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American Stock Exchange Announces Changes In Morgan Stanley Internet Index And Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index

Date 15/12/2000

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) announced today that the Morgan Stanley Internet Index (MOX), and the Morgan Stanley High Technology 35 Index (MSH) will be rebalanced after the close. In conjunction with the rebalancing of the Morgan Stanley Internet Index (MOX), the Exchange will make the following component replacements in the Index, effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 15, 2000: CIENA Corporation (CIEN), EMC Corporation(EMC), and Sycamore Networks, Inc.(SCMR), and i2
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange New Year's Day Trading Schedule

Date 14/12/2000

The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange has announced the following trading schedule for the New Year's day holidays:
The Stock Exchange Of Thailand Explains Effect Of New MSCI Index Methodology On Thai Stock Market

Date 14/12/2000

The Stock Exchange of Thailand says the local effect of MSCI’s adjusted methodology, using Free Float instead of Market Capitalization, to be incorporated at the end of next year, will depend on various organizations’ ability to increase market capitalization and liquidity in Thai Stock Market, as well as the measurements that the SET is currently implementing.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading - NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock SM - QQQ SM

Date 14/12/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock SM on Friday, Dec. 15 under the symbol QQQ SM.
Pacific Exchange To Trade Eleven New Options

Date 14/12/2000

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) today announced the listing of eleven new options issues. For expiration cycles and strike prices, visit the Options Listings Bulletin section of the PCX Web site.

LIFFE Announces 10 Additional Universal Stock Futures

Date 14/12/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announced an additional 10 Universal Stock Futures taking the total number it will launch for trading on 29 January 2001 to 25.
Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For November 2000

Date 14/12/2000

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 1344.2 points at the end of November, a decrease of 34.2 points from the closing value at the end of October.
FTSE And Xinhua Join Forces To Provide China indices

Date 14/12/2000

FTSE, the global index provider, has signed an agreement with Xinhua Financial News in Hong Kong to create a joint venture company to facilitate the creation of a series of real time indices for use by the international investment community and the Chinese investment community. The new company will be called FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (FXIL).
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Calculation Of Futop Expiration Prices Has Been Changed

Date 14/12/2000

Pursuant to the new rules the calculation of average prices - used to calculate the expiration prices - is now based on all system-generated transactions within the fixed expiration period, cf. Rule 4.2 of the Guidelines for the publication of real-time trading information and calculation of prices, etc for the SAXESS trading system.
CME S&P 500 Open Interest Surges Past 550,000 For First Time - E-mini S&P 500 And MidCap 400 Continue To Set Open Interest Records

Date 14/12/2000

For the eighth consecutive session, open interest in S&P 500 Index futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has continued to surge, reaching a record 563,141 positions at the close of trading on Wednesday. The new record surpasses the previous day's record of 546,909 positions culminating in a 14 percent increase in open interest since Dec. 4 when 494,331 positions were open at the close of trading.