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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong - Compensation for C.A. Pacific Securities And Chark Fung Securities Claimants

Date 02/03/2000

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Sydney Futures Exchange's Market Disruption

Date 02/03/2000

2 March 2000: At 3.55pm EST today, the market of the Sydney Futures Exchange was halted due to a systems failure, preventing the last 35 minutes of the day's trading and delaying the opening of the evening session until 7.05pm EST.
Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Enjoys Another Month Of Strong Growth In Volume And Open Interest

Date 02/03/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT) is pleased to announce figures showing robust growth in its total trading volume and open interest in the month of February 2000. A total of 4,350,812 contracts have been traded from January to February 2000, up 12.40% from the 3,870,825 contracts traded in the same period last year. Open interest has leaped 16.5% to 1,081,786 contracts at end February 2000, from 928,589 contracts at end February 1999.
Program Trading Averaged 19.8 Percent of NYSE Volume During Feb. 22-25

Date 02/03/2000

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 Feb. 22-25. The data indicated that during Feb. 22-25, program trading amounted to 19.8 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,063.4 million shares, or 211.0 million shares a day.
Parisbourse SBF SA Derivatives Trading Up 15% - Open Interest In Euro Notional Contracts Continues Steady Rise

Date 02/03/2000

Nearly 22 million contracts (21,976,595) changed hands on derivative markets operated by ParisBourse SBF SA in February, 15.5% more than in January.

OM's Trading System Ready For Production On The International Securities Exchange

Date 02/03/2000

OM Technology has received full acceptance of its delivery of an electronic trading system, OM CLICK, to the International Securities Exchange (ISE) in the USA. On Thursday, February 24, the ISE also received its exchange approval from the US supervisory authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This will mean that when the ISE opens its doors for business on May 26 it will be the first new securities exchange to be opened in the USA for 27 years.
Nasdaq-World's biggest Stock Market by Dollar Value

Date 02/03/2000

The dollar value of trading on Nasdaq® was $11.0 trillion for 1999-up 90 percent from the previous record of $5.8 trillion in 1998 making Nasdaq the World's biggest stock market by dollar value traded.
LIFFE February Volume Up 16% On January

Date 02/03/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded an average daily nominal value of £234 billion (374 billion) in February 2000, a rise of 7% on January's figure and up 19% on the average daily nominal value for 1999 as a whole.
FUTOP Clearing Centre Launches New 5-year Benchmark

Date 02/03/2000

The FUTOP Clearing Centre launches futures on the government bond 5% 2005 in connection with the replacement of the 5-year benchmark 5% 2005 by the 7% 2004. Trading in the June contracts will commence on 7 March, and trading in the September contracts on 14 March. Read the specifications: on http://www.xcse.dk/uk/marked/handel/18futsp.asp
CME Announces E-Mini Lean Hog Contracts

Date 02/03/2000

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) yesterday approved the listing of an "E-mini" lean hog contract-the first traditional agricultural commodity to be traded on the CME's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system.