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Philippine Stock Exchange Board Appoints Ramon T. Garcia as President and Chief Executive Officer

Date 05/05/2000

Chairman Felipe U. Yap of the Philippine Stock Exchange(PSE) is happy to announce the election and appointment of Ramon T. Garcia as President and Chief Executive Officer of the PSE effective 1 May 2000.
Open Interest Up 17.3% On The Derivatives Markets Of Parisbourse SBF SA - The Euro Notional Bounces Back To 1994's Record Levels

Date 05/05/2000

April trading volume on the derivatives markets of ParisBourse SBF SA reached 20.4 million contracts. Total open interest was up 17.3% on the previous month.
New York Stock Exchange Statement Regarding Rule 390

Date 05/05/2000

The NYSE is gratified by the SEC's approval of our proposal to rescind Rule 390. At the same time, we continue to believe the Commission's review of market fragmentation should lead to an industry-wide investor-protection initiative. This reform would protect investors in 100 percent of the issues, 100 percent of the time by requiring brokerage firms that "internalize" customer orders to provide a better price than the national best bid or offer, or to otherwise give the order an opportunity for
New Open Interest Records Established In April At Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

Date 05/05/2000

Open interest records for total futures and options were established during the month. On April 14, total futures and options open interest reached a record 131,225 contracts. The previous recorded high for total futures and options open interest was 127,813 contracts set on April 7, 2000. Within that, July canola at 29,630 open contracts on April 27, 2000 topped a recent record for open interest of 25,581 set on April 7, 2000. In addition, a record for total open interest in futures was set at
Information Leaflet On Pilot Programme For Trading US Securities Distributed to Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Participants

Date 05/05/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong today (Friday) delivered to Exchange Participants, an Informational Documentation on the Pilot Programme for Trading US Securities. Exchange participants will be required to provide their clients with the document in either the Chinese or English language before accepting or operating a securities trading account for them in relation to securities admitted for trading under the Pilot Programme.

Central Bank Of Iceland Issues New Inflation Forecast For 2000 And 2001

Date 05/05/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland has issued a new inflation forecast for 2000 and 2001. The Bank forecasts an inflation rate of 5% in the course of 2000 and 4% in 2001. In the course of 1999 the CPI rose 5.8 percent. The forecast is presented in the Bank's quarterly bulletin, Peningamál, which is available today in Icelandic on the Bank's website, www.sedlabanki.is.
ASX Market Operations for Friday 5 May 2000

Date 05/05/2000

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) confirms that trading was halted today between 10.19am and 12.10pm as a result of problems with the CW Optus network. The problems with the network caused a number of market participants to be unable to access SEATS. In the interests of ensuring the integrity of the market, ASX took the decision to halt trading until all market participants regained access. Markets closed today at the usual time of 4pm.
Update In KLSE SI Components

Date 04/05/2000

In line with the updated list of approved securities issued by the Syariah Advisory Council of the Securities Commission on Friday, 28 April 2000, appropriate changes will be made to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Syariah Index (KLSE SI).
The Chicago Stock Exchange Sets Monthly Volume Records In April

Date 04/05/2000

The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) today announced a record-breaking month for both trade and share volume. Total trade volume in April finished at 5,878,144, an increase of 114 percent over last year, while share volume reached 2,204,480,793, up 87 percent from April 1999.
Program Trading Averaged 19.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 24-28

Date 04/05/2000

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 April 24-28. The data indicated that during April 24-28, program trading amounted to 19.2 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,007.3 million shares, or 193.0 million shares a day.