Exchange

Date 15/12/1999

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) yesterday announced the resignation of NYBOT President & CEO James J. Bowe effective December 31, 1999. Bowe, who had been president of the Coffee, Sugar Cocoa Exchange, Inc., was appointed NYBOT president in June 1998 following the merger of the Coffee, Sugar Cocoa Exchange, Inc. and The New York Cotton Exchange. He has resigned as a result of irreconcilable differences with respect to responsibilities associated with the position of president and CEO for th