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Spain's MEFF Becomes Sixth Globex® Alliance Partner

Date 06/09/2000

Spain's MEFF (The Spanish Futures and Options Exchange) today officially became the sixth international partner to join the GLOBEX® Alliance linking financial exchanges across the globe. MEFF Chairman Josep M. Basañez signed the agreement today enlarging the global trading link providing access to many of the world's most actively traded financial futures products.
Over 14 Million Contracts Traded On Parisbourse Derivatives Markets In August

Date 06/09/2000

Over 14 million contracts were traded on derivatives markets operated by ParisBourse SBF SA in August, representing a 4.5% decline on the previous month and a 6.1% increase on August 1999. Open interest was up 10.4% at 32.9 million lots.
LIFFE Announces New Equity Markets Initiatives

Date 06/09/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced a programme of new initiatives to develop its Equity futures and options markets.
HKEx Reports Interim Profit After Tax Of $554 million

Date 06/09/2000

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has reported an unaudited consolidated profit after taxation of $554 million for the six months ended 30 June 2000.
Euroclear Merger Accord With CIK And Necigef Accelerates Pace Of Consolidation In European Settlement

Date 06/09/2000

The Euroclear Board and the boards of Brussels Exchanges (BXS) and Amsterdam Exchanges (AEX) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which has as its ultimate objective the full merger of the Belgian and Dutch central securities depositaries, CIK and Necigef respectively, into the Euroclear group. As an interim step, Euroclear Bank will take a 51% ownership interest in CIK and Necigef. The settlement services supporting all three exchanges forming EURONEX

Eurex Introduces Trading In Federal Securities - Starting Signal For First ECN On Joint Basis With Leading International Investment Banks

Date 06/09/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives exchange, will be making a trading platform available to the market this fall that integrates cash trading in federal securities with the derivatives market. Eurex CEO Jörg Franke made the announcement at a press conference in Frankfurt on Wednesday. Eurex Bonds will enable so-called basis trades, in which offsetting cash and derivatives transactions are concluded simultaneously. Moreover, straight cash-market transactions will also be possible on this platform. T
Confirmation Of Quarterly Changes To FTSE UK Indexes

Date 06/09/2000

Five companies have today been confirmed as new entrants to the FTSE 100, following the regular quarterly review of FTSE UK indexes by FTSE’s practitioner committees.
Confirmation Of Changes To FTSE techMARK Indexes

Date 06/09/2000

Thirteen companies have today been confirmed as new entrants to the FTSE techMARK 100, the benchmark index for high technology companies, following the regular quarterly review by FTSE’s practitioner committees.
CME, MEFF, Standard & Poor's Sign Agreement

Date 06/09/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, MEFF (The Spanish Futures and Options Exchange) and Standard & Poor's today signed an agreement in Barcelona that will result in the launch of stock index futures contracts based on the S&P Euro Index and the S&P Europe 350 Index, as well as three sector indices from the S&P Europe 350 Index. The move creates the first futures products that will trade on a European exchange while clearing on a U.S. exchange.
CME Volume Rises 9.5 Percent Year-to-Date Through August - GLOBEX®2 Volume Soars Nearly 105 Percent In Same Period

Date 06/09/2000

Year-to-date trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has risen 9.5 percent, totaling more than 151 million contracts. August volume reached 15.6 million contracts. Volume traded electronically on the GLOBEX®2 system rose 104.9 percent year-to-date, totaling 19,852,461 contracts.