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SFE To Base New Futures Contract On S&P/ASX 200

Date 14/04/2000

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has selected the S&P/ASX 200 index as the basis for its new SPI® replacement contract.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 14/04/2000

On April 3, despite the yen's sharp rise, OME RSS3 futures opened mixed in a narrow same range as players took a wait-and-see attitude.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 14/04/2000

On April 3, OME Aluminium futures opened marginally lower carrying over the weak sentiment that prevailed from the end of last week with distant March contract at 162.4 yen, down 2.3 yen from the last Friday's close on long-liquidation. In the afternoon, distant month extended the loss to 161.0 yen on bears' selling reflecting increasingly bearish prospect as the yen soared up to the 102 yen level amid the easier tone in LME Aluminium.
NASD Pleased With Court Action

Date 14/04/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD® ) said that it was pleased with the New York State Court denial of the effort to block its membership vote scheduled for Friday. The effort to block the vote was part of a suit filed today in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan by Zeus Securities, Inc. of Jerico, NY, and the Independent Broker-Dealer Association. The suit had asked the judge to issue a temporary restraining order to halt an NASD member vote on the restructuring schedule
ASX Quarterly Update - Nine months to 31 March 2000

Date 14/04/2000

Australian Stock Exchange Limited ("ASX") yesterday announced operating profit after tax for the nine months to 31 March 2000 of $40.0 million.

Amsterdam Exchanges Announces Early Exercising Of Equity Options In The Event Of Dividend Distributions

Date 14/04/2000

Amsterdam Exchanges has noted that holders of call options frequently do not take the opportunity to exercise their options when dividends are distributed, before the options are due to expire. These option holders therefore miss out on the dividend and in many cases are put at a financial disadvantage.
Rapid Growth Of Share Options At MEFF

Date 13/04/2000

In 1999 traded volume tripled from 2.7 million contracts in 1998 to 8.1 million in 1999.
Program Trading Averaged 18.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 3 - April 7

Date 13/04/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for April 3-April 7. The data indicated that during April 3-April 7, program trading amounted to 18.8 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,114.6 million shares, or 209.3 million shares a day.
OMX Index Weighting Restrictions To Be Introduced In Stages

Date 13/04/2000

Beginning on April 28 2000, the OM Stockholm Exchange will introduce a weighting restriction of 20 percent in the OMX index. The aim of this weighting restriction is to limit the influence of individual shares on the index movement.
New Share Options To Start Trading At Meff

Date 13/04/2000

Trading of options on AMADEUS, INDRA, SOGECABLE, TERRA and TPI will commence at 9:00 am on 14 April.