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SGX-DT To Provide Market Depth Information To Investors

Date 09/05/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT) has announced that futures investors will be able to access market-depth information through data vendors from 8 May 2000. This means that investors can now gain access to information on the three best bid / offer futures prices and volume of derivatives contracts traded on the SGX ETS (Electronic Trading System).
PHLX To Begin Trading Wireless Telecom Sector

Date 09/05/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading options on the Wireless Telecom Sector (YLS) at the opening of business on Monday, May 15, 2000.
Open Interest Up 17.3% On The Derivatives Markets Of Parisbourse SBF SA - The Euro Notional Bounces Back To 1994's Record Levels

Date 09/05/2000

April trading volume on the derivatives markets of ParisBourse SBF SA reached 20.4 million contracts. Total open interest was up 17.3% on the previous month.
NYMEX Hires Chief Information Officer

Date 09/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange has hired David Keller, former chief information and technology officer at Sempra Energy Trading group, as chief information officer.
LIFFE's Financial Options Successfully Trade On Screen

Date 09/05/2000

LIFFE's financial options have made a successful transfer from open outcry to electronic trading, recording an average daily volume of over 94,000 contracts since their migration to LIFFE CONNECT™ on Tuesday 2 May 2000, compared with an average daily volume of 68,500 in April, an increase of 37%.

LIFFE Trades £226 Billion Worth Of Contracts In April 2000

Date 09/05/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded an average daily nominal value of £226 billion (?361 billion) and traded a total value £4,068 billion (?6508 billion) in April 2000.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange To Adjust Hutchison Whampoa Limited Futures Contracts

Date 09/05/2000

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) will adjust Hutchison Whampoa Limited Futures contracts as a result of the company's decision to issue one ordinary share for every ten ordinary shares as part of a final dividend payment to shareholders.
Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 9/5 2000

Date 09/05/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on May 9 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 9.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - April

Date 09/05/2000

Turnover for April was EUR 56,450.0 million. This compares to EUR 107,309.0 million in March. Domestic turnover in April was EUR 50,347.7 million, foreign turnover EUR 1,227.0 million. Nuovo Mercato EUR 4,798.6 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 76.7 million. Turnover for the period January to April 2000 was EUR 344,864.3 million.
Bloomberg LP Connects SGX-DT - First Asian Exchange To Offer Global Derivatives Trading Electronically

Date 09/05/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Ltd, (SGX-DT) and Bloomberg LP today unveiled initiatives to create a gateway between the Bloomberg global network and the SGX-DT electronic platform, and to further boost the liquidity and accessibility of Singapore's derivatives market. This move makes SGX-DT the first Asian exchange to offer electronic-based derivatives trading on a global front. The initiatives will bring together the exchange's expertise in regulation, surveillance, and order matching