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CME Domestic Stock Indexes To Settle At Fair Value, Close Early At End Of Quarter On Friday, June 30

Date 21/06/2000

Following its new quarter-end settlement procedure, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will close its domestic equity index futures contracts 10 minutes early at the end of the quarter, Friday, June 30, and revise its daily settlement procedures to reflect a “fair value” settlement price.
CBOT And Eurex Set Date For Simulation On Alliance Trading Platform - Alliance On Target For Third Quarter Launch

Date 21/06/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and Eurex announced today that functional simulation on their joint electronic trading platform will begin July 17, 2000. Functional simulation is the last step before the launch of the CBOT/Eurex Alliance platform, which is on target for the third quarter 2000. Functional simulation provides participating firms and traders with the opportunity to test new installations and familiarize themselves with the platform's trading functionality.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Market Holiday

Date 20/06/2000

The Warsaw Stock Exchange would like to remind that June 22, 2000 (Thursday) is a holiday in Poland. The Exchange will be closed on that day. However, June 23 (Friday) is a normal business day on the Exchange.
Trading In Options On Pacific Century Cyberworks Will Begin On Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong On June 26

Date 20/06/2000

Trading in options on Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited (PCCW) will begin on Monday, June 26, 2000.
Three New Grain Futures Contracts Begin Trading On Sydney Futures Exchange

Date 20/06/2000

Three new futures contracts based on barley, canola and sorghum will begin trading at the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) at 10.00am today, Tuesday, 20 June

Nymex Sets Eurotop 300® Weekly Volume Record

Date 20/06/2000

A weekly volume record was set for the week of June 12, when 9,030 contracts were traded, exceeding the record of 8,244 contracts traded for the week of March 13, 2000.
Nymex Members Approve Demutualization Plan

Date 20/06/2000

The members of the New York Mercantile Exchange voted 97.5% in favor of a demutualization plan which will make the Exchange the first in New York to convert from a not-for-profit membership structure to a for-profit organization.
Jiway, The Next Generation Exchange, Appoints Managing Director

Date 20/06/2000

Jiway, the revolutionary new pan-European stock exchange, today announced that it had appointed Ian McNeil as Managing Director of Jiway Ltd. Jiway Ltd, a subsidiary of Jiway Holdings Ltd, has made an application to the Financial Services Authority for Recognised Investment Exchange RIE) status in the UK.
Eurex And Deutsche Börse AG To Offer Trading Access Through Bloomberg Professional TM Service

Date 20/06/2000

As of July 2000, Eurex and Deutsche Börse will offer its customers an alternative trading access through the Bloomberg Professional TM service. The alternative access to Eurex will be ready in July, the electronic trading system of Deutsche Börse AG will follow by the end of 2000. Bloomberg is the first service provider to offer a fully integrated front-end and network solution to Eurex by operating as, a so called Multimember front-end provider.
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 20/6 2000

Date 20/06/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on June 20 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 13.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.