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Australian Derivatives Exchange: Metamorphosis Of Fixed Interest Market Captured By Index Futures

Date 16/01/2001

The dynamics of the entire Australian fixed interest market - including both government and corporate bonds - will be captured for the first time with a product launch announced today by the Australian Derivatives Exchange (ADX).
Toronto Stock Exchange To Make Cents Of Your Investments

Date 15/01/2001

On Monday, January 29, 2001 the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) will begin trading all stocks with a trading price greater than $5.00 in penny increments. The move to penny trading is the next stage in decimal trading for the TSE, which in 1996, became the first exchange in North America to introduce decimal trading.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange's Trading Volume Up 15% in 2000

Date 15/01/2001

The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) announced that trading volume in 2000 was 17,188,227, up 15.1% from 1999 due to the removal of Bank of Japan's so called "zero interest rate policy" and the introduction of half tick pricing .
Singapore Exchange Ltd Grants Approval-In-Principle For Three New Members

Date 15/01/2001

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) today announced that it has granted approval-in-principle for three new corporate members.
Russian Trading System Trade Volume Grew 2.4 Times In 2000

Date 15/01/2001

In December 2000 RTS trade volume amounted to $264 mln. Thus RTS total trade volume in 2000 reached $5.8 bln, 2.4 times up from the total in 1999 ($2.4 bln).

OM Technology Signs Agreement With American Stock Exchange - OM Technology To Deliver SAXESS And CLICK Exchange Systems

Date 15/01/2001

OM Technology has been chosen to deliver electronic trading technology to the American Stock Exchange® (Amex®), US' leading exchange for Exchange Traded Funds and second largest options exchange, for its options and equity business. The purchase is a major advancement for the Amex's plans to implement a screen based trading system in 2001. The estimated combined order value is approximately 30 MUSD, including licenses, project and five year support.
LIFFE Appoints Chief Information Officer Of LIFFE's Technology Business

Date 15/01/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has appointed Mark Hemsley as Chief Information Officer of LIFFE's new technology business.
Clarification prior to OM Gruppen's Financial Statements, year-end 2000

Date 15/01/2001

In view of the fact that a number of revenue and expense items of a special nature are already known to exist in OM Gruppen's Income Statement for 2000, OM has decided to clarify these items in the following statement prior to the public release of its year-end figures on January 23 2001.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures – December

Date 14/01/2001

Turnover for December was EUR 57,076.6 million. This compares to EUR 76,846.1 million in November. Domestic turnover in December was EUR 52,482.5 million, foreign turnover EUR 2,919.3 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 1,597.9 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 26.5 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 50.3 million. Turnover for the period January to December 2000 was EUR 869,134.9 million.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 13/01/2001

It was yet another lacklustre week with the market basically moving sideways on the kind of volume that can best be described as a trickle.