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Eurex World's First Clearinghouse To Introduce Remote Clearing - Launch date Is August 1st

Date 03/07/2000

Eurex is the world's first exchange to expand its remote membership policy and facilities, already valid for trading, to clearing. So-called Remote Clearing will be introduced on August 1. Otto E. Nägeli made the announcement at a press conference in London on Monday. Participants from every country in the EU and from Switzerland will then not just be able to participate in trading directly; they will also be able to clear transactions themselves. Up to now they have had to clear their transact
Eurex At Continuing High Level - 39.8 Million Contracts Traded - Record Turnover In Futures On The Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 - Good Start For Derivatives On Nemax 50

Date 03/07/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives market, achieved excellent results in June with 39.8 million contracts traded, an increase of 3.7 percent over the June 1999 volume. A total of about 237 million contracts have already been traded at Eurex this year. Thus, after only two quarters, trading volume is almost up to the level recorded for all of 1998 (248 million contracts).
489 Billion Euros In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges In June - New Xetra Records In Growth Stocks, Small- And Mid-Cap Segments

Date 03/07/2000

A total of 488.9 billion euros in volume was traded in equities, warrants and fixed-income securities on the German stock exchanges in June, about two percent more than the volume traded in June one year ago. The total comprises 367.1 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds, and 121.7 billion euros in fixed-income securities. Trading at FWB, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, accounted for about 88 percent of the total equities turnover in Germany.
NYSE Announces Third-Quarter 2000 Circuit Breaker And Trading Collar Levels

Date 01/07/2000

The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit breaker and trading collar trigger levels for third-quarter 2000, effective Monday, July 3.
FTSE All-World Index Goes Live

Date 01/07/2000

The new FTSE All-World Index went live yesterday on 30 June 2000. The index builds on FTSE's existing World Index by adding Emerging Markets data provided by ING Barings. This extends cover by a further 19 countries creating a truly global index. The FTSE All-World Index includes 49 countries and almost 2,600 stocks.

CME Announces Regular Quarterly Revision of Price Limits For Equity Index Products Effective Sunday, July 2, 2000

Date 01/07/2000

Regular quarterly revision of price limits for equity index futures and options traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) become effective with the start of trading on the GLOBEX2 electronic trading system on Sunday, July 2, 2000, at 5:30 p.m. (Chicago time).
CBOE Trading Schedule For Fourth Of July Holiday

Date 01/07/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Fourth of July holiday:
Volume In KCBT Wheat Futures Expected To Set New Single-Day Record

Date 30/06/2000

Trading volume in Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures today is expected to set a new single-day record, surpassing the 125 million bushel mark for the first time in exchange history.
PHLX To Begin Trading Options On Visteon Corporation

Date 30/06/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading options on Visteon Corporation (option/symbol: VC) upon the opening of business on Wednesday, June 29, 2000.
OM And HEX End Arbitration Proceedings

Date 30/06/2000

Helsinki Exchanges Group Ltd Oy, the parent company of the HEX Group, and its wholly owned subsidiary Helsinki Exchanges and OM have jointly agreed on terminating the arbitration proceedings at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce that commenced on June 30, 1999.