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Nasdaq Composite Index Posts Record One-Day Point Increase Percent Gain Also Largest Ever

Date 05/12/2000

The Nasdaq Composite® Index today achieved its largest single-day point and percentage increases in its 29 year history. Preliminary figures show the Composite gained 274.01 points, or 10.48 percent, to close at 2889.76.
LIFFE's November Trading Value Rises 36% Year On Year

Date 05/12/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded an average daily nominal value of £231 billion (?330 billion) and a total value of £5,084 billion (?7,269 billion) in November 2000, maintaining its position as the largest electronic exchange by value in the world.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Achieves New Annual Volume Record

Date 05/12/2000

Trading activity Monday at the Kansas City Board of Trade spurred 2000 year-to-date trading volume past the previous annual record, launching the exchange into a new decade of growth.
Deutsche Börse Launches Private-Investor Initiative - Package Of Measures For Even Greater Liquidity And Transparency

Date 05/12/2000

Deutsche Börse will steadily continue to expand the services for private investors on the Xetra electronic trading platform and on the Frankfurt trading floor. According to Executive Board member Volker Potthoff, the company wants to further enhance liquidity and thus the price quality and speed of order execution, as well as further improve transparency for private investors. "Frankfurt already offers private investors superior products and services. Our initiative for private investors will f
Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

Date 05/12/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE and its Group of Companies will be closed in conjunction with the following holidays

CBOE Sets New Year-To-Date Record

Date 05/12/2000

Total trading volume at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, hit a new year-to-date record for the end of November with 301,757,649 contracts (194,397,120 calls and 107,360,529 puts) trading, which is 33% ahead of the previous November year-to-date record of 226,477,440 contracts, set in 1999.
Toronto Stock Exchange Regulation Services Introduces Minimum Compliance Procedures For Trading Supervision

Date 04/12/2000

TSE Regulation Services is introducing minimum standards for the supervision of trading in Exchange listed securities. The TSE Board of Directors approved the standards last week. Tom Atkinson, Vice-President of TSE Regulation Services says, "thanks to the strong contribution of the securities dealers, we are now able to introduce what we believe are the clearest set of trading supervision standards anywhere in North America." Mr. Atkinson added, "These standards will ensure securities dealer
Nymex To Increase Natural Gas Margins

Date 04/12/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise the margins on its Henry Hub natural gas contract at the close of business tomorrow to $10,00 from $7,500 for clearing members; to $11,000 from $8,250 for members; and to $13,500 from $10,125 for customers.
Norwegian Telecoms Giant Telenor ASA Lists Shares On Nasdaq

Date 04/12/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. announced that shares of the Norwegian telecommunications company, Telenor ASA, began trading on Nasdaq today under the symbol TELN. The company also began trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
CME Year-to-Date Trading Volume Of 208.4 Million Makes Year 2000 Second Highest In CME History - GLOBEX®2 Volume Up 135 Percent To 3.7 Million In November

Date 04/12/2000

November trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) grew 25.6 percent over year-ago levels to nearly 18 million contracts. Year-to-date volume on CME stands at 208.4 million, already making 2000 the second highest volume year in CME history.