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CME Has Busiest Day In 103-History; Sets New Single-Day Volume Record At 2.8 Million

Date 19/04/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. experienced the busiest day in its 103-year history yesterday, April 18. A record 2,834,016 contracts changed hands, surpassing the previous record of 2,245,027 set on March 14 by nearly 600,000 contracts.
CME Contract Specifications Change: S&P 500/BARRA Growth And Value Index futures

Date 19/04/2001

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect the following: Effective on Sunday, April 22, 2001, the Board of Directors determined to reduce the current the S&P 500/BARRA Growth and Value Index futures contracts calendar spread tick level from 0.10 index points ($25) to 0.05 index points ($12.50). This reduction is made in response to customer demand. The Contract Specifications pages are at: http://www.cme.com/clearing/spex
Chicago Stock Exchange Announces Board Of Governors Election Results

Date 19/04/2001

The Chicago Stock Exchange has announced the results of the 2001 Board of Governors Election on Tuesday, April 17. The Exchange members elected a new vice chairman, Tilden "Denny" S. Engelman, seven new governors and four re-elected governors.
ASX Quarterly Update Nine Months To 31 March 2001

Date 19/04/2001

Australian Stock Exchange Limited ("ASX") today announced an operating profit after tax of $37.5 million for the nine months to 31 March 2001, compared to $40.0 million recorded for the previous corresponding nine months.
WestLB Panmure: New Member Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 18/04/2001

WestLB Panmure has become a member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange with effect from 19th April 2001. It is WestLB Panmure's strategy, to be among the leading pan-European investment banking firms. In order to promote this strategy WestLB Panmure entered into a strategic alliance with the Danish investment bank Gudme Raaschou in 1999. The membership of Copenhagen Stock Exchange will further strengthen both companies' joint position in Denmark. The strategic alliance with Gudme Raaschou will cont

TSE Applies For Listing Approval To List S&P/TOPIX150 Futures And Options

Date 18/04/2001

TSE has applied to the Financial Service Agency Commissioner for approval to list S&P/TOPIX150 Futures and Options. Listing is scheduled for 11 June 2001. Off-Auction Block Trading for S&P/TOPIX150 Futures is also introduced at the same time. TSE will waive the fixed-rate fees, payable by Regular Members and Special Participants according to trading value, for these products for the time being.
The Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New selection Criteria For The KFX Index

Date 18/04/2001

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange has decided to change the selection criteria for the KFX Index so that it will primarily be the 20 most active shares of the reference period that will be included in the KFX Index. The new criteria are more in line with international rules regulating indices on which futures and options are issued.
Singapore Exchange To List Single Stock Futures On Its Derivatives Market

Date 18/04/2001

Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced that it intends to list single stock futures contracts on Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT). Subject to regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the introduction of these new instruments is scheduled to be in the third quarter of 2001.
National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania Real Time Information Will Be Transmitted Via Short Message System SMS To Mobile Phones

Date 18/04/2001

The largest Lithuanian mobile telecommunications company “Omnitel” and the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (NSEL) signed an agreement according to which the NSEL real time information will be transmitted via short message system SMS to mobile phones.
HKEx Develops New Market Structure For ETF

Date 18/04/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has developed a new market structure for Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). ETF are open-ended mutual funds or unit trusts, listed or traded on stock exchanges. Investors can buy or sell them like ordinary stocks through their brokers during trading hours.