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The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Launches Short-Term Interest- Rate Futures Contracts

Date 12/03/2000

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launched today a new futures contract, which will be referenced to the local three-month T-bill interest rate.
The Securities and Futures Commission And The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Limited Joint Press Announcement On The GEM Listing Rules

Date 11/03/2000

The Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Exchange") attach great importance to the Growth Enterprise Market (the "GEM") as a market to raise funds for the business development of growth enterprises.
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Introduces HKEx Share Information Board

Date 11/03/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong will introduce on Monday (March 13) an information board on its website for shares in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx). HKEx is the holding company of the stock and futures exchanges and their clearing houses.Following the demutualisation of the two exchanges and their merger into HKEx, members were allocated shares in HKEx.
Trading Report For Kuwait Stock Exchange - February 2000

Date 10/03/2000

The index of Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 1368.5 at the end of February. This was an decrease of 17.7 points from the close registered at the end of January. In February 422,522,500 shares were traded, an increase of 74.47% over the January volume. Value traded was KWD57,402,300, an increase of 31.91% over January's traded value. In February there were 8,843 transactions, an increase of 93.03 over the January figure.
Tradepoint Financial Networks plc Board Appointment

Date 10/03/2000

Tradepoint Financial Networks plc is pleased to announce that Dr Benn Steil has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

The Open Interest On The New Futures Contract On the S&P/TSE 60 Index Breaks Through The 100,000 Mark

Date 10/03/2000

The futures contract on the S&P/TSE 60 Index (SXF) set a new record yesterday. Open interest on the SXF surpassed the 100,000 mark, reaching 116 486 outstanding contracts for a value of over 12.5 billion dollars by the end of the day, on March 8th. Open interest is the number of outstanding contracts at a specified point in time, i.e. the number of open positions.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 10/03/2000

Distant month: opening 83.50 yen, a high 83.90 (Feb. 28), low 78.70 yen (Mar. 2), closing 79.70 yen. On February 28, OME RSS3 futures market opened sharply lower on long-liquidation with distant month falling to 83.50 yen from 84.70 yen at last Friday's close.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 10/03/2000

Distant month : opening 178.0 yen, a high 178.0 yen (Feb.28), a low 170.9 yen (Mar.2), closing 173.7 yen. On February 28, OME Aluminium Futures opened lower with distant January contract at 177.0 yen, down 2.4 yen from last Friday’s close on fresh selling and long-liquidation due to the easier tone in LME Aluminium. Downward drift was accelerated by the yen’s rise.
Nymex Lists An Additional Strike Price For Gold Options

Date 10/03/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange listed an additional gold options strike price today of 350 on the May 2000 contract.
Nasdaq Composite Index Tops 5000 - 15th Composite Index Record For The Year

Date 10/03/2000

The Nasdaq Composite® Index yesterday climbed above the 5000 mark for the first time in its 29-year history. Preliminary figures show the Index finished at 5046.86, a gain of 149.60 for the day. Today’s record close also marked the Nasdaq Composite’s fifth largest one-day point increase.