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Singapore Exchange Launches STP Initiative For Singapore Market

Date 12/03/2001

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has embarked on an initiative to bring the Singapore securities market and its institutional participants to a Straight-Through-Processing (STP) environment, from trade execution to final settlement. This initiative will include the development of common messaging standards to facilitate automated trade processing, thereby increasing settlement efficiency and reducing errors.
Proposed Changes To OM Gruppen's Board Of Directors

Date 12/03/2001

At the Annual General Meeting of OM Gruppen, due to be held on March 20, the sharehold-ers representing more than 50 per cent of the companies' shares and votes will propose that number of ordinary members of the Board remain unchanged at eight and that Gunnar Brock will be proposed as a new member of the board. Re-election will be proposed for Jan Carendi, Thomas Franzén, Per E. Larsson, Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus, Sven Nyman, Bengt Rydén and Olof Stenhammar. Lars Irstad has declined to be put
PHLX Continues To Set Records

Date 12/03/2001

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity options volume for the month of February 2001 reached 8,586,871 contracts traded, a 101 percent increase over the same month last year when 4,264,438 contracts changed hands. In addition, year-to-date equity options volume reached a record 19,292,666 contracts traded. This represents a 118 percent increase over the first two months of 2000, when 8,846,288 contracts traded.
Nasdaq Set To Begin Decimalizing Its List Of Stocks On Monday March 12 - First Pilot To Include 15 Securities - Second Pilot Scheduled For March 26- All Nasdaq Securities To Be Fully Converted By April 9

Date 12/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® has announced that it was ready to begin decimalizing its list of stocks on Monday, March 12, 2001, with a first pilot of 15 securities.
LIFFE Announces A Further 15 Universal Stock Futures

Date 12/03/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announced the launch of a further 15 Universal Stock Futures (USFs) contracts. These will be introduced in two phases: the 5 Italian stock-based USFs will be introduced on Monday 19 March 2001; the remaining 10 contracts will be introduced on Monday 2 April 2001.

Introduction Of KBC Private Equity Fund Biotech (Abbreviated Biotech), A Privak Under Belgian Law On The Double Fixing Of Euronext Brussels

Date 12/03/2001

As of today, Monday 12 February 2001, 3.416.667 ordinary shares of Biotech are listed on the double fixing of Euronext Brussels: 83.333 existing shares and 3.333.334 new shares. The new shares were offered to the public from 5 February 2001 till 2 March 2001 at a price of 15 EUR per share. An amount of EUR 50 million was collected, the equivalent of the total offered shares.
Euronext Amsterdam: Interbrew And CNP Assurances In Euronext 100

Date 12/03/2001

1. Interbrew replaces Sommer Allibert in Next 150 as of 15 March 2001 Following the official result of the takeover bid by both Faurecia and SIT for the French company Sommer Allibert, Sommer Allibert will be deleted from the Next 150 index with effect from 15 March 2001, in accordance with rule 6.3.3 of the index ground rules. The highest ranking non-constituent by market capitalisation as at the close of business 28 February 2001, replaces Sommer Allibert in the Next 150 Index
CME Contract Specifications Changes: Spot Call Dairy Sessions

Date 12/03/2001

Effective March 12, 2001, revised trading hours for all Spot Call Dairy sessions will begin.
Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For February 2001

Date 12/03/2001

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 12,686 contracts in February 2001 compared to a figure of 20,512 contracts in February 2000.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 12/03/2001

It was all cheers this week on the BSE as the market stormed through the next key psychological barrier of 1600 points to close the week at 1625.02 points, a gain of 1.78% over last week as an air of optimism reigns through the market.