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  • CBOT October Fed Funds Settle At 97.515

    Date 01/11/2001

    The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for October 2001 was cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 97.515 for an average overnight effective rate of 2.485 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

  • CBOT Electronic Trading Platform Sets Daily Volume High Oct. 31

    Date 01/11/2001

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today its members set a new daily volume record yesterday on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 462,140 contracts traded, breaking the previous record of 450,075 contracts set on August 30, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,819,304 contracts yesterday, of which 1,357,164 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.

  • SGX Launches First Stage Of Securities Lending

    Date 31/10/2001

    Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that from 1 November 2001, it will begin building a lending pool of investors as the first step towards the SGX Securities Lending programme.

  • Nymex: Exchange To Introduce Exchange Of Futures For Swap Transactions In Natural Gas Market Beginning Tomorrow

    Date 31/10/2001

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would begin offering tomorrow exchange of futures for swap (EFS) transactions in the first step of its plans to offer over clearing services to the over-the-counter (OTC) natural gas market.

  • HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

    Date 31/10/2001

    Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Wednesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 1 November, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodo

  • Euronext Revenues Highly Resilient In The 9 Months To September 30 2001, Coming In At € 522.6m

    Date 31/10/2001

    Euronext NV announces revenues of €522.6m for the first nine months of 2001 compared with € 523.2m for the same period of 2000. In the third quarter of 2001, despite the sharp slowdown in the listing business, revenues from derivatives trading, clearing and sales of market data and software all increased, while the decline in cash trading commissions was limited to 7.2%. Excluding the impact of lower listing fees, Euronext's overall revenues would have risen by 1.8%.

  • Deutsche Börse To Appeal Teamwork And Prout Court Decisions - Company Stands By Delisting Rules

    Date 31/10/2001

    Deutsche Börse will appeal the decisions of the local Frankfurt court regarding the applicability of the exclusion rules in the case of the two companies, Teamwork and Prout. At the same time, on Wednesday the exchange operator again emphasized the importance of the new exclusion rules; in the interest of investors and the companies who set store in the quality of Neuer Markt, Deutsche Börse will stand by the rules. According to the court's decision, Deutsche Börse may not exclude Teamwork from

  • Chicago Stock Exchange Announces Management Restructuring:A.D. Frazier Named Chairman And CEO And Paul O'kelly, President And COO

    Date 31/10/2001

    The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) announced changes in corporate governance.

  • CBOT's Neubauer Letter Responds to Treasury's Bond Announcement

    Date 31/10/2001

    The attached letter was distributed today by Chicago Board of Trade Chairman Nickolas J. Neubauer to all members regarding the U.S. Treasury Department's decision to suspend issuance of the 30-year bond.

  • CBOT Members Approve Postponement of Annual Election

    Date 31/10/2001

    The members of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today voted overwhelmingly on two propositions, which comprise a single "package" vote, to allow the exchange's 2001 annual election to be postponed temporarily, to a date no later than March 31, 2002. The vote to amend the CBOT® Charter was 407 in favor to 13 2/6 against. The vote to amend the CBOT® Bylaws was 405 1/6 in favor to 13 1/6 against.