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CME May Trading Volume Rises 17 Percent - E-Mini S&P 500 Soars Nearly 190 Percent As Index Products Set May Record

Date 02/06/1999

Trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in May rose nearly 17 percent above year-ago levels to 17,867,782. Volume in equity index products set a May record of 3,557,274, surpassing May 1998 volume by 14 percent. The all-time volume record for E-mini S&P 500 futures was set at 843,020. E-mini S&P 500 futures volume rose nearly 190 percent in May, with year-to-date volume up nearly 173 percent. E-mini S&P 500 options set a new May record of 5,914, as year-to- date volume grew by 33
The Toronto Stock Exchange And The Montreal Exchange Partner To Teach Investors About Their Options

Date 01/06/1999

Institutional investors from across Canada will gather in Hockley Valley, just north of Toronto, on June 8th and 9th for the second annual TSE Derivatives Conference. The Derivatives Conference, the largest of its kind in Canada, is being hosted by the TSE with the Montreal Exchange participating as a primary sponsor. This partnership between the two exchanges demonstrates a commitment to foster the development and growth of derivative markets in Canada.
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Named A Designated Offshore Securities Market By SEC

Date 01/06/1999

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has named the TASE as a "designated offshore securities market". The SEC has accorded the TASE this recognition after review of the TASE's oversight, reporting, clearance and settlement systems. With this designation, the TASE joins leading non-U.S. securities markets which have already been so designated, such as the London Stock Exchange, the Bourse de Paris, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and ot
KCBT wheat options volume sets new May record

Date 01/06/1999

Kansas City Board of Trade wheat options volume traded during the month of May amounted to 11,647 contracts, breaking the previous May record of 10,596 contracts set in 1997. Wheat options volume grew 21.5 percent when compared to May of 1998. Wheat options open interest also posted increases this month. Open interest grew 31.5 percent when compared to May 1998 and 18.5 percent when compared to April of this year. Wheat futures open interest increased 22.1 percent over last year at this time and
Eurex on Continuing Upward Trend in May

Date 01/06/1999

The Eurex derivatives market is posting further increases in trading volume: 28.8 million contracts were traded in May. This represents an increase of about 60 percent over the number traded in May 1998 according to Eurex statistics. Total contract volume exceeded 139 million contracts during the first five months of 1999, about 50 million contracts more than the number traded during the same period of last year. In terms of average daily volume, Eurex set a new record in May. With 1.51 million

Deutsche Börse Developing European Bond Index Family

Date 01/06/1999

Deutsche Börse AG is launching a new family of European bond indices in September. The index family for bonds, like the STOXX indices for equities, will be calculated for countries from the European area (without Greece and Norway) as well as the euro zone (without Luxembourg). The new bond indices will be designated to serve as a benchmark to track the performance of fixed-income securities on a pan-European level. For private investors, they offer a new basis for investments in bond funds and
ASX proposes BLOX for high value trades

Date 01/06/1999

The Australian Stock Exchange has announced that it will develop a new trading environment called BLOX, aimed at better meeting the needs of stockbrokers and their institutional clients who deal in particularly large buy and sell orders. BLOX comprises two new facilities for large orders (blocks): a proposed trading facility with special features to address the needs of block traders; and a proposed reporting regime that will enhance brokers' ability to facilitate block trades for their clients
ASX Buys Stake in Austraclear

Date 01/06/1999

The Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) today announced a further stage in the development of its debt market strategy having reached agreement to acquire a 13 per cent interest in Austraclear Limited, an unlisted public company. Austraclear is a central securities depository providing clearing and settlement facilities to the Australian fixed interest and money markets. ASX will be entitled to appoint a director to the Board of Austraclear once the acquisition of the shares is completed. T
359 Billion Euro in Turnover on the German Stock Exchanges in May (Beate Uhse tops turnover in SMAX segment)

Date 01/06/1999

A volume of 359.23 billion Euro was traded in equities, warrants and fixed-income securities on the German stock exchanges in May, a decline of about 11 percent from the volume traded in the same month of last year. The order-book statistics of Deutsche Börse, which are based on single counting of all transactions posted in the order book of Xetra® and the trading floor, show a total of 52.86 billion Euro was traded in equities on the German stock exchanges in May; 34.77 billion Euro, or about 7
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Review Procedures - Chapter 2B of the Exchange Listing Rules

Date 31/05/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong wishes to announce the introduction of the new Chapter 2B in relation to review procedures and the corresponding amendments made to Chapter 2A and Practice Note 1. The new Chapter 2B codifies existing practices and procedures in relation to review proceedings. The provisions in the new Chapter 2B are basically extracted from and are fundamentally the same as those set out in the previous Chapter 2A of the Exchange Listing Rules except for the following relatively