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  • Copper Futures Trading Sets NYMEX Volume Record

    Date 28/06/1999

    COMEX Division copper futures set a daily volume record of 35,168 contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday, topping the previous volume record of 28,701 contracts traded on May 17, 1996. Exchange President R. Patrick Thompson said, 'The Exchange is very pleased with the success of its copper futures contract which continues to be a key source of price discovery and risk management for the North American copper market.'

  • CBOT, CME and NYMEX Petition for Regulatory Exemption

    Date 28/06/1999

    The three largest U.S. futures exchanges have petitioned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for regulatory relief in response to the CFTC's plan to process no-action requests from foreign boards of trade seeking to place trading terminals in the United States.

  • Bahrain Stock Exchange Securities & Investment Research

    Date 28/06/1999

    The BSE Index barely changed this week with 26 companies exchanging hands out with an improvement in the advance decline ratio 14 to 8. In other GCC states, Muscat Index (MSM )was up 1.5% while the Index dropped in Kuwait (KSE: -0.7%), Saudi (NCFEI: -0.3%) and Emirates NBAD: -1.4%). This week the service sector was the most active gaining 1.6%. The gain was mostly the result of Batelco gaining 10 fils (+1.7%). Batelco was the market leader with 26% of the total turnover. Esterad, which is als

  • ASX and Stock Exchange of Thailand sign MoU

    Date 28/06/1999

    The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance the lines of communication between the two exchanges. The memorandum was signed by the SET President, Mr Singh Tangtatswas, and ASX Chairman, Mr Maurice Newman AM in a ceremony held in Bangkok on June 25. Special guests at the signing were Dr Pisit Leeahtam, Thailand's Deputy Minister of Finance, and the Hon Joe Hockey, Australia's Minister for Financial Services and

  • EURO.NM gains 250th company listing

    Date 25/06/1999

    EURO.NM - the pan-European network of stock markets for high growth companies continues its impressive growth record in terms of new listings, market capitalisation, liquidity and performance. The 200th listing was reached on April 19, and more than 250 companies will be listed by the end of June 1999. This milestone has been reached much quicker than anticipated. June should be a record month with 29 new listings (versus 20 in June 1998) bringing the total for the first half of the year to 86,

  • CME Statement on William Rainer Nomination to Head CFTC

    Date 25/06/1999

    Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chairman Scott Gordon issued the following statement regarding the nomination of William J Rainer as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: "The Chicago Mercantile Exchange congratulates William Rainer upon his nomination to chair the CFTC. His experience in futures and financial markets make him highly qualified to take on the challenges the Commission faces as it heads into the reauthorization process next year. Of immediate concern is the need for th

  • CBOT Statement On Nomination Of William Rainer As Chairman Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Date 25/06/1999

    CBOT Chairman David P. Brennan and CBOT President/CEO Thomas R. Donovan issued the following joint statement today: "We are pleased that President Clinton has chosen to nominate William Rainer for Chairman of the CFTC. We look forward to a swift confirmation process, and to the opportunity to work both with the new chairman as well as with the current CFTC commissioners to meet the competitive regulatory challenges facing U.S. futures markets.

  • CBOT Members Vote To Approve CBOT-Eurex Alliance

    Date 25/06/1999

    Chicago Board of Trade members voted overwhelmingly today, by nearly a 6 to 1 margin, to proceed with the CBOT-Eurex alliance. The vote was 750 in favor and 126 against. CBOT Chairman David P. Brennan said, "I commend the membership for its leadership in approving this alliance. The CBOT members voiced a strong vote of confidence in this Board's leadership and direction by voting in favor of the Eurex deal. This alliance will secure our global leadership position, strengthen our world-class trad

  • CBOT Members Vote in Favor of Alliance with Eurex

    Date 25/06/1999

    Eurex, the German-Swiss derivatives exchange, welcomes the result of the vote by CBOT members, which is an expression of the desire to continue the alliance between the world's two largest exchanges, it said. Joint utilization of the Eurex electronic trading system will form a direct link between the two markets. Eurex is convinced that the alliance of Eurex and CBOT will be for the benefit of the exchanges and their market participants. Eurex CEO Dr. Jörg Franke said: "I'm happy about the favo

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

    Date 25/06/1999

    The market surged through the 1,000-point barrier to a record high of 1009.62 points. BIHL and Barclays carried the banner for the theme of record highs when both picked 10t to P10.50 and P4.70 respectively, albeit on light volume. Their bids also closed the week firmer at P10.75 for BIHL and P4.90 for Barclays whose sellers are a rare find. The wholesaler METSEF advanced 20t to reach P5.25 on 10,000 shares. FNBB countered the week's gains as it shed 50t to P17.50 on 1,500 shares. Engen saw a bl

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