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CBOT 10-Year Agency Contracts Hit Critical Milestone -- 20,000 Daily Open Interest Level Fifteen Days In A Row

Date 26/04/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT members have passed another critical milestone in the growth of the 10-Year agency note futures contract. CBOT members have traded above the 20,000 open interest level 15 days in a row, and set open interest records on the last five trading days.
CBOE Eliminates All Fees On Customer Stock Option Orders

Date 26/04/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that effective May 1, 2000 it is eliminating all Exchange fees for public customer stock option orders regardless of size or routing method. Currently, customer fees for stock option orders that are not electronically routed include a 9-cent transaction fee, plus a 5-cent trade match fee and a 3-cent floor brokerage fee.
Bridge And ORC Software Form Joint Venture - Offer Online Trading Services For The Exchange-Traded Derivatives And Equities Markets

Date 26/04/2000

Bridge Information Systems, Inc (BRIDGE) and Orc Software AB (Publ) (ORC), a subsidiary of OM Technology within the OM group, have formed a joint venture to develop and distribute online trading services to the global derivatives and equities markets.
Result Of Ballot For Election To The Board Of Directors Of The London Metal Exchange Limited

Date 25/04/2000

The following Ring Dealing Director Candidates were elected: Mr L J Scott, The Bank of Nova Scotia; Mr M F Tyler, Rudolf Wolff & Co Ltd; Mr M Overlander, Sucden (UK) Limited.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 25/04/2000

On April 17, OME RSS3 futures opened easier on stop loss selling by speculators and on fresh selling by bears due to the yen's rise to the 103 yen level against US dollar after the plunge in NY stock prices. The current and distant contract months fell by 2.6 yen and 0.6 yen to 63.50 yen and 78.10 yen, respectively, from the previous close. On April 18, despite the yen's fall, the distant month recorded its life time low at 75.10 yen on continued selling due to the unexpected increase in the d

Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 25/04/2000

On April 17, OME Aluminium futures opened sharply lower with some contract months falling to the day's limit-lows after the considerable drop in LME three-month aluminium by $37 to $1462 at the weekend. Distant March contract sank to 157.1 yen on hurried long-liquidation as the yen soared up to the 104 yen level after the plunge in NY stock prices. Later on the same day, other months followed suit and declined sharply to the day's limit-lows due to the descent in the stock prices at Tokyo Stock
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Informed Investing Objective Of The Investor 2000

Date 25/04/2000

The objective of The Investor 2000 project by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is to promote informed investing amongst investors and to expand on the benefits of investing more on fundamentals and less on speculation.
Trading Of Singapore Exchange Shares

Date 24/04/2000

Ordinary shares ("Member Shares") in the Singapore Exchange have reportedly been recently traded for up to $15,000 per share. Intending purchasers of Member Shares should note that through a proposed future offering ("Offering"), Member Shares will be diluted. An adjustment mechanism will be put in place so that each Member Share plus any adjustments will in aggregate have a dollar value of exactly $5,000 (post-offering) when valued at the Market Determined Price (defined below), irrespective o
Modification Of Warsaw Stock Exchange Trading Schedule

Date 24/04/2000

Trading time for futures will be extended. From May 4, 2000, futures will be traded from 10:15 a.m. (currently 10:45) to 4:00 p.m. The following contracts are currently available for trading (in the continuous system): WIG20 index futures, USD futures and EURO futures.
CBOE Announces Open Interest At Record Level

Date 24/04/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that open interest in CBOE traded options reached a new record level on Thursday, April 20, 2000. At the close of business on Thursday, 48,950,423 contracts were outstanding compared to the previous record of 48,050,993 contracts, which was set on January 21, 2000. A new record was also set for open interest in stock options traded at CBOE, with 44,505,303 contracts outstanding, beating the January 21, 2000 record of 43,714,397 contracts