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Bahrain Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 05/07/1999

Most of the GCC stock markets indices ended higher for the week affected positively by higher oil prices and the coming announcements of half-year results.
Nasdaq-Amex Preliminary 1999 First Half Results

Date 02/07/1999

The Nasdaq Stock Market® and the American Stock Exchange® continued to show increased trading activity in the second quarter of 1999. Nasdaq® finished the second quarter and the first half with a average daily share volumes of 977 million and 988 million shares, respectively. The total dollar volume shot up by over 86 percent to $4.8 trillion from $2.6 trillion for the same period in 1998. Index Share Assets on Amex increased 125 percent to $20.7 billion from $9.2 billion for the same period i
LIFFE trades £263BN per day in June 1999

Date 02/07/1999

The nominal value of contracts traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) averaged £263 billion daily during June 1999, up 7% on June 1998 and 28% up on May 1999.
Fed Funds Contract Sets Daily Volume Record at 14,699 Contracts

Date 02/07/1999

Trade in the Chicago Board of Trade's Fed Funds futures soared to a record 14,699 contracts on June 30, 1999, breaking the former high of 13,501 set on July 2, 1996.
CBOT's June Volume At 23,804,397 Contracts

Date 02/07/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 23,804,397 contracts for June 1999. Volume for the first six months of 1999 was 137,265,453.

CBOE Maintains Record Volume Pace for the Year, Open Interest at Record Levels

Date 02/07/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) closed the second quarter of 1999 with record breaking year-to-date volume levels. Total option volume at the CBOE hit a new year-to-date record for June of 113,104,596 contracts (72,294,060 calls and 40,810,536 puts) which is 14.6 % ahead of last year's record setting year-to-date pace of 98,714,011 contracts.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 02/07/1999

The market surged 3.2% to an all-time high of 1,041.88 as stocks enjoyed all round support. The financial sector was particularly strong.
ASX Trading December 1999 and Y2K

Date 02/07/1999

There will be no trading or settlement on ASX on Friday 31/12/1999. The reasons for this decision are Y2K related.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange and OM Stockholm become the OM Stockholm Exchange

Date 01/07/1999

From 1 July, the Stockholm Stock Exchange and OM Stockholm will merge, becoming the company the OM Stockholm Exchange - OM Stockholmsbörsen AB - with the activities of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and OM Stockholm combined in this newly incorporated entity. The OM Stockholm Exchange's President is Carl Johan Högbom.
NYSE Announces Third-Quarter 1999 Circuit Breaker and Trading Collar Levels

Date 01/07/1999

The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit breaker and trading collar trigger levels for third-quarter 1999, effective Thursday, July 1.