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The Bank Of New York, Prebon Yamane And Amerex Form Joint Venture To Create The First Industry Sponsored Clearinghouse For The OTC Energy Marketplace

Date 30/11/2000

The Bank of New York, Prebon Yamane and Amerex today announced the formation of EnergyClearTM, a joint venture that will create the first industry- sponsored clearinghouse to offer comparison, netting and settlement of wholesale energy contracts for the over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace. It is anticipated that EnergyClear will initially offer its services to participants in the wholesale power and natural gas markets as early as the spring of 2001. In the future, EnergyClear anticipates servici
Result Of Second Ballot For Election Of Directors To The Board Of LME Holdings Limited And, As A Consequence, The London Metal Exchange Limited

Date 30/11/2000

Linklaters & Alliance, to whom ballot papers had to be returned, have notified the directors of LME Holdings Limited that at 12.00 noon today the following votes had been received:
Program Trading Averaged 23.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 20-Nov. 24

Date 30/11/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 20-Nov. 24.
Minneapolis Wheat Posts Record Daily Trading Volume

Date 30/11/2000

Hard red spring wheat futures posted record trading volume on Wednesday, November 29, 2000. A total of 13,489 contracts traded. Open interest in hard red spring wheat futures stands at 22,824 contracts. The previous daily volume record, established February 25, 2000, was 11,450 contracts.
Íslandsbanki-FBA Becomes The First Icelandic Member Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 30/11/2000

Íslandsbanki-FBA has become a member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and commences trading on 1 December. Íslandsbanki-FBA is the first Icelandic member of the Exchange. Moreover, Íslandsbanki-FBA also commences trading on the OM Stockholm Exchange tomorrow.

Euronext is the least expensive exchange in Europe and ranks number two in the world

Date 30/11/2000

Euronext, the first pan-European exchange -- created by the merger of the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris exchanges -- is one of the least expensive in the world, according to the fourth annual survey by US consultants Elkins/McSherry Co.. The survey appears in the November 2000 issue of Institutional Investor magazine.
EEX Sets New Record In Turnover On Monthly Basis - 466,443 Megawatt Hours Of Electricity Traded In November - 1.5 Million Mwh Since EEX Launch In August

Date 30/11/2000

Germany's biggest electricity exchange, the European Energy Exchange (EEX), published its turnover figures for the month of November 2000 on Thursday: With 466,443 megawatt hours (MWh) traded, turnover at EEX exceeded the previous month's figure (390,354 MWh in October) by roughly 20 percent and set a new record in turnover on a monthly basis. After four months in operation, EEX has achieved total turnover of 1,514,458 MWh.
CBOE Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 30/11/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following holiday trading schedule. (All times are Chicago times, CST).
Vivendi's Acquisition Of Seagram Co. Ltd. Triggers Changes In Standard & Poor's Indices

Date 29/11/2000

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P 500, S&P Global 100, S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 100, Toronto 35 and TSE 200 pending the completion of the acquisition of Seagram Co. Ltd. by Vivendi. The transaction is still subject to shareholder's approval.
Tokyo Stock Exchange And Osaka Securities Exchange Become Newest Users Of CME's SPAN® System

Date 29/11/2000

The two largest exchanges in Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE), have just successfully launched the Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk (SPAN®) system for calculating performance bond (margin) requirements.