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Nasdaq To Freeze Certain Data From December 27, 1999, Through January 3, 2000 As Part Of Y2K Plan

Date 28/12/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® yesterday announced that, as part of its Y2K implementation plan, Nasdaq® will not make data changes for equity and debt issues and market participants on the Nasdaq system from Monday, December 27, 1999, through January 3, 2000.
Exchange To Lower Delivery Discount For Forties Blend And Create Qua Iboe Premium

Date 28/12/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange today announced that it will decrease the discount for delivery of Forties Blend crude oil from $.35 per barrel to $.30 per barrel and create a premium of $.05 per barrel for delivery of the Qua Iboe grade beginning with the delivery of the April 2000 light, sweet crude oil futures contract.
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Acution

Date 28/12/1999

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on December 28 of the standard maturity of 14 days.
1999 Trading Volume, IPOs Star At The NYSE

Date 28/12/1999

The New York Stock Exchange set records in 1999 for trading volume and initial public offerings, listing more than 94 percent of the year's qualified domestic IPOs, according to preliminary year-end results.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Plans Introduction of SPAN(R) And Amendments To Futures & Options Margin System

Date 27/12/1999

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) plans to adopt the Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk (SPAN) margin calculation method, as developed by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), for calculation of margins for futures and options transactions as of October 2000. There will be no overlap with the current system.

NYSE To Continue to Trade Benguet Corporation Until January 10, 2000

Date 27/12/1999

The New York Stock Exchange announced today that trading in the common stock of Benguet Corporation (the "Company")-- ticker symbol BE - will now continue through Friday, January 7, 1999 and accordingly will be suspended prior to the opening on Monday, January 10, 2000. The Exchange had previously announced on December 22, 1999 that trading would be suspended on December 27, 1999. Following suspension, application will be made to the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the issue.
Amendment to the Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Listing Rules

Date 27/12/1999

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has amended Rule 8.08 of the Exchange Listing Rules. The rule change will come into effect on December 30, 1999.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Communiqué - Trading Holidays

Date 24/12/1999

The Warsaw Stock Exchange would like to remind that on December 24 (Friday), December 30 (Thursday) and December 31, 1999 (Friday) there will be no trading sessions on the Exchange. The WSE offices will be open on these dates.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Communiqué - Fee Schedule Of The WSE Has Been Revised.

Date 24/12/1999

The member firms have been exempted from fees concerning USD and EURO futures, up to June 30, 2000. From January 1, 2000 the trading fee for WIG20 futures (for opening and closing transactions) will be lowered to PLN 4 (previously PLN 5) for each contract.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Communiqué - Changes to WSE Articles of Association

Date 24/12/1999

On December 17, 1999 the WSE Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders decided on raising the WSE share capital to the amount of PLN 42 million (previously PLN 21 million), through the increase of the nominal value of shares from PLN 350 to PLN 700. At the same time the meeting introduced changes to the WSE Articles of Association (Statutes) and approved changes to the Exchange Supervisory Board's Regulations.