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CME Nasdaq 100, E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures Set Open Interest Records

Date 29/11/2000

Open interest in Nasdaq 100 Index and E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. rose to new highs on a volatile trading day yesterday, totaling 48,698 in the standard-sized contract and 69,550 in the E-mini version.
CBOT Approved Revisions to Corn, Soybean Futures

Date 29/11/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade Board of Directors and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have approved the following changes in regulations regarding corn and soybean futures:
World First Wine Market To Trade Through Newcastle Stock Exchange

Date 28/11/2000

The Stock Exchange of Newcastle Limited (NSX) has reached an in principle agreement with the Australian Wine Exchange Pty Ltd (AWX) for the trading of AWX listed wine securities.
Sydney Futures Exchange: Growth In Futures Trading

Date 28/11/2000

The number of contracts traded at the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) in 1999-2000 rose by 4.3% to 31.27 million futures and options contracts, according to the 2000 Australian Financial Markets Report (AFMR) published today. AFMR shows that futures turnover grew by 4.1% and options turnover by 7.1%. The total value of trading at SFE in 1999-2000 amounted to A$10,309 billion, a 1.3% increase on the previous year.
Euronext Amsterdam: Hal Trust New Entry In Next 150 Index

Date 28/11/2000

Euronext Indices B.V. today announced that following the official result of the takeover bid by Nine Telecom Reseau for French company Jet Multimedia, Jet Multimedia will be deleted from the Next 150 index with effect from 30 November 2000, in accordance with rule 6.3.3 of the index ground rules.

The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For November 2000

Date 27/11/2000

As of mid-November, short interest in 3,866 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 3,331,693,195 compared with 3,330,417,900 shares in 3,863 National Market issues for the month of October.
NOREX Alliance Adopts New Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS)

Date 27/11/2000

OM Stockholm Exchange, Oslo Bors, Copenhagen Stock Exchange and MSCI are pleased to announce that the exchanges will adopt a new industry classification, the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) developed by MSCI and Standard & Poor's.
New Software Vendors Connect To SFE's Trading Interface

Date 27/11/2000

The ability of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) to distribute its trading products to customers around the world has been enhanced by the recent certification of two independent software vendors (ISV).
Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM Tops $20 Billion in Assets

Date 27/11/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® reported today that total assets in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM (Amex: QQQ) rose to a record level of over $20.4 billion as of Friday’s close.
NASD Names Sal Sodano Vice Chairman

Date 27/11/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), announced today that Salvatore F. Sodano has been appointed Vice Chairman of the association, effective November 1, 2000. Sodano will also continue in his role as chairman and CEO of The American Stock Exchange LLC (Amex®).