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Program Trading Averaged 27.6 Percent of NYSE Volume During Feb. 20-Feb. 23, 2001

Date 01/03/2001

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 20-Feb. 23, 2001.
Futures Trading in Electricity At EEX Off To A Good Start - 25.000 Megawatt Hours Of Electricity Traded Within First 2 Hours - 20 Market Participants From Five Countries On Board For The Launch - E.on, HEW And RWE Active As Market Makers

Date 01/03/2001

"Today we're electrifying the German market," were the words used by the two EEX Executive Board members Christian Geyer and Hans E. Schweickardt today to kick off the first German derivatives market for electricity at 10.00 a.m. Within the first two hours from 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. 20 participants from three countries traded 25.000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity via the Eurex trading system. The volumes on the derivatives market in the first two hours allready exceded the averag
February KCBT Volume Shows Gains Compared To January

Date 01/03/2001

Trading volume at the Kansas City Board of Trade climbed 18.4 percent when compared to total volume traded during the month of January. Wheat futures volume increased 23.1 percent, while Value Line® volume grew 14.8 percent in the same time period.
Eurex Turns Over 102 Million Contracts In January and February - Second-Highest Turnover On Monthly Basis: Over 48.9 Million Contracts In February - New Record Results In Options On Nokia, Philips And Dow Jones Euro-STOXX

Date 01/03/2001

In February, Eurex, the international derivatives market, posted its second-highest monthly volume to date: With 48.9 million contracts traded, the world market leader again surpassed all expectations, even in the short month of February. Compared with February 2000, Eurex volume for the month grew by more than 25 percent. Eurex is thus continuing into the new year on the extremely positive trend in trading volume set in January: More than 100 million contracts have already changed hands at the
CME Volume Rises 41 Percent in February, Averaging 1.4 Million Contracts Daily - GLOBEX®2 Volume Up 119 Percent

Date 01/03/2001

Monthly trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) in February rose 41 percent, averaging 1.4 million contracts daily and marking the busiest February in CME history. Total volume reached 26.7 million contracts, an increase of more than 41 percent above year-ago levels. February’s volume represented $19.1 trillion in underlying value of trading. Year-to-date, CME volume rose 58 percent to 58.4 million contracts.

CBOT: Fed Funds Settle At 94.505

Date 01/03/2001

The 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for February settled March 1 at a price of 94.505 for an effective average overnight rate of 5.495 percent during the delivery month.
Annual Reweighting Of The AEX-Index And Amsterdam Midkap Index

Date 01/03/2001

BeUnder the rules of the AEX-index (AEX) and the Amsterdam Midkap index (AMX), both indices are reweighted annually on the first tradingday of March. On the basis of this reweighting, the following changes are made to the indices.
Migration Swiss Auctions Of First Issues Through Eurex Repo As Of End Of February - Auctions For Registered Money-Market Claims And Swiss Federal Bonds In Two Steps - Karl Hug, SNB: "Utilization Of The Electronic Trading System Boosts Efficiency"

Date 28/02/2001

Eurex, the European exchange organization, is expanding its line of products and functionalities on the Eurex Repo platform: As of the end of February, auctions of first issues of Swiss registered money-market claims and Swiss federal bonds will be carried out via the electronic trading platform that Eurex has been operating for repo trading since June 1999. The company made the announcement on Wednesday. The electronic issuing procedure replaces the existing auctions by fax and phone and is di
Launch Of First German Derivatives Exchange For Electricity With 20 Participants - Broad-Based Support From Energy Sector And Banks

Date 28/02/2001

The derivatives market for electricity of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will be launched on March 1st with 20 participants, as the company reported on Wednesday. In the first German derivatives exchange for electricity, participants will be able to trade futures on electricity. EEX will start out with two futures, on base-load and peak-load blocks. Trading on the futures market will be carried out via the trading system of the derivatives exchange, Eurex.
Deutsche Börse Launches Xetra XXL, Block Trading On Xetra - Xetra XXL offers First Exchange-based, Fully Electronic Block Trading Facility - Avoids Negative Price Effects And Increases Process Efficiency - Market Launch On March 2, 2001

Date 28/02/2001

On March 2, Deutsche Börse is launching Xetra XXL, with a new form of trading for so- called block-crossing of shares, as the company announced on Wednesday. The new functionality is designed for trading by institutional investors with large order volumes and runs on Xetra, the fully electronic trading platform. Deutsche Börse is the first European exchange to offer fully electronic, exchange-based block trading in equities. With Xetra XXL, according to Deutsche Börse, institutional investors be