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Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Starts As A Trading Member Of HEX

Date 30/05/2001

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein will start as a trading member of the Helsinki Exchanges on the 31th of May, 2001. DrKW will trade in the HETI trading system as a remote member from London.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New Time Schedule For The Production Launch Of Saxess 3.0

Date 30/05/2001

Saxess release 3.0 will be launched on 10 September 2001. The Copenhagen Stock Exchange informed in Briefing no. 139, that the production launch of Saxess release 3.0, which was originally planned for 6 June 2001 would be postponed until after the summer.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New KFX Rules

Date 30/05/2001

As of 1 June 2001 the new guidelines for the calculation of the KFX Index will take effect. The changes apply to the selection criteria, where the primary criterion is largest turnover in terms of market value, i.e the most frequently traded shares traded via the trading system. The secondary criterion is a liquidity criterion, which is to ensure that the shares have been on the top 25 list of most frequently traded shares during the day for at least 40 per cent of the days of the reference per
CME Contract Specifications Changes: Lean Hogs Futures

Date 30/05/2001

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect the following:
Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Exchange Holidays

Date 30/05/2001

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE Group will be closed in conjunction with the following holidays:

60.0% Of IPE Holdings Shares Tendered To IntercontinentalExchange - Offer Period Extended Until 15 June

Date 30/05/2001

IntercontirientalExchange, Inc. (ICE Inc.), which owns and operates an electronic commodities trading platform, today announces that as at 3.00 p.m. on 29 May 2001, being the first closing date of its recommended offer (the Offer) for IPE Holdings Plc (IPE Holdings), valid acceptances of the Offer had been received in respect of a total of 6,874,362 IPE Holdings shares, representing approximately 60.0 per cent. of IPE Holdings' issued share capital.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 34.6 Billion Krónur

Date 29/05/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on May 29 of the maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.9 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 34.6 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Debut Of Prime New Energy Inc.

Date 29/05/2001

The shares of Prime New Energy Inc., headquartered in Olten, Switzerland, were traded for the first time today on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The price was set at CHF 105.50. The opening price in SWX trading today stood 4% above that level at CHF 110, representing a total market capitalisation of CHF 209 million.
SFE Launches New Corporate Brand

Date 29/05/2001

SFE Corporation Limited (SFE) is the new name for the Sydney Futures Exchange Limited.
EEX Expands Line Of Products Available For Trading On Futures Market - New Flexibility In Trading Of Electricity Futures - Four New Participants On Futures Market

Date 29/05/2001

EEX European Energy Exchange is expanding its range of products for the futures market to include four so-called cascading futures. Unlike the existing products which have monthly contract dates, the new products will have terms of at least three months and 12 months, respectively. With the three-month and 12-month futures on baseload and peakload blocks, EEX is expanding its product portfolio to include products that are used intensively in over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and offering the parti