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Pacific Exchange To Trade Options On The Timberland Company

Date 20/09/1999

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) will begin trading options on The Timberland Company (TBL) on Thursday, September 23, 1999.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 20/09/1999

Distant month: opening 72.90 yen, a high 75.00yen (Sep. 17), low 71.10 yen (Sep. 16), closing 73.60 yen. Distant month: opening 68.05, a high 69.10 (Sep. 16), a low 65.95 (Sep. 6), closing 69.10 points.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 20/09/1999

This week, OME aluminium futures dropped due to the outlook of the stronger yen against the dollar. Distant two months fell to the 170 yen level. Distant month : opening 169.0 yen, a high 169.5 yen (Sep. 17), a low 166.6 yen (Sep. 16), closing 168.9 yen.
LIFFE lists Three Month Euribor and EuroLibor Futures contracts on LIFFE CONNECT™

Date 20/09/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today lists its euro-denominated Short Term Interest Rate (STIR) futures contracts (the Three Month Euribor and Three Month EuroLibor futures contracts) on LIFFE CONNECT™; the last of the complement of STIR futures contracts to be listed on the electronic trading system.
HKFE Briefs Members on Merger Proposal

Date 20/09/1999

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) on September 17 held an informal briefing session for Shareholders to explain documents and procedures related to the proposed merger of the HKFE, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the related clearing houses. Approximately 100 Shareholders and their associates attended the informal briefing.

HKFE Board Votes to Plan Migration of HIS Futures & Options in 2000

Date 20/09/1999

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) said today that its Board of Directors has voted to plan the migration of Hang Seng Index (HSI) Futures and Options from open outcry trading to the Exchange's HKATS electronic trading system for next year. When the plan is completed, the migration timetable will be forwarded to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for its approval.
Equant Equity Options Launched In Paris

Date 20/09/1999

On September 27, ParisBourseSBF SA will launch two new equity options based on Equant, a company first listed on the monthly settlement compartment of the Premier Marché on July 21, 1998. Equant has been a component stock of the CAC40 index since July 20, 1999.
E-Mini Nasdaq 100 Futures Sets Single-Day Volume Record As E-Mini S&P 500 Notches Record Open Interest

Date 20/09/1999

Volume of trading in E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index® futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) set a new single-day record Thursday September 16 of 6,026 as open interest in E-mini S&P 500 futures reached record levels of 32,690.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 20/09/1999

The market shed 0.9% in a week that saw bank stocks experience mixed fortunes. Barclays weakened further losing 50t to P8.50 on just over 145,000 shares. FNBB rose P1.50 to a record high of P31.50 on over 17,000 shares ahead of its final results due next week.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Report - August

Date 17/09/1999

On 10 August, after a period of four months, the SBI index again exceeded the level of 1,806 points and even reached 1,922 points by the end of August. Shares of close end investment funds recorded a strong growth as well in August as their PIX index reached the highest value since the Exchange started calculating it. On 27 August it rose to 1,426 and at the end of August decreased only slightly to 1,289. With a total of SIT 17.8 billion, the turnover on the Exchange was considerably higher in A