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SWX Reports Successful Stock Market Debut Of Actelion

Date 07/04/2000

Actelion Ltd, ninth company to list on SWX New Market, opens 92% above offering price. The shares of Actelion Ltd., a bio-pharmaceutical company, were traded today for the first time on the SWX New Market. The offering price was set Wendsday night at CHF 260. At the start of trading on SWX, the stock stood 92% above that level at CHF 500, representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 2,4 billion.
PHLX Equity and Options Post Record Breaking Volume

Date 07/04/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that volume in PHLX's 950 equity options for the month of March 2000 reached an all-time record of 5,450,551 contracts traded, surpassing by 19% the previous record volume month set in January 2000 when 4,581,850 contracts changed hands. In addition, during the first three months of 2000, PHLX traded a record 14,296,839 equity option contracts, an increase of 26% in comparison to the same period last year.
New Participant On SWX Swiss Exchange: Dexia Privatbank (Schweiz) AG, Zurich

Date 07/04/2000

The SWX has accepted Dexia Privatbank (Schweiz) AG, Zurich, as a participant. The new participant will commence trading activities on the SWX platform on Friday, 7 April 2000.
Nasdaq Sets New Record For One-Day Point Gain

Date 07/04/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today had its largest point increase ever, with preliminary figures showing the Nasdaq Composite® Index rising 178.89 points to 4446.45. The previous point gain record was set on February 23, 2000 with the Composite Index rising 168.21 points.
Longer Trading Hours At Deutsche Börse And Eurex - Trading Until 8:00 p.m. As Of June 2, 2000

Date 07/04/2000

Effective June 2, 2000, Deutsche Börse and Eurex are extending the trading hours in all equities and warrants at FWB, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and in all German equity and equity index derivatives at Eurex until 8:00 p.m. (Frankfurt time).The exchanges made the announcement in Frankfurt on April 7. As of the announced date, closing prices for equities and closing index levels at FWB will be calculated at 8:00 p.m., the closing auction in Xetra will take place as of 8:00 p.m. The cash-market

SFE Experiences Second Busiest Month Ever

Date 06/04/2000

Trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) in March 2000 rose to 4,107,137 futures and options contracts - the second highest monthly turnover in SFE's 40-year history.
Program Trading Averaged 23.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During March 27 - 31, 2000

Date 06/04/2000

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 March 27 - 31. The data indicated that during March 27 - 31, program trading amounted to 23.9 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1068.2 million shares, or 255.3 million shares a day.
Oslo Stock Exchange March Report: IT Stocks In Reverse

Date 06/04/2000

Scepticism of the high valuation of IT shares led to a worldwide price fall for this sector in March. A 7 per cent dip on the Oslo Stock Exchange´s IT index was the main reason why the all-share index fell 2.2 per cent over the month.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 06/04/2000

On March 27, despite a large quantity of delivery as much as 781 lots, the current month expired calmly at 61.90 yen on short-covering and trading houses taking deliveries. This made the other months go firmer on buying interest. On the next day, the new September contract month opened higher than August contract by 1.50 yen at 79.30 yen. Later, amid the yen's rise, the prices slid on long-liquidation and selling by bears with distant month at 77.90 yen. This decline was triggered by the
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 06/04/2000

On March 27, OME Aluminium Futures opened slightly easier with distant January contract at 172.6 yen, down 0.3 yen from the last Friday's close on long-liquidation due to the yen's strength. On March 28, current month expired sharply lower at 169.8 yen, down 10.8 yen from the previous day on selling by physical-holders.