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New opening hours at Amsterdam Exchanges

Date 23/07/1999

As announced previously, trading in a large number of Amsterdam Exchange products will begin at 09:00 with effect from August 1, 1999.
NASD Opposes SEC Approval of NYSE's Anti-Competitive Amendment to Rule 500

Date 23/07/1999

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), today declared its strong opposition to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of an amendment to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Rule 500. Even as amended, Rule 500 continues to impede competition for NYSE listings; it is unjustifiable, is clearly not in the best interests of the marketplace, and may be a violation of the anti-trust laws.
HEX commences legal proceedings against OM for trading in "Finnish" products

Date 23/07/1999

Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) has demanded arbitration proceedings concerning earlier agreements with OM. HEX claims that "Finnish" companies such as Nokia should not be allowed to have either their shares or share options listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange.
CBOT, CME and NYMEX Respond to CFTC Proposal For Change in Futures Contract Approval Process

Date 23/07/1999

The three largest U.S. futures exchanges, The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) today issued the following statement in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) proposed change to the regulatory approval process for new futures contracts: "By accepting that exchanges should have the ability to list contracts for trading without the delay of a lengthy regulatory approval process, the CFTC has taken a key
Near Real-Time Statistics to be Included on the Nasdaq-Amex Newsroom

Date 23/07/1999

The Nasdaq-Amex Market GroupSM today announced that statistics measuring the performance of The Nasdaq Stock Market® and the American Stock Exchange® will be added to the award-winning Nasdaq-Amex NewsroomSM Web site (www.nasdaq-amexnews.com). This groundbreaking new feature, which will include near real-time data, will appear on the site beginning today.

Three Dow Jones Extra Liquid Indexes To Be Added To The Dow Jones Real-Time Datafeed

Date 22/07/1999

On July 25, three new Dow Jones Extra Liquid Indexes: Australia, Hong Kong and Japan will be added to the Dow Jones Real-Time Data Feed. These indexes will be disseminated in 15 second intervals over the Dow Jones datafeed of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) market data ticker network.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong publishes Growth Enterprise Market listing rules

Date 22/07/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong today (Thursday, July 22) published the listing rules for its Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), which it aims to launch in October.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 22/07/1999

RSS3 Futures:Distant month: opening 74.8 yen, a high 74.8 yen (Jul.12), low 70.1 yen Jul.15), closing 70.9 yen. Rubber Index Futures: Distant month: opening 68.70, a high 68.70 (Jul.12), a low 65.40 (Jul.14), closing 67.20 points.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 22/07/1999

This week, OME aluminium futures maintained the strong sentiment following the price-gains in LME. Distant month : opening 180.0 yen, a high 185.3 yen (Jul. 13), a low 179.4 yen (Jul. 12), closing 180.2 yen
News from the Central Bank of Iceland

Date 22/07/1999

The Central Bank of Iceland has revised its inflation forecast for 1999 in the light of recent information about the development of consumer prices and underlying factors. The Central Bank now projects that consumer prices will rise by 3.0 percent between the averages of 1998 and 1999 and by 4.0 percent within the year 1999.