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  • KCBT August monthly volume overtakes all previous records for August

    Date 01/09/1999

    During the month of August, volume traded at the Kansas City Board of Trade transcended all previous records for the month of August. August volume of 272,203 contracts broke the previous record of 267,148 contracts, which was set in 1984.

  • Eurex Volume in August Almost Even with Total for 1998 - 245 Million Contracts Traded

    Date 01/09/1999

    Eurex, the German-Swiss derivatives exchange, is posting further increases in trading: Over 32 million contracts were traded on the world's largest derivatives market in August. Compared with the same month of last year, Eurex statistics show an increase in volume of about 5 million contracts. Over 245 million contracts were traded during the first eight months of 1999, an in-crease of 86 million contracts over the number traded during the same period of 1998. Thus, by the end of August 1999, t

  • August Volume At The CME Increases As E-MINI S&P 500 Monthly Futures Volume Pierces The One Million Contract Mark

    Date 01/09/1999

    Trading activity at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) increased 12.7 percent over the prior month's level as volume in all equity index contracts increased, including a new monthly record in the E-mini S&P 500 contract which for the first time surpassed the one million contract level.

  • 379 Billion EURO in Turnover on the German Stock Exchanges in August

    Date 01/09/1999

    Volume of 378.9 billion EURO was traded in equities, fixed-income securities and warrants on the German stock exchanges in August, with 192.26 billion EURO of this amount being traded in equities.

  • TIFFE Euroyen Contracts Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier on August 31

    Date 31/08/1999

    Trading hours for Euroyen contracts will start from 8:45a.m. on August 31, 1999 responding to MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry)'s announcement that the Preliminary Report on Indices of Industrial Production, Producer's Shipments and Producer's Inventory (Jul. 99) will be released at 8:50a.m. on this day.

  • The OM Stockholm Exchange Appoints new Chairman

    Date 31/08/1999

    Per E Larsson, OM Gruppen's President and Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed the new Chairman of the OM Stockholm Exchange's Board.

  • Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

    Date 31/08/1999

    RSS3 Futures: Distant month: opening 68.7 yen, a high 69.5yen (Aug. 27), low 66.0 yen (Aug. 25), closing 68.9 yen. Rubber Index Futures: Distant month: opening 65.05, a high 65.05 (Aug. 23), a low 63.50 (Aug. 25), closing 64.10 points.

  • Osaka Mercantile Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

    Date 31/08/1999

    This week, OME aluminium futures trended downward on active long-liquidation due to the yen's further gain. The open interest decreased sharply, and fell below the 76,000 lot level for the first time in three months. Distant month : opening 165.1 yen, a high 167.6 yen (Aug. 27), a low 162.4 yen (Aug. 23), closing 166.3 yen

  • Kansas City Board of Trade natural gas market to close early Friday

    Date 31/08/1999

    Kansas City Board of Trade western natural gas futures and options will close early Friday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day.

  • HKFE Chief Executive Resigns

    Date 31/08/1999

    The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) said today (August 30) that Chief Executive Robert B. (Randy) Gilmore has resigned. Mr. Gilmore's resignation is effective tomorrow (August 31). HKFE General Counsel William D. Grossman has been named Acting Chief Executive. (Biographical information on Mr. Grossman accompanies this press release.)