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Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Record-Breaking Trading Volume On The Bond Market

Date 11/12/2001

Today the bond trading reached a record high with DKK 113 billion in market value. The last time the bond market peaked was on 22 September 1998 with nearly DKK 94 billion in market value.
CFTC: Options Clearing Corporation Approved To Clear Commodity Futures

Date 11/12/2001

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has issued an order granting registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) to The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as amended by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA).
328 Million Euros Turnover At NEWEX In November

Date 11/12/2001

At NEWEX (New Europe Exchange), the exchange for Central and East European securities, volume of 328.8 million euros was traded in November, about 111.2 percent higher than the previous month´s level (Oktober: 155.7 million euros). Volume of 182.7 million euros or 55.6 percent of the total, was traded in the NX.plus quality segment. The most active single issue was the common share of the Russian oil producer LUKOIL, with over 2.1 million shares traded, corresponding to 116.1 million eu
2.2 Billion Euros In XTF Turnover In November. Deutsche Börse European Market Leader With XTF /Index Fund On DAX Highest-Volume ETF Product In Europe/More Information For Investors At New Internet Site

Date 11/12/2001

Volume of some 2.2 billion euros was traded in XTF, Deutsche Börse's stock exchange segment for index funds and actively managed funds, in November. Thus, turnover in this segment remained at its same high level (October: 2.3 billion euros). Of the total traded in the XTF segment, 2.1 billion euros, or approximately 96 percent, was posted in index funds, some four percent in actively managed funds. Deutsche Börse's XTF segment is the European market leader in exchange-traded funds, with
Supervisory Board Of Deutsche Börse Approves entory Takeover

Date 10/12/2001

On Monday, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG approved the planned takeover of entory AG, Karlsbad, by Deutsche Börse. On November 30, Deutsche Börse had announced that it wanted to combine the business activities of its subsidiary Deutsche Börse Systems and entory and therefore wants to take over the shares in the IT service provider. The combination of the two companies will create one of the biggest German IT providers of integrated solutions for the financial services industry.

OneChicago Appoints Martin Doyle As Managing Director Of Business Development

Date 10/12/2001

William J. Rainer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OneChicago, LLC, the joint venture created to trade single stock futures by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®), and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), today announced the appointment of Martin Doyle to serve as Managing Director of Business Development for OneChicago.
NYFE Reduces The Minimum Size Requirement For Block Orders

Date 10/12/2001

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that effective Tuesday, December 11, 2001, the minimum size for block orders in the NYSE Composite Index, the Russell 1000 Index, the NYSE Large Composite Index, the Russell Large Index and the Options on the NYSE Composite Index and the Russell 1000 Index will be thirty (30) contracts.
London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For November 2001 - High Levels Of Trading Activity Set Five New Records - Volumes Driven By Increased Business On SETS

Date 10/12/2001

Trading volumes on London Stock Exchange markets set new records in November: A record 62.2 billion UK shares were traded in November across all markets, up 58 per cent on the same month last year when 39.4 billion shares were traded. The previous record was in October 2001 when 59.6 billion UK shares were traded. A record number of trades was recorded in November: a total of 5.12 million trades in UK and international equities, compared with the previous record in October 2001 of
Euronext Joins SWIFT Community

Date 10/12/2001

SWIFT, Euronext, the first pan-European exchange, and Clearnet today announced a co-operation agreement that will facilitate standardised access to Euronext's NSC trading system and Clearnet's Clearing 21® service on a global basis.
Dec. 10 CBOT Fed Watch

Date 10/12/2001

Based upon the December 10th market close in the December 2001 expiration, the Chicago Board of Trade 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is currently pricing in a 100 percent probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will lower the federal funds target rate by at least 25 basis points from 2 percent to 1-3/4 percent at the FOMC meeting on December 11.