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CBOE Introduces Advanced Strategies Course for Experienced Investors in Its Online Learning Center

Date 03/07/2001

The Options Institute, the education arm of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), long recognized as the leader in options investor education, has announced the addition of an Advanced Strategies course in its Online Learning Center. The new course curriculum includes self-guided tutorials on selling puts, vertical spreads, options pricing, and buying stocks with a ratio call spread, as well as expert insight and analysis from Options Institute instructors. The Learning Center can be found
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 03/07/2001

The market finally broke through the key 2000-point level for the first time and reached a new record high of 2035.97 as bank stocks rallied on heavy volume.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company news

Date 03/07/2001

Engen, the retailer of petroleum products released excellent results for the eighteen-month period to 31st March 2001.
virt-x Adds Leading Pan-European Blue Chips

Date 02/07/2001

virt-x plc announced today that from 8.00am this morning the virt-x pan-European blue chip equity market will, as planned, offer trading in the constituents of the DJ EuroStoxx50 and DJ Stoxx50 indices, bringing the total number of stocks available on the virt-x market to 280. The remaining stocks in the European blue chip indices will be added on 9 July. Following the completion of the phased launch, virt-x will support trading in 613 European blue chip equities.
Virtually All Previous Volume/Open Interest Records Shattered In June At The KCBT

Date 02/07/2001

June was the largest trading month ever at the Kansas City Board of Trade as new volume records were set for the exchange as a whole, for wheat futures and for wheat options. And, new open interest records were set for wheat futures and wheat options. Entire exchange volume during the month of June amounted to 352,271 contracts, which broke the previous monthly record of 335,203, set in June of 2000, by 5.1 percent. The new record is not only for June, but for any given month.

UCBH Holdings, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning July 10, 2001

Date 02/07/2001

UCBH Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:UCBH) of San Francisco, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index©, effective at the beginning of trading Tuesday, July 10, 2001. UCBH Holdings, Inc. will replace Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:SVRN), which is de-listing from The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM.
TIFFE: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 2 July 2001

Date 02/07/2001

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am (JST) on 2 July 2001, responding to the release of a BOJ's TANKAN report at 8:50am.
Nasdaq Makes Additional Price Adjustments

Date 02/07/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced that in light of the network interruptions experienced by Nasdaq® on Friday, June 29, 2001, particularly in the context of the annual rebalance of the Russell Indexes, Nasdaq® MarketWatch today and over the weekend adjusted Friday's closing prices for 35 Nasdaq issues.
LIFFE - Revised Trading Hours For Short Term Interest Rate ("STIR ") Futures And Options Contracts

Date 02/07/2001

From Monday 9 July LIFFE will be extending the trading times for the Three Month Sterling (Short Sterling) contracts and options on all Short Term Interest Rate Products.
Ivan Tyryshkin Has Been Elected RTS President

Date 02/07/2001

On 22 June 2001 at the General meeting of RTS members Ivan A. Tyryshkin, present Head of the Board of the National Association of Stock Market Participants, was elected the new President of the Exchange.