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Eurex Trades 31 Million Contracts In April Over 152 million Contracts Traded During The First Four Months - New Record In Options On Nokia

Date 02/05/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives market, achieved a volume of 30.5??? million contracts traded in April, topping the April 1999 volume by 17 percent. Eurex has already traded more than 152 million contracts during the first four months of the current year.
CME Trading Volume Rises Nearly 26 Percent in April

Date 02/05/2000

Overall trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for April rose nearly 26 percent over last year with 19,427,407 contracts traded. Volume in equity and index futures rose 41.7 percent over last year, while volume in interest rate futures increased 38.6 percent from year-ago levels.
CBOE On Track For Record Breaking Fiscal Year

Date 02/05/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that total volume at the Exchange during the month of April reached 28,413,006 contracts (17,968,314 calls and 10,444,692 puts), a 32% increase over year-ago levels, maintaining the pace for another record setting fiscal year. Average daily volume for all options at CBOE was 1,495,421 contracts. A single day trading record was set this month when 2,388,759 contracts changed hands on April 14th amidst heavy trading in the NASDAQ 100 Index
Baltic Exchanges Sign Letter Of Intent With NOREX Alliance

Date 02/05/2000

Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius stock exchanges today signed in Stockholm a Letter of Intent aiming at partnership in the NOREX exchange alliance.
A Very Good Month For EURO.NM Amsterdam

Date 02/05/2000

April proved to be yet another good month on Amsterdam Exchanges' markets. Turnover on the stock exchange saw a marked increase of 53.8% in comparison to April 1999. In the case of EURO.NM Amsterdam, the increase was more than 200%. Value of turnover in this market segment, which amounted to Euro 1.35 billion, was four times higher during the first four months of 2000 than during the same period last year.

439 Billion EURO In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges - Exchange Traded Funds Post 83 Million Euros In Turnover In First Month - Xetra: 88 percent share Of DAX turnover

Date 02/05/2000

A total of 438.8 billion EURO in volume was traded in equities, warrants and fixed-income securities on the German stock exchanges in April, about 4 percent higher than in April one year ago. The total comprises 331.5 billion euros in equities and warrants and 107.3 billion euros in fixed-income securities. Trading at FWB, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, accounted for about 85 percent of the total.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Amendment To Its Daily Price Fluctuation Rule

Date 01/05/2000

After the replacement of its computerized order-routing and executing system for stocks (around mid-2000),the Tokyo Stock Exchange will amend its Daily Price Fluctuation,Special Quote Variation and Tick Size Rules of shares, convertible bonds,equity options,etc. Please pay due attention to these amendments as they affect the placement of orders,especially market orders.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Extends Trading Hours For Equities, Fixed-Income Securities

Date 01/05/2000

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange announced that it extended the equity-trading day to 5 p.m., as of yesterday, April 30.
SEC Releases List Of Limit Order Transparency Roundtable Participants

Date 01/05/2000

The Securities and Exhange Commission today released the list of people who will participate in the Limit Order Transparency Roundtable, which will take place on Thursday, May 4, 2000 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Commission's headquarters in Washington, DC.
New Companies' Quarterly Reporting At Australian Stock Exchange

Date 01/05/2000

Australian Stock Exchange's new quarterly reporting requirement for companies which were admitted under the "commitments test'' has been rapidly accepted.