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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Eighteen Futures Contracts

Date 17/09/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Monday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Tuesday, 18 September the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodolog
HKEx: Seven Nasdaq And iShares To Resume Trading

Date 17/09/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced that trading in the seven Nasdaq stocks and the two iShares, iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund traded under the Pilot Programme, will resume from 10.00 am tomorrow (Tuesday), 18 September. The trading of these securities was suspended on 12 September, Wednesday.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Chematch.Com Reschedule Launch Of Benzene, Mixed Xylenes Futures Contracts For Oct. 19

Date 17/09/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and CheMatch.com, Inc., today announced that at the request of industry participants and in light of recent events, the launch of CME-CheMatch benzene and mixed xylenes futures contracts has been rescheduled for Friday, October 19.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. To Return To Normal Trading Hours With Exception Of Early Close For Interest Rates Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 18

Date 17/09/2001

Following today's successful re-opening of U.S. equity index products, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will return to normal trading hours for all products tomorrow, Sept. 18, with the exception of a 1 p.m. (Central time) close for open outcry trading of interest rate products. Electronic trading on CME's GLOBEXÒ 2 system will also return to its normal trading schedule.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. To Observe Silence In Conjunction with NYSE, Re-Open Trading Of Equity Index Products at 8:33 a.m. (Central)

Date 17/09/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will observe two minutes of silence and join in singing "God Bless America" with the New York Stock Exchange in conjunction with the re-opening of U.S. securities markets and CME's U.S. equity index products today. The observance begins at 8:30 a.m. (Central time), and CME equity index markets will open at 8:33 a.m.

CBOT Trading For All Contracts Resumes Sept. 17 Evening

Date 17/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced trading hours in both open outcry and electronic markets, starting Monday evening, September 17 and continuing through the end of the trading day on Wednesday, September 19. All times are Chicago Time.
CBOT To Observe 2-Minute Moment Of Silence At 8:30 a.m. CDT

Date 17/09/2001

On Monday, September 17, the Chicago Board of Trade will observe a two-minute moment of silence at 8:30 a.m. Central Time. This will be in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange's observance in honor of the victims of the September 11 tragedy.
CBOE Interest Rate Products Close At 1:00 p.m. Central Time

Date 17/09/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that interest rate/treasury products traded at CBOE closed today at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT), in conjunction with interest rate products at other exchanges and will also close at 1:00 p.m. CDT on September 18 and 19, 2001.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 17/09/2001

Tuesday's titanic events in the US had little impact on the bourse following closure of trading the day after.
SEC To Monitor Securities Markets When They Open Monday

Date 16/09/2001

The Commission today confirmed that all the nation's securities markets will be open for business on Monday, September 17, 2001. As a result of successful systems tests conducted on Saturday by securities exchanges and various market participants, all equities markets have announced that they will resume normal trading on Monday. The tests, which the Commission monitored, verified that all systems are sound and operational. The Commission is satisfied with the conclusions reached by the stock ex