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SWX Swiss Exchange: Debut Of Prime New Energy Inc.

Date 29/05/2001

The shares of Prime New Energy Inc., headquartered in Olten, Switzerland, were traded for the first time today on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The price was set at CHF 105.50. The opening price in SWX trading today stood 4% above that level at CHF 110, representing a total market capitalisation of CHF 209 million.
SFE Launches New Corporate Brand

Date 29/05/2001

SFE Corporation Limited (SFE) is the new name for the Sydney Futures Exchange Limited.
EEX Expands Line Of Products Available For Trading On Futures Market - New Flexibility In Trading Of Electricity Futures - Four New Participants On Futures Market

Date 29/05/2001

EEX European Energy Exchange is expanding its range of products for the futures market to include four so-called cascading futures. Unlike the existing products which have monthly contract dates, the new products will have terms of at least three months and 12 months, respectively. With the three-month and 12-month futures on baseload and peakload blocks, EEX is expanding its product portfolio to include products that are used intensively in over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and offering the parti
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New Rules Regulating Transaction Reporting

Date 29/05/2001

On 1 July 2001, the Exchange will change the rules regulating members’ and mortgage members’ reporting of trades effected in the share and bond markets. In this connection we have prepared a guide describing how the most common orders must be placed in the trading system in future.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Surpasses Record 1999/00 Crop-Year Volume Levels

Date 28/05/2001

With nine weeks left in the crop year (ending July 31, 2001), Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) surpassed previous crop-year record volume levels in total futures and options, in total futures, as well as in total canola futures volume.

Standard & Poor's – Index Change: S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian Smallcap, S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector, TSE 100 And TSE 200 Indices

Date 28/05/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector, TSE 100 and TSE 200 Indices after the close of trading on Tuesday, May 29, 2001.
NOREX And The Baltic Exchanges Put Co-Operation On Hold

Date 28/05/2001

NOREX and the exchanges of Lithuania and Riga have discussed their future relations and come to a joint conclusion that the preconditions for a mutually beneficial alliance are no longer as convincing as earlier. <
Deutsche Börse: Stock Split On June 1 - Ten New Shares For One Old Share

Date 28/05/2001

The 10-for-1 stock split that the shareholders of Deutsche Börse approved at their general meeting on May 3 will be carried out on June 1. This will increase the number of Deutsche Börse AG shares tenfold, as the company reported, from the current 10,276,000 to 102,760,000 shares. Accordingly, on June 1 the calculated stock exchange price per share is expected to drop to about one-tenth of the price per share before the stock split.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 28/05/2001

The market rose 1.3% on the back of excellent results from BIHL in what was otherwise a lacklustre four day trading week. The insurer was duly rewarded on its strong year end results as it jumped 6.9% or 90t to P13.85 on 19,458 shares immediately upon release of its results.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company news

Date 28/05/2001

BIHL once again posted impressive results for the full year to 31st March 2001. Recurring premium income was up a good 22% at P229.8m, with individual life showing strong growth of 32% at P162.7m. Total premium income, up 31% to P274.5m, was aided by growth of 119% to P44.7m in single premium income. However, total income was marginally down by 8% to P469m due mainly to lower unrealised investment returns, which fell 56% to P92.3m. The classification between realised and unrealised return from o