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a/c/e Breaks Daily Volume Record Second Day In A Row

Date 30/08/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its members set a new daily volume record yesterday at 442,491 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/eSM, breaking the former record of 334,551 contracts set the preceding day, August 28, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,876,381 contracts yesterday, of which 1,433,890 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.
Nymex Adjust Brent Trading Hours

Date 29/08/2001

The executive committee of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today decided to adjust the trading hours for its Brent futures and options contracts so that they open at 9:10 AM instead of 9 AM, as previously announced.
EEX Changes Auction In Single Hours - Auction Supports Optimization Of Production And Consumption Peaks

Date 29/08/2001

As of September 3, EEX will change the auction for trading in single hours, thus further optimizing trading at EEX for the market participants. The exchange made the announcement on Wednesday. The auction for trading in single hours is being replaced by a new and simpler type of auction with revised transparency parameters. The existing safety and security mechanisms, such as volatility interruptions, will remain unchanged.The changes being made in the auction will make trading in individual hou
Deutsche Börse: International Capital Market Experts Publish "Neuer Markt Report" - International Capital Market Experts Publish "Neuer Markt Report" - Deutsche Börse Will Use Results To Draw Up A Going Public Code Of Best Practice/ Detailed Examination O

Date 29/08/2001

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Shearman & Sterling, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and Deutsche Börse have published a joint study on the Neuer Markt which analyzes the German growth exchange from the vantage point of capital markets as well as from a legal and economic perspective. The study, entitled "Neuer Markt Report - Gateway to European Capital Markets - Key to Growth", examines the position of the Neuer Markt and is intended to put the debate about the importance of growth markets a
CME Open Interest Surpasses 15 Million Mark; Electronic Currency Futures Volume Sets New Monthly High With Three Days Of Trading Remaining As Euro Fx Reaches New Single-Day Record

Date 29/08/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) yesterday for the first time surpassed 15 million positions in open interest. The 15,024,033 open positions surpassed CME's previous record of 14,872,034 set one day earlier on Aug. 27.

CBOT Marks 1st Anniversary of a/c/e With A Daily Volume Record

Date 29/08/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its members set a new daily volume record yesterday of 334,551 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/e, breaking the former record of 296,441 contracts set on June 28, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,651,567 on August 28, 2001, of which 1,317,116 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.
CBOE, CME, CBOT Name William Rainer To Head Joint Venture on Single-Stock Futures - Appoint Eight Representatives To Serve On Joint Venture Board Of Directors

Date 29/08/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced the appointment of William J. Rainer to serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of their recently announced joint venture to trade single-stock futures contracts. Rainer, former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is a co-founder and former Managing Director of Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., a primary dealer of government securit
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 29/08/2001

It was another lacklustre week as the index gained 0.6% on moderate volume.
Australian Stock Exchange Limited Election of Directors/Date of AGM

Date 29/08/2001

In accordance with listing rule 3.13.1, ASX advises that the annual general meeting of Australian Stock Exchange Limited has been scheduled for Monday 29 October 2001 at 11am. At that meeting, an item of business will be the election of directors. Under the constitution each of Mr Michael Shepherd, Mr James Kennedy and Mr Clive Batrouney will retire as director and being eligible will offer themselves for re-election.
Trading With Hextech Derivatives Products Begins

Date 28/08/2001

Trading with Futures and Options on the HEXTech technology stock index will be started at HEX on Monday 3rd of September 2001.