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NYMEX Announces It Will Postpone Listing Of October 2000 Gasoline Futures And Options Contracts

Date 30/09/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange has decided to postpone listing its October 2000 New York Harbor unleaded gasoline contracts, reacting to a potential change by the Environmental Protection Agency in its oxygenation standards, eliminating the minimum per batch requirement while maintaining the annual average requirement.
LIFFE To Launch Option On FTSE Eurotop 100 Index

Date 30/09/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced it that will launch an option contract on the FTSE Eurotop 100 Index on Monday 18 October 1999.
FTSE International Launch Multinationals Creating A New Framework For Indices

Date 30/09/1999

FTSE International earlier this week launched its Multinational Index Series. The series comprises a broad benchmarking multinationals index and a range of local and regional indices.
Exchange-Wide Daily Volume Records Set At NYMEX

Date 30/09/1999

An overall daily volume record was set on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday in addition to records for futures, options, metals futures, the COMEX Division overall, COMEX Division futures, COMEX Division options, gold futures and options, and electronic trading records on NYMEX ACCESS® for COMEX Division futures and gold futures.
eBay Inc. To Join Nasdaq-100 Index Beginning October 6, 1999

Date 30/09/1999

eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY), of San Jose, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index® (NDX), effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, October 6, 1999. Shares of eBay will also be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index SharesSM (Amex:QQQ), the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM, which are securities that represent ownership in the Nasdaq-100 Trust. The Trust holds a portfolio of equity securities that compose the Nasdaq-100 Index and aims to provide investment results that generall

CBOE Lists TARGETS On Amgen Inc.

Date 30/09/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today (September 28) began trading a new three year issue of Targeted Growth Enhanced Terms Securities (TARGETS®), a hybrid security whose value is linked to Amgen common stock (AMGN).
CBOE Announces Early Closing On December 31, 1999

Date 30/09/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) will close trading corresponding to the early closing of the underlying products on December 31, 1999. Interest rate products will stop trading at 12:00 Noon Central Time, equity options and other CBOE products that normally stop trading at 3:02 p.m. will end at 12:02 p.m. OEX, SPX, DJX and other CBOE products that normally stop at 3:15 p.m. will end trading at 12:15 p.m. Central Time.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 30/09/1999

The market closed the short trading week down 48.74 points from last week. Barclays continued to move down, this time losing P1.00 to close at P7.50 on relatively heavy volume of 210 900 shares with both local and foreign participation. Chobe saw 253 000 shares change hands at P1.45 immediately upon listing, representing a 21% gain on its issue price of P1.20. MRIB moved down 15t to P1.85 on 370 600. Sechaba and RDCP each lost 5t to P4.90 and P2.00 respectively on thin volume. All other counters
CME's E-Mini S&P 500 Trades Over 75,000 Contracts

Date 30/09/1999

For the first time, over 75,000 E-mini Standard & Poor's 500 equity index futures contracts traded during Tuesday's trading session at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Tuesday's total E-mini S&P 500 volume of 75,270 positions was 11 percent higher than the previous record volume of 67,823 contracts traded August 10.
Latest HKFE Educational Article Scrutinises Put/Call Volume Ratio

Date 29/09/1999

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) published an educational article today (September 28) that examines the put/call volume ratio and warns that investors should exercise caution when using the ratio as a trading tool. The article, "Put/Call Volume Ratio in Perspective," was written by Dr. Kin Lam, Head, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University and Kevin Cheng, the HKFE's Head of Economic Research.