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PHLX To Begin Trading Ten New Options

Date 02/08/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options on The Charles Schwab Corporation (option/stock symbol: SCH), Citrix Systems, Inc. (XSQ/CTXS), CMGI Inc. (option/stock symbol: QGC/CMGI), Globalstar Telecommunications Limited (options/stock symbol: YVQ/GSTRF), Novellus Systems, Inc. (option/stock symbol: NLQ/NVLS), Seagate Technology, Inc. (option/stock symbol: SEG), Solectron Corporation (option/stock symbol: SLR), Tellabs Inc. (option
Options Clearing Corporation Announces Record Reduction In Clearing Fees

Date 02/08/2000

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) today announced that its Board of Directors has agreed to discount Clearing Member fees by up to 41 percent for September through December, depending on the size of trades cleared. This discount, which is the most significant reduction in OCC history, is a result of clearing fees exceeding expectations for the current calendar year.
NYMEX Sets Monthly Aluminium Volume Record In July

Date 02/08/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange set a monthly volume record for aluminium futures trading with 6,295 contracts traded during July, surpassing the 6179 contracts traded in May 1999.
New SPI Sectors Similar To Dow Jones STOXX Industry Groups

Date 02/08/2000

On 2 August 2000 , the SWX Swiss Exchange supplemented its existing SPI sector breakdown with a new classification similar to the tried and tested industry group structure of the Dow Jones STOXX indices.
London Metal Exchange July Volume

Date 02/08/2000

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 4,860,062 lots in July. This figure was made up of 4,525,451 lots of futures, 321,571 lots of options and 13,040 lots of TAPOs.

LIFFE's Mid-Curve Options Display Dramatic Growth

Date 02/08/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has recently recorded dramatic growth in its Euribor and Short Sterling One Year Mid-Curve Options. This follows the successful transfer of LIFFE's financial options from open outcry to LIFFE CONNECT™ on 2 May 2000. Since then substantial increases have been observed in the number of market participants, contract liquidity, volume and open interest.
LIFFE Announces The Migration Of Its Non-Financial Products To LIFFE CONNECT™ On 27 November 2000

Date 02/08/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has announced that it will list all of its Commodity Products on its electronic trading system, LIFFE CONNECT™, on Monday 27 November 2000.
Demutualization: The Montreal Exchange Submits Application For Recognition With The CVMQ

Date 02/08/2000

In connection with its plan to demutualize, the Montreal Exchange submitted on Friday July 28th an application to the Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec (CVMQ) for the recognition of Montreal Exchange Inc. as a self-regulatory organization. This application follows the approval of a demutualization plan by the Governing Committee of the Montreal Exchange on June 20, 2000. Following recognition by the CVMQ, the demutualization plan will be submitted for approval to the members of the Mon
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Very Large Increase In Equity Trading During Danish Summer Holidays

Date 02/08/2000

In July, the value of trading on the equity market was DKK 73.0 billion in market prices, only exceeded by the turnover for March 2000 of DKK 85.1 billion. In average, the turnover for July amounted to an average of DKK 3.5 billion per trading day, an increase of no less than 159 per cent compared to the same month of last year and 25 per cent more than in June.
CBOT July Volume

Date 02/08/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 13,859,085 contracts for July 2000.