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Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 15/08 2000

Date 16/08/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on August 15 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.6 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 17. 9 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Boston Stock Exchange Receives Regulatory Approval For Off-Floor Remote Access Trading

Date 16/08/2000

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) has announced that it has received permanent approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission for its BEACON REMOTE(SM) trading system. The BSE also announced that it has selected Savvis Communications Corporation as a managed network provider for this new system.
Australian Stock Exchange And New Zealand Stock Exchange Negotiations

Date 16/08/2000

The Chairman of Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), Mr Maurice Newman, and the Chairman of New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE), Mr Eion Edgar, have released the following statement: "On Friday 11 August 2000 representatives of the ASX and NZSE met in Sydney to consider a possible merger of the two stock exchanges.
AOL, Compaq Among NYSE Stocks Selected For Phase 2 Of Decimal-Pricing Pilot

Date 16/08/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today named 52 companies whose stocks will be priced in decimal format starting Sept. 25, as part of Phase 2 of the securities industry's decimal-pricing pilot. The list includes some of the most-actively-traded stocks, including America Online Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp., which were the first and second most-heavily-traded NYSE stocks in 1999.
VSNL Becomes First Indian Public-Sector Company To List On The NYSE

Date 15/08/2000

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) began trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange today as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) under the ticker symbol VSL. VSNL is the sole international telecommunication-service provider and the largest Internet-service provider in India. With its listing on the NYSE, VSNL repeats history as it was also the first Indian public-sector company to raise capital through Global Depositary Receipts in 1997.

The KFX And KFMX Indices Reach New Highs

Date 15/08/2000

Today, the KFX Index and the KFMX Index set a new record. The 26th record for the KFX Index this year.
Jiway Signs Letters Of Intent With 20 Trading Partners

Date 15/08/2000

OM today confirms reports that Jiway has signed Letters of Intent with approximately 20 trading partners. A trading partner is a broker, online or offline, or financial advisor that will work as an intermediary between Jiway and the end-customer.
EEX: Positive Assessment Of The First Week Of Trading - 23 Participants From 6 Countries Are Now Active At EEX

Date 15/08/2000

The European Energy Exchange EEX gives a positive assessment of the first week of electricity trading: "Based on the feedback from our participants, the prices achieved in trading at EEX and the narrow spreads provide a very accurate picture of the price situation on the OTC market," said the two EEX Board members Christian Geyer and Hans E. Schweickardt on Tuesday.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Holiday

Date 14/08/2000

The Warsaw Stock Exchange would like to remind that August 15, 2000 is a national holiday in Poland. Therefore, the Exchange will be closed that day.
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Monthly Market Statistics - July

Date 14/08/2000

Contrary to the relatively low level of turnover in the past 3 months, market turnover increased in July.