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Sector Indexes For Neuer Markt Start On May 15 - Greater Transparency And Comparability In Neuer Markt - Private And Institutional Investors Have New Basis For Their Investment Decisions

Date 02/05/2000

The sector indexes for Neuer Markt will be introduced on May 15, as Deutsche Börse announced on Tuesday. Deutsche Börse's international growth segment is being subdivided into 10 sectors to make the market more transparent and easier to compare. The 10 sector indexes comprise Biotechnology, Financial Services, Industrials & Industrial Services, Internet, IT Services, Media & Entertainment, MedTech & Health Care, Software, Technology and Telecommunications. The currently 253 companies quoted on
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 02/05/2000

On April 24, despite the expectation of the lower expiry with many trading houses going shorts, the current month of OME RSS3 futures expired higher by 0.7 yen at 62.40 yen from the last week's close on more-than-expected short-covering and takers of the delivery. This is attributed to the widened spread between the current and distant contract months and substantially higher physical prices. On the next day, the new October contract opened steadier than September contract by 1.80 yen at 78.50
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 02/05/2000

On April 24, OME Aluminium futures opened mixed with the aimless movement bound in a narrow range due to the Easter holidays in U.K. Distant March contract opened slightly firmer at 160.3 yen, up 0.8 yen from the last Friday's close. On April 26, distant March contract rose to 161.2 yen on fresh buying and short-covering as LME Aluminium futures went higher on funds' buying in line with the gain in its copper market.
NYMEX Sets Record Copper Volume

Date 02/05/2000

Copper futures trading set a daily volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange on April 25 when 44,273 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 35,444 contracts traded on February 28, 2000.
NYMEX Announces Margins For Middle East Sour Crude Oil Futures

Date 02/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange has announced initial margins for the Middle East sour crude oil futures contract which will be launched on May 4.

New York Mercantile Exchange Presents Archie Dunham With Directors' Award For Global Vision In Energy

Date 02/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange has honored Archie Dunham, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Conoco (NYSE:COC.A) (NYSE:COC.B), with the Exchange's directors' award for global vision in energy.
HKFE Completes Simulated Trading

Date 02/05/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) announced that street-wide simulated trading on its HKATS electronic trading system has been completed as planned. 104 Exchange Participants took part in the simulated trading.
FTSE Launches New All-World Index ING Barings Emerging Market Indices Combined With FTSE World

Date 02/05/2000

A major new worldwide index launched today combines data from FTSE and ING Barings to provide fund managers with a more comprehensive benchmark of the global marketplace than ever before. The index - called the FTSE All-World Index - builds on FTSE's existing World Index, adding Emerging Markets data provided by ING Barings to extend its cover by 19 further countries, creating a truly global index. Now including 49 countries and almost 2,600 stocks, the new index will go live at the end of J
Eurex Trades 31 Million Contracts In April Over 152 million Contracts Traded During The First Four Months - New Record In Options On Nokia

Date 02/05/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives market, achieved a volume of 30.5??? million contracts traded in April, topping the April 1999 volume by 17 percent. Eurex has already traded more than 152 million contracts during the first four months of the current year.
CME Trading Volume Rises Nearly 26 Percent in April

Date 02/05/2000

Overall trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for April rose nearly 26 percent over last year with 19,427,407 contracts traded. Volume in equity and index futures rose 41.7 percent over last year, while volume in interest rate futures increased 38.6 percent from year-ago levels.