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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange New-Crop Commodity Price Trends

Date 12/04/2000

Oct '00 feed wheat and western barley futures established their to-date contract lows during December 1999 and early January 2000, and have generally trended higher since then. Oct '00 feed wheat futures ended the month at $145.50/tonne, up $8.80/tonne from the contract low, and roughly in line with the gains observed in Minneapolis Grain Exchange Dec '00 wheat futures. Oct '00 western barley futures ended the month at $127.30/tonne, $9.10/tonne above the contract low.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange New Open Interest Records Established In March

Date 12/04/2000

New open interest records for futures were established this month. On March 15, total futures open interest reached a record 106,016 contracts. The previous record for total futures open interest was 105,346 contracts set on October 15, 1999. Within that, May canola reached a new open interest record of 36,406 contracts. A new daily pit trade volume record for May canola was also established March 17, at 8,786 contracts. The previous record was 6,767 contracts, established on March 12, 1997.
T-Online Will Be Included To The NEMAX 50 Index On June 19 Trading In T-Online Shares Starts April 17 At 9:30 A.M.- Expanded Capacity For Floor-Trading Systems

Date 12/04/2000

The shares of T-Online International AG will be included in the Neuer Markt blue-chip index, NEMAX 50, on June 19 after the next regular index weighting adjustment. The decision was made by the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse on Tuesday. On May 9, Deutsche Börse will decide which company will be dropped from the index to make room for T-Online.
The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong - Resignation Of Alec Tsui Is Confirmed

Date 12/04/2000

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) confirmed today (Wednesday) that Mr Alec Tsui Yiu-wa had tendered his resignation as chief operating officer of the company, and chief executive of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Mr Tsui will leave on August 1.
The HKEx Chairman Elected And Committee Members Appointed

Date 12/04/2000

At the inaugural board meeting today (Wednesday), members voted to appoint Mr Charles Lee Yeh-kwong as Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx). The appointment of Mr Lee as Chairman will take effect subject to the written approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

Oslo Stock Exchange Report - Violation charges

Date 12/04/2000

The Board has imposed violation charges on Storebrand, Steen & Strøm and Olav Thon Eiendomsselskap equivalent to each party's annual listing fee for late publication of interim reports for the fourth quarter of 1999.
Meeting Of The Oslo Stock Exchange Board On 12 April 2000

Date 12/04/2000

Nutri Pharma, Expert Eilag and PhotoCure are admitted to listing on the Main List. In addition VMETRO, Software Innovation and Superoffice move from the SMB List to the Main List, and the primary capital certificates of Flora - Bremanger Sparebank are admitted to listing.
Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For March 2000

Date 12/04/2000

The Kuwait Stock Exchange Index reached 1378.2 at the end of March. It registered an increase of 9.7 points from the closing value at the end of February 2000.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Announces US Treasuries To Be Accepted As Margin Collateral

Date 12/04/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) has announced that the HKFE Clearing Corporation (HKCC) will accept US Treasury Bills and Notes from its Clearing Participants as margin collateral from 28 April 2000. In addition, Exchange Participants will be allowed to accept US Treasury Bills and Notes as margin collateral from their customers from the same date.
Futop Clearing Centre Managing Director Resigns Office

Date 12/04/2000

This is to notify that Mr Tyge Vorstrup Rasmussen, Managing Director of the FUTOP Clearing Centre Ltd. and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange Ltd. will resign office from his positions by the end of April 2000, completing his remaining tasks before the Summer break.