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359 Billion Euro in Turnover on the German Stock Exchanges in May (Beate Uhse tops turnover in SMAX segment)

Date 01/06/1999

A volume of 359.23 billion Euro was traded in equities, warrants and fixed-income securities on the German stock exchanges in May, a decline of about 11 percent from the volume traded in the same month of last year. The order-book statistics of Deutsche Börse, which are based on single counting of all transactions posted in the order book of Xetra® and the trading floor, show a total of 52.86 billion Euro was traded in equities on the German stock exchanges in May; 34.77 billion Euro, or about 7
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Review Procedures - Chapter 2B of the Exchange Listing Rules

Date 31/05/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong wishes to announce the introduction of the new Chapter 2B in relation to review procedures and the corresponding amendments made to Chapter 2A and Practice Note 1. The new Chapter 2B codifies existing practices and procedures in relation to review proceedings. The provisions in the new Chapter 2B are basically extracted from and are fundamentally the same as those set out in the previous Chapter 2A of the Exchange Listing Rules except for the following relatively
Securities and Exchange Board of India Investigation Enforcement & Surveillance

Date 31/05/1999

Investigations were conducted by SEBI into the trading in the scrip of M/s SVA India Ltd. pursuant to an abnormal price rise from Rs. 42.50 to Rs. 150 accompanied with large volumes in the month of November 1995. Investigations revealed that, shares of SVA India Ltd. were cornered by a group of persons through a few brokers on the Stock Exchange, Mumbai, which resulted in the manipulation of the price of the scrip. In this connection, SEBI had suspended four brokers for a period of 60 days from
Eurex Extends Post-Trading Phase for Capital Market Products in Periods prior to Contract Date

Date 31/05/1999

The derivatives market Eurex is extending the post-trading phase for capital market products, effective immediately, as follows: During the last 10 days preceding a contract expiration/maturity date, Eurex market participants now have another half hour to process their post-trading activities in these products; in this case the so-called post-trading period ends at 20:00. The Eurex derivatives market is thus meeting the request of many market participants, especially from the UK, for an extensio
Compensation for C.A. Pacific Securities and Forluxe Securities Claimants

Date 31/05/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong issued 714 determination notices to C.A. Pacific Securities Claimants in May. Copies of the determination notices were sent to the Securities and Futures Commission requesting payment to the claimants. A large majority of the 714 claims have been successful and bring to 2,344 the number of settled cases.

Bahrain Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 31/05/1999

In general, the market this week could be categorised as slow with a 34% decline in the number of shares traded and a 13% decrease in value. The Index is still below the opening level for the year (-2.7%). The declines this week have again outnumbered the advances at 10 to 3. Of the 5 companies in the Commercial Banking sector, Bahrain Saudi and Bahrain Islamic Bank shares remained at the same price as last week. Al-Ahli and NBB both lost 2 fils each while BBK lost 4 fils. Investcorp shares d
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Australian Stock Exchange - Computershare Agreement

Date 29/05/1999

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) and Computershare Limited on May 28 agreed that ASX would consult ASIC before making any decisions relating to the listing of Computershare on ASX. This agreement will last for as long as Computershare and ASX have alternative proposals relating to the Sydney Futures Exchange. The agreement was reached after all parties recognised the potential difficulties of ASX and Computershare having rival p
No Change in the Current Design of German Interest-Rate Futures at Eurex

Date 29/05/1999

On Thursday May 27, the derivatives market Eurex, in collaboration with the Working Committee on Interest Rates, came to the conclusion that the current design of the German interest-rate futures would not be changed. Eurex is again counteracting speculations that there could be another so-called squeeze in the deliverable bonds in June. Eurex reported that intensive dialogue with the working committee members had shown that, as far as they could tell, there was still no indication of such a squ
NASD Board Approves Preparation for Extended Trading Hours - Calls on Industry to Proceed Jointly and Responsibly

Date 29/05/1999

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), has announced that its Board of Governors has approved a staff proposal to proceed with preparations to extend the trading hours of The Nasdaq Stock Market®. However, NASD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frank G. Zarb cautioned that "piecemeal implementation of extended hours would be detrimental to the marketplace and therefore, whenever this trading begins, it should be with the full range of investor protections that are avail
London Stock Exchange Final Results

Date 29/05/1999

Announcing preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 1999, the London Stock Exchange reported another strong year. It was a year of record trading values on the Exchange's markets - with trading in UK shares increasing by more than 15 per cent to over £1,155 billion and international shares increasing by over 50 per cent on the previous financial year to £2,396 billion. Thorough preparations were made in readiness for the euro and since January 4 turnover in euro has accounted for a signif