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Singapore Exchange: Fastech Changes Trading Currency From US Dollars To Singapore Dollars

Date 08/01/2001

Singapore Exchange today announced that Fastech Synergy Ltd (Fastech US$) has notified the exchange of their decision to convert the trading of their securities from US Dollars to Singapore Dollars.
Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Annual Volume Up 6.7%; Breaks Several Records In 2000

Date 08/01/2001

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT) is pleased to announce figures showing robust growth in trading volume for individual contracts and the Exchange as a whole, for the year ended 31 December 2000.
SEC Releases Staff Report On Order Execution Quality - Comparison of Matched Pairs Of Nasdaq, NYSE Securities Indicates Nasdaq Spreads Wider Than NYSE For All But Largest Company Securities

Date 08/01/2001

As part of its on-going inquiry into market fragmentation, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Economic Analysis today released a staff report that compares the costs of trading equity securities in the Nasdaq market with trading of listed securities on the New York Stock Exchange. The Report finds that on market orders of 100-499 shares for very large companies the average effective spreads (the actual costs paid by investors) are nearly equal. (Although the first matched-pairs t
NYSE Statement on SEC Report On The Comparison Of Order Executions Across Equity Market Structures

Date 08/01/2001

We commend the SEC and its Office of Economic Analysis on an impressive report that focuses attention on the quality of order execution. The study - consistent with many others cited in Appendix A of the report - validates our belief that investors benefit from the direct interaction of orders and the high order-flow concentration our market provides. The agency-auction model offers the most efficient method of price discovery, leading to the lowest execution costs and best prices for customers.
Nymex To Lower Natural Gas Margins

Date 08/01/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange will lower the margins at the close of business today on all but the first two months of its Henry Hub natural gas futures contract to $5,000 from $7,000 for clearing members; to $5,500 from $7,700 for members; and to $6,750 from $9,450 for customers.

Nasdaq Comments On SEC Report On Execution Quality

Date 08/01/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq®) President Rick Ketchum made the following comments today on the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) "Report on the Comparison of Order Executions Across Equity Market Structures." "We agree with the SEC's introductory 'important caveats' that there is no single, all-encompassing measure of execution quality, that their sample is limited, and that their matching approach did not account for possibly important factors. Ignoring such factors as the type or a
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Now Offers Stock Market News With Unabridged Announcements From The Listed Companies Directly To All Investors

Date 08/01/2001

The Exchange's web site www.xcse.dk introduces free stock market news. The Danish service primarily contains the listed companies' announcements -unabridged and raw, moreover, it contains 6 daily market reports and news in brief from Denmark (SIX), top15 news (RB-Børsen) as well as daily market reports from the world's leading stock markets (Reuters) throughout the week, as long as the stock markets are open.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 08/01/2001

The market opened the new year marginally lower, down 0.1%, as pitifully low volumes plagued the market but somewhat understandably so given the short three-day trading week. This anomaly was illustrated by the fact that Chobe was the volume leader with 6,000 shares changing hands 5t lower at P0.65!
Boston Stock Exchange Sets New Record – BSE Announces First Quarter 2001 Results

Date 08/01/2001

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) announced on Friday January 5 volume results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001. For the quarter ended December 31, 2000, average daily share volume reached a record 24.9 million shares, up 24% compared to the same period in fiscal 2000, while trade volume grew to more than 54,500 trades per day, an increase of 20%. The BSE closed the year 2000 with a record breaking 101,261 trades executed on December 29th. The previous single day record of 93,863 shares w
Record Year For Euronext Amsterdam

Date 05/01/2001

December was again a good month for the markets at Euronext Amsterdam, contributing to very positive figures for the year as a whole. On the cash market, where trading in shares was up 66% on 1999, the total annual value of turnover reached a record level of ? 2.02 trillion, an increase of 35% on the previous year. The number of transactions in shares and bonds also showed a sharp rise, with over 25 million transactions (increase of 60%) conducted in the course of the year.