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Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock Tops $2 Billion in Assets

Date 09/07/1999

The Nasdaq-Amex Market Group today (July 9) reported that Nasdaq-100 Shares, the Nasdaq 100 Index Tracking Stock, exceeded $2 billion in assets at yesterday's close. The value of assets represents a new all-time high record for Nasdaq-100 Shares.
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong takes Action against two registered persons

Date 08/07/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong announces that on June 21, 1999, the Disciplinary Committee heard the cases of Mr Cheung Yik Cho and Mr Pang Ka Kon, Stephen, registered persons of the Exchange, and found a charge against each of Mr Cheung and Mr Pang for breach of the Rules of the Exchange proved.
NYMEX Responds To IPE Backing Of Plan B

Date 08/07/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) today issued the following statement regarding the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) announcement today regarding its membership vote on demutualization:
June Trading on MEFF Holding up 70% on May - almost 2 million contracts traded

Date 08/07/1999

June trading on MEFF Holding reached 1,946,650 contracts, a daily average of 88,484 contracts.
Fiscal Year 1999 A Record Breaker at CBOE, Fiscal Year 2000 Starts With A Bang

Date 08/07/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) on July 7 announced that fiscal year 1999 was a record setting volume year, punctuated by new highs in total option volume, stock option volume, average daily volume and open interest levels.

The Montreal Exchange to Introduce New S&P Canada 60 Index Futures and Options Contracts

Date 07/07/1999

The Montreal Exchange will introduce new S&P Canada 60 index futures and options contracts on September 7, 1999. These new contracts, to be offered under an agreement recently signed with Standard & Poor's, will be part of a range of products based on the S&P/TSE 60 index. Other products will also include a long-term options class.
New Quality in Electronic Bond Trading on Xetra®

Date 07/07/1999

Deutsche Börse AG has further enhanced the parameters for electronic bond trading on Xetra since July 7, 1999: A new price and fee model reduces the transaction costs considerably. At the same time, a quote machine developed by Deutsche Börse enables the automated supply of buy and sell prices in the order book.
NASDAQ 1999 Dollar Volume Increased By 86 Percent Over The First Half Of 1998 - Index Share Assets On Amex Increase By 125 Percent

Date 07/07/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® and the American Stock Exchange® continued to show increased trading activity in the second quarter of 1999.
IPE Board Backs "Plan B" And Calls EGM For End Of Month

Date 07/07/1999

At a meeting this morning the IPE Board of Directors gave strong backing to the proposals to demutualise and sell 70% of the Exchange to five private investors (Plan B). Members of the IPE will be invited to vote on the future of the Exchange at an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Friday 30 July at 12 noon. The Board agreed that if their recommendations were not accepted by the Membership they would regard this as a vote of no confidence.
Allan Aw appointed to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Council

Date 07/07/1999

Mr Allan Aw, Office Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen Hong Kong, was appointed today (Wednesday) to the Council of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Mr Aw replaces Mr Tim Lewis, who resigned from the Council last month. Mr Aw also replaces Mr Lewis as a member of the Disciplinary Appeals, Finance, Traded Options, and Trading and Settlement Committees of the Council.