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Chicago Stock Exchange Announces The Appointment Of Two Governors To Its Board

Date 24/04/2001

The Chicago Stock Exchange yesterday announced the appointment of two governors to its Board: Kurt D. Halvorson, President, Advanced Clearing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameritrade Holding Corporation and Mark P. Tellini, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff and Strategic Planning for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Mr. Halvorson is replacing Jack R. McDonnell, former CEO and President of Ameritrade, who recently left the Board. Mr. Tellini is replacing Anthony D. McCormick, Vice Presiden
A Working Meeting Of The Five Stock Exchanges: Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague, Warsaw

Date 24/04/2001

On April 20, 2001, representatives of the five Stock Exchanges, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague, Warsaw met again to discuss recent developments in the region and their preparations for EU membership and mutual cooperation in the area of capital markets development.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change: S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Index

Date 23/04/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, April 24, 2001, the following change will take place in the S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Index.
SGX Derivatives Contracts To Be Tradeable Via Bloomberg Terminals

Date 23/04/2001

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Ltd (SGX-DT) and Bloomberg L.P. today announced that derivatives contracts on the SGX electronic trading system (SGX ETS) are accessible via Bloomberg terminals.
Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For March 2001

Date 23/04/2001

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 1453.8 points at the end of March, an increase of 73.5 points from the closing value at the end of February.

Hong Kong Futures Exchange: Margin Rates Set For MSCI China Free Index Futures Contract

Date 23/04/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, has set margin rates for the MSCI China Free Index (CFI) Futures contract, which will be introduced on Monday, 7 May 2001.
CBOE: DJX Sets Another Single-Day Volume Record

Date 23/04/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that a single-day volume record for trading options on the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM (DJX) was established on Friday, April 20, when a total of 117,337 contracts (54,449 calls and 62,888 puts) traded.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Holds Mothers Seminar in Korea

Date 20/04/2001

As part of its activities to introduce and publicise the opening of Mothers to foreign companies, TSE held a seminar and a reception in Seoul on 9 April. The seminar, supported by Korea Stock Exchange and Kosdaq and co-sponsored by 11 securities companies from both Japan and Korea, attracted interest from over 120 companies, including venture companies, auditors and venture capitalists, and the venue was filled close to capacity. including venture companies, auditors and venture capitalists, and
Nasdaq First-Quarter 2001 Results - Daily Share Volume Averages A Record 2.1 Billion 22 of 50 Largest Trading Sessions Ever Occurred in the First Quarter

Date 20/04/2001

Daily volume on The Nasdaq Stock Market® averaged a record 2.1 billion shares in the first quarter of this year, a 15.8 percent increase from 1.8 billion shares in the first quarter of 2000, and a 2.9 percent gain from 2.03 billion shares in the fourth quarter last year. 22 of the 50 heaviest trading days ever on Nasdaq® occurred in the first quarter of 2001. Nasdaq experienced its most active single session in the first quarter, when 3.18 billion shares were traded on January 3, 2001.
MEFF, AIAF And SENAF To Unite Under A Single Holding Company

Date 20/04/2001

MEFF, AIAF and SENAF have reached an agreement to integrate the three companies in a single group to be known as MEFF-AIAF-SENAF Holding de Mercados Financieros S.A. The new group will be Spain’s leading financial markets group by total sales, transaction volumes and cash movements.