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  • ParisBourse SBF SA Derivatives Trading up 9.4% in August

    Date 02/09/1999

    A total of 13,303,693 contracts changed hands on ParisBourse SBF SA derivatives markets in August, 9.4% more than in the previous month. The total for the eight months to August 31 reached 120 million compared with 90 million for the whole of 1998.

  • NYSE Chairman Richard A. Grasso's Letter to Members Concerning "Demutualization"

    Date 02/09/1999

    To: All NYSE Members, From: Richard A. Grasso, Subject: "Demutualization" and a Public Offering. On July 30, 1999, I wrote to you that we were investigating whether to recommend to our Board that the Exchange convert to a for-profit business corporation. The effect of the conversion would be to separate the trading right from the equity ownership interest that together comprise a NYSE membership today. This would allow us to raise capital in the public markets and better enable us to pursue

  • NYMEX Sets Natural Gas Monthly Volume Record in August

    Date 02/09/1999

    Monthly volume records were established in August on the New York Mercantile Exchange for Henry Hub natural gas futures with 1,892,091 contracts traded, surpassing the 1,865,787 contracts traded in July, and for natural gas options, with 427,437 contracts traded, exceeding the 382,051 contracts traded in March.

  • IPE Fuel Oil Futures Go Live Tomorrow

    Date 02/09/1999

    Tomorrow will see the launch of the IPE's Fuel Oil futures contract, the new risk management tool designed for the oil and shipping industries.

  • HKFE Announces Plan for HKATS Tests on Sept. 4th and 11th

    Date 02/09/1999

    The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) announced yesterday the plan for the simulated trading tests of its HKATS electronic trading system scheduled for Saturday, 4 September and Saturday, 11 September.

  • CBOT'S August Volume At 24,863,506 Contracts, Up 16.0% From July

    Date 02/09/1999

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 24,863,506 contracts for August 1999, up 16.0 % from July 1999.

  • The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong enlarges the GEM Listing Committee

    Date 01/09/1999

    The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong amended the GEM Listing Rules and appointed additional members to the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) Listing Committee at a meeting of the Exchange Council today (Wednesday).

  • Record Volumes Set at Winnipeg Commodity Exchange During Fiscal Year

    Date 01/09/1999

    Several new Records were set in futures and OPtions volumes during Winnipeg Commodity Exchange's 1998/1999 fiscal year.

  • PHLX to Begin Trading Ten New Options

    Date 01/09/1999

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX), announced today (August 31) that it will begin trading put and call options on 3Com Corporation (option/stock symbol: THQ/COMS), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (option/stock symbol: AMD), Applied Materials, Inc. (option/stock symbol: ANQ/AMAT), Compaq Computer Corporation (option/stock symbol: CPQ), Microsoft Corporation (option/stock symbol: MSQ/MSFT), Nike, Inc. (option/stock symbol: NKE), and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (stock symbol: SUQ/SUNW), upon the openi

  • LIFFE appoints new head of Non-Financial Products

    Date 01/09/1999

    The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) is pleased to announce that Bill Smit has been appointed as the Exchange's Head of Non-Financial Products. Mr Smit is a well-rounded and highly experienced Commodity Market professional. He has held senior management positions at Prudential-Bache, Berisford International and E F Hutton, and has had responsibility for both front and back office operations, and sales, working in the United States and Europe. Mr Smit was, until

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