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October Volume At CBOE Ranks Second All-Time

Date 03/11/2000

Trading volume at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, continued to surpass record levels established last year as 32,435,243 options contracts (18,945,726 calls and 13,489,517 puts) traded in October, a 26% increase over the year ago October volume of 25,716,989 contracts. Open interest in all CBOE listed options stood at 50,852,378 contracts at month's end, 36% higher than the close of October last year when open interest stood at 37,396,223 contract
MidAm Oct. Volume 94,729 Contracts, Up 10.7% From Sept.

Date 03/11/2000

The MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, a wholly-owned affiliate of the Chicago Board of Trade, announced today trading volume of 94,729 contracts for October 2000, an increased of 10.7% from September 2000.
London Metal Exchange October Volume

Date 03/11/2000

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 6,036,151 lots in October. This figure was made up of 5,713,541 lots of futures, 309,440 lots of options and 13,170 lots of TAPOs.
LIFFE Trades £51 Trillion Worth Of Contracts In Ten Months Beating Last Year's Total Annual Value

Date 03/11/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded £51 trillion worth of contracts in the first ten months of 2000, 15% up on the same period in 1999 and more than the £50 trillion nominal value traded in the whole of last year. In October 2000 average daily nominal value amounted to £231 billion (?335 billion) and total value amounted to £5,078 billion (?7,363 billion), up 38% on October 1999. LIFFE maintained its position as the world's largest electronic exchange b
Euronext Introduces Options On Pig Futures

Date 03/11/2000

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Boston Stock Exchange Announces Management Changes - Kenneth R. Leibler To Become Chairman And CEO; William G. Morton, Jr. To Serve As Senior Advisor; Transition Effective March, 2001

Date 03/11/2000

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) has announced that William G. Morton, Jr., the longest serving stock exchange chief executive in the country, will step down as Chairman and CEO on March 30, 2001, after 16 years of service. Mr. Morton will be succeeded by Kenneth R. Leibler, former President and CEO of Liberty Financial Companies and past President of the American Stock Exchange. Mr. Morton will be named Chairman Emeritus and continue to serve the Exchange as a senior advisor.
Amex To Trade Options On Three Securities

Date 03/11/2000

The American Stock Exchange will launch trading in options on the Nasdaq National Market-listed stocks on Thursday, November 9, 2000: INAMED Corporation (Options Symbol: UZI / Stock Symbol: IMDC) IXYS Corporation (Options Symbol: USX / Stock Symbol: SYXI) SeaChange International, Inc. (Options Symbol: UEG/ Stock Symbol: SEAC)
Amex to Trade Options On Orchid Biosciences And Wireless HOLDRS SM Trust.

Date 03/11/2000

The American Stock Exchange will launch trading in options on the Nasdaq National Market-listed stock of Orchid Biosciences (Option Symbol :UOH/ Stock Symbol: ORCH) and the Amex-listed stock Wireless HOLDRS SM Trust (Symbol: WMH) on Wednesday, November 8, 2000.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Holds 113th Annual General Meeting

Date 02/11/2000

The membership of Winnipeg Commodity Exchange elected its new Board of Governors at the 113th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 1, 2000.
Update In KLSE Syariah Index Components

Date 02/11/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is updating the component stocks of the KLSE Syariah Index (KLSE SI) in line with the revised list of approved securities issued by the Syariah Advisory Council of the Securities Commission on Friday, 27 October 2000.