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  • CFTC Adopts Rules On Listing Standards And Conditions For Trading Security Futures Products

    Date 25/10/2001

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces the publication in the Federal Register of final rules relating to the trading of security futures products in the United States. These rules implement provisions of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) that lift the 19-year ban on the trading of single-stock and narrow-based stock index futures in this country.

  • CBOT To Launch 10-Year Swap Futures Friday, Oct. 26, 2001

    Date 25/10/2001

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will launch on Friday, October 26, at 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) its newest product, 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures. The new instrument will trade in the Agency/Swap futures pit and on the CBOT®'s electronic trading platform.

  • CBOE Set To Launch Screen-Based Trading Platform

    Date 25/10/2001

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that on Friday, October 26, 2001 it will launch CBOEdirect(TM), the exchange's new screen-based trading platform.

  • The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions

    Date 24/10/2001

    As of mid-October, short interest in 3,402 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 4,016,186,454 shares compared with 4,119,639,131* shares in 3,440 National Market issues for the month of September.

  • Stock Exchange Of Thailand: INET Approved To Be A SET- Listed Company

    Date 24/10/2001

    INET, the first SOE privatized as part of the government's Capital Market Revitalization Scheme, has been approved as a listed company on the SET, and will offer 110 million common shares to the public between 2 - 7 November. In addition to the share subscription through its underwriter, investors can also subscribe to INET shares on-line from 2-3 November.