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FTSE And Xinhua Join Forces To Provide China indices

Date 14/12/2000

FTSE, the global index provider, has signed an agreement with Xinhua Financial News in Hong Kong to create a joint venture company to facilitate the creation of a series of real time indices for use by the international investment community and the Chinese investment community. The new company will be called FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (FXIL).
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Calculation Of Futop Expiration Prices Has Been Changed

Date 14/12/2000

Pursuant to the new rules the calculation of average prices - used to calculate the expiration prices - is now based on all system-generated transactions within the fixed expiration period, cf. Rule 4.2 of the Guidelines for the publication of real-time trading information and calculation of prices, etc for the SAXESS trading system.
CME S&P 500 Open Interest Surges Past 550,000 For First Time - E-mini S&P 500 And MidCap 400 Continue To Set Open Interest Records

Date 14/12/2000

For the eighth consecutive session, open interest in S&P 500 Index futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has continued to surge, reaching a record 563,141 positions at the close of trading on Wednesday. The new record surpasses the previous day's record of 546,909 positions culminating in a 14 percent increase in open interest since Dec. 4 when 494,331 positions were open at the close of trading.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Announces New Fee Structure - 2001 Revenues Expected to Increase By About $58 Million

Date 14/12/2000

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced a new comprehensive pricing structure, unanimously approved by its Board of Directors, that is expected to foster growth and the achievement of key strategic objectives.
Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For November 2000.

Date 14/12/2000

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 18,898 contracts in November 2000 compared to a figure of 16,644 contracts in November 1999. Total volume for the first eleven months of 2000 was 221,831 contracts, compared to 209,193 contracts in 1999.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - November

Date 14/12/2000

Turnover for November was EUR 76,846.1 million. This compares to EUR 70,237.9 million in October. Domestic turnover in November was EUR 71,695.7 million, foreign turnover EUR 3,698.7 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 1,322.0 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 71.7 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 57.9 million. Turnover for the period January to November 2000 was EUR 812,058.3 million.
Standard & Poor's – Index Change

Date 13/12/2000

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Thursday, December 14, 2000 the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices.
Samas And Euronext Resolve Dispute On Protective Preference Shares

Date 13/12/2000

Samas Groep N.V. and Euronext Amsterdam N.V. have announced that it has been agreed that Stichting Samas will limit its voting rights in the protective preference shares placed with it to 50% of the other share capital that has already been issued. Samas will also submit a proposal for a share capital reduction to the next general meeting of shareholders, which should ultimately result in the voting rights in the preference shares held by Stichting Samas amounting to no more than 50% of the othe
Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading 3 New Options

Date 13/12/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading put and call options on The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (option/stock symbol: IPG), Homestore.com, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HMU/HOMS) and Vivendi Universal SA (option/stock symbol: V), upon the opening of business on Monday, December 18, 2000.
MSCI China Free Index Futures And Options To Be Developed By HKEX

Date 13/12/2000

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), and MSCI, a leading provider of global indices and benchmark related products, today announced that the MSCI China Free IndexSM has been licensed for use by the HKEx Derivatives Market. The licence permits HKEx to develop futures and options contracts based on the MSCI China Free Index.