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  • October: IT Fever On Oslo Stock Exchange

    Date 03/12/1999

    November was an unusually good month on world stockmarkets. With IT shares in the driving seat, historical records were set at several US and European bourses. In Norway too IT shares were all the rage. Our IT index climbed 26.2 per cent to reach a new historical peak while the all-share index rose 7.3 per cent. So far this year the IT index has risen 63 per cent, inspired by the popularity of IT shares on US and Nordic stockmarkets.

  • NYSE Takes Additional Steps Toward New Competitive Positioning

    Date 03/12/1999

    The New York Stock Exchange's board of directors yesterday took additional steps toward a new competitive positioning that will ensure the Exchange's status as the center of global business in the new millennium.

  • NYSE Appoints James F. Duffy As Senior Vice President And Associate General Counsel

    Date 03/12/1999

    The New York Stock Exchange board of directors approved the appointment of James F. Duffy as senior vice president and associate general counsel.

  • LIFFE Trades £169 Billion A Day In November 1999

    Date 03/12/1999

    In November the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) remained Europe's largest exchange by value. The average daily nominal value of contracts traded on LIFFE was £169 billion (273 billion) during November 1999 and the total nominal value traded for the month was £3,728 billion (6,039 billion).

  • IPE Electricity Working Group Prepares For NETA

    Date 03/12/1999

    Important steps were taken yesterday in drawing up futures and physical contract specifications for the markets that will exist under the new electricity trading arrangements (NETA) due to begin in October 2000. The IPE plans to launch futures contracts for electricity in the second quarter of next year.

  • CME Names New Staff Officers

    Date 03/12/1999

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange today announced the promotions of two new officers on its staff, approved this week by the Executive Committee of the CME Board of Directors: John F, Curran, promoted to Vice President, Strategic Development, from Senior Director, Financial Product Research, and Arman Falsafi, promoted to Vice President, Technology Strategy, from Senior Director, Technology Strategy.

  • CBOT's November Volume At 19,818,308 Contracts

    Date 03/12/1999

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 19,818,308 contracts for November 1999, up 5.0% from October 1999. CBOT volume reached more than one million contracts per day on 10 of the 21 trading days in November. Total exchange month-end open interest: 4,046,640. CBOT average daily volume: 943,729. Project A® monthly total: 865,665; Project A average daily volume: 41,222. 30 -Day Fed Fund futures set a daily volume record on November 16, at 17,366. Wheat futures set a da

  • CBOT/MIDAM Christmas And New Year's Day Trading Schedule

    Date 03/12/1999

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Christmas and New Year's Day holiday trading schedules:

  • CBOT Calls For Streamlined CFTC Oversight At Roundtable

    Date 03/12/1999

    The Chicago Board of Trade called for a more forward-thinking and market-based regulatory structure for futures trading today at an industry roundtable at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. At the CFTC meeting called by CFTC Chairman William Rainer, the CBOT said regulators must balance the twin goals of appropriate regulation and fair competition. The CBOT said exchanges now operate in a world where technology and the sophistication of most market participants have combined to allow tra

  • CBOE Sets All Time Annual And Monthly Volume Records: Sets Single Day Volume Record - Average Daily Volume At Record Levels

    Date 03/12/1999

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced yesterday that it set new records in annual and monthly volume. Total option volume during the month of November set a new record for monthly volume and average daily volume. The record setting month already guarantees a new annual volume record at CBOE for 1999. November year-to-date volume soared to a record 226,477,305 option contracts (143,291,504 calls, 83,185,801 puts), which surpasses the total number of contracts traded in 1998, which w

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