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CBOT Calls For Fair And Balanced Regulatory Treatment

Date 11/02/2000

In testimony yesterday before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, leaders from the Chicago Board of Trade said Congress must "move quickly to restructure federal regulation to enable all derivatives markets to benefit from the forces of full and fair competition."
Amsterdam Exchanges Introduces Egg Futures Contract

Date 11/02/2000

Egg futures will be traded on Amsterdam Exchanges' agricultural futures market as of 10 March 2000, allowing producers and customers to protect themselves against price fluctuations.
Tradepoint Financial Networks plc (Tradepoint) - London Clearing House - Euroclear Platforms provide basis for first integrated Pan-European Exchange

Date 10/02/2000

Tradepoint Financial Networks plc ("Tradepoint") - which plans to launch its pan-European equities exchange later in the year - announced today that it has reached agreement with London Clearing House (LCH) to clear, and the Euroclear Operations Centre to settle, trades conducted on its pan-European exchange. The new exchange will: be the first European equities exchange to offer its members straight-through, pan-European clearing and settlement; offer significant cost advantages, improved trad
The IPE, Europe's Leading Energy Futures And Options Exchange, Has Appointed Stephen Gutteridge As Its New Executive Vice President Of Business Development.

Date 10/02/2000

The IPE, Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange, has appointed Stephen Gutteridge as its new Executive Vice President of Business Development.
SWX Swiss Exchange Trading Statistics - January 2000

Date 10/02/2000

The turnover in domestic shares in January 2000 was CHF 79,175.7 million, that of domestic options CHF 5,071.1 million and domestic bonds 7,245.9 million. Domestic securities turnover in January was 91,492.7 million. The turnover in foreign shares in January 2000 was CHF 5,873.2 million and that of foreign bonds CHF 5,645.6 million. Foreign securities turnover in January was 11,518,8 million. Total turnover in January was CHF 103,011.5 million. Eurobond turnover in January was USD 85.7 million (

SFE Wool Futures Trading Strongly

Date 10/02/2000

Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) wool futures, the commodity first traded by the Exchange when it opened in 1960, are continuing to experience strong trading growth 40 years later.
Program Trading Averaged 20.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 31 - Feb. 4

Date 10/02/2000

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 Jan. 31 - Feb. 4. The data indicated that during Jan. 31 - Feb. 4, program trading amounted to 20.1 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,036.5 million shares, or 208.6 million shares a day.
OM and Westcoast Energy Inc. Enter Electronic Exchange Partnership

Date 10/02/2000

Westcoast Energy Inc. (Westcoast) and OM Group (OM) of Sweden announced today that they have entered into a partnership arrangement that will further enhance and develop Natural Gas Exchange's (NGX) position as a leading energy exchange in the North American market. The partnership will involve the sale of 51% of Westcoast's wholly owned subsidiary NGX to OM. The sale, subject to approval by the Alberta Securities Commission and Investment Canada, is expected to close by March 31, 2000. Westcoas
Nymex President Commends AGA On Earlier Storage Data Release

Date 10/02/2000

R. Patrick Thompson, president of the New York Mercantile Exchange, today commended the American Gas Association (AGA) for its announcement that, effective March 1, it would begin releasing gas storage data earlier on Wednesdays to coincide with open outcry trading hours. The AGA currently releases the previous week's information on working gas in storage every Wednesday between 4 and 4:45 P.M. It announced last week that it intended to begin making this information available between 2 and 2:1
New Volume Records Set In CME'S E-mini Equity Index Contracts

Date 10/02/2000

Continued volatility in the U.S. stock market fueled new trading volume records yesterday in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's E-mini S&P 500®and E-mini Nasdaq 100® contracts. Volume in the E-mini Nasdaq 100 totaled 19,889, besting the prior record of 17,930 set Jan. 25 by nearly 2,000 contracts, or roughly 11 percent.