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David Brennan Letter Outlines Start of Process for CBOT Restructuring Plan, July 21, 1999

Date 22/07/1999

Dear Fellow Member: The CBOT of Directors, at my urging, voted yesterday to begin the process of preparing an exchange-restructuring plan, in order to allow us to better realize the value of the CBOT to the members.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records

Date 21/07/1999

Daily volume records were established on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday for total energy futures when 438,796 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 436,583 contracts set on March 10, 1999 and for crude oil futures when 274,975 contracts were traded, exceeding the record 244,742 contracts set last week on July 14, 1999.
Bahrain Stock Exchange Securities & investment Research Weekly Report

Date 21/07/1999

The BSE index slipped by 0.6% while turnover decreased by over 80%, mainly because last week there was exceptionally high turnover due to deals relating to the BMB stock. Oman posted an impressive gain of 16%, Saudi Arabia was up 0.5%, Kuwait and UAE lost 0.8% respectively.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong launches AMS/3 market readiness programme

Date 20/07/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong today (Tuesday) introduced its AMS/3 market readiness programme.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Offers Free Data On Listed Companies On The Web

Date 20/07/1999

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange announced that it opened a new link on its Website, www.tase.co.il, that enables investors to quickly and easily obtain a variety of financial data about listed companies .The new service is free of charge.

Co-operation agreement between the Lisbon Stock Exchange and PARISBOURSE SBF SA

Date 20/07/1999

PARISBOURSE SBF SA and the Lisbon Stock Exchange signed a co-operation agreement on Friday in Paris giving the members of the two markets direct access to the listed companies on each exchange.
Change in the initial trading date of Options on Tokyo Stock Exchange Japanese Government Bond Futures

Date 20/07/1999

The Tokyo Stock Exchange decided to advance the initial trading date of the following contract months of Options on Japanese Government Bond Futures, relying on the article 5.5 of Business Regulation and Order Acceptance Agreement of Options on Japanese Government Bond Futures.
CBOE's Comments on International Securities Exchange (ISE) Rule Filing

Date 20/07/1999

On Friday, CBOE submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its formal comments on the application of the International Securities Exchange LLC ("ISE") to register as a national securities exchange under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). Under the Exchange Act, the Commission is charged with determining whether approval of the application would be consistent with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Many of you have asked about this matter, and we
Bahrain Stock Exchange Launches "Fax Pack" Service

Date 20/07/1999

The Bahrain Stock Exchange has launched a new service, "Fax Pack" to provide share price information through personal an hour after the close of the daily trading session. All what you need to do is to dial +973 213344 on the fax machine, wait for 5 seconds then press start. For further information about Bahrain Stock Exchange you can visit their web site www.bahrainstock.com which has been recently launched.
The Copenhagen Stock Exchange in the First Half of 1999 and in June 1999

Date 19/07/1999

The first half of 1999 saw a total share trading volume of DKK 220bn in market value or an average daily trading volume of DKK 1.8bn. This was 4.9 per cent down on the corresponding period of 1998, when daily trading was recorded at DKK 1.9bn.