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Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

Date 05/12/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE and its Group of Companies will be closed in conjunction with the following holidays
CBOE Sets New Year-To-Date Record

Date 05/12/2000

Total trading volume at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, hit a new year-to-date record for the end of November with 301,757,649 contracts (194,397,120 calls and 107,360,529 puts) trading, which is 33% ahead of the previous November year-to-date record of 226,477,440 contracts, set in 1999.
Toronto Stock Exchange Regulation Services Introduces Minimum Compliance Procedures For Trading Supervision

Date 04/12/2000

TSE Regulation Services is introducing minimum standards for the supervision of trading in Exchange listed securities. The TSE Board of Directors approved the standards last week. Tom Atkinson, Vice-President of TSE Regulation Services says, "thanks to the strong contribution of the securities dealers, we are now able to introduce what we believe are the clearest set of trading supervision standards anywhere in North America." Mr. Atkinson added, "These standards will ensure securities dealer
Nymex To Increase Natural Gas Margins

Date 04/12/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise the margins on its Henry Hub natural gas contract at the close of business tomorrow to $10,00 from $7,500 for clearing members; to $11,000 from $8,250 for members; and to $13,500 from $10,125 for customers.
Norwegian Telecoms Giant Telenor ASA Lists Shares On Nasdaq

Date 04/12/2000

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. announced that shares of the Norwegian telecommunications company, Telenor ASA, began trading on Nasdaq today under the symbol TELN. The company also began trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

CME Year-to-Date Trading Volume Of 208.4 Million Makes Year 2000 Second Highest In CME History - GLOBEX®2 Volume Up 135 Percent To 3.7 Million In November

Date 04/12/2000

November trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) grew 25.6 percent over year-ago levels to nearly 18 million contracts. Year-to-date volume on CME stands at 208.4 million, already making 2000 the second highest volume year in CME history.
CBOT’S November Volume At 20,126,787 Up 11.6% From October 2000

Date 04/12/2000

Chicago Board of Trade trading volume of 20,126,787 contracts for November 2000 was up 11.6% from October 2000. Electronic trading volume on a/c/e, the exchange’s electronic trading platform, hit 2,274,670 contracts, topping the two-million mark for the third straight month.
CBOT Certifies New Mortgage Futures And Options Contracts

Date 04/12/2000

Responding to the needs of the marketplace, the Board of Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade has approved new contracts based on mortgage-backed securities.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 04/12/2000

The market rose 0.4% with volumes still on the light side.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 04/12/2000

Chobe has again reported a disappointing set of interim results for the 6 months to 31st August 2000 reflecting continued difficulties in the regional tourism sector.