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CBOT/MIDAM Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 07/01/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following trading schedules in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday:
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 07/01/2000

The market ushered in the new millennium on a negative note, down 0.2% from the year's close of 1399.30.
PHLX To Begin Trading Two New Options (Ask Jeeves And Digital Island)

Date 06/01/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options on Digital Island Inc. (option/stock symbol: SUH/ISLD), upon the opening of business today, January 3, 2000. In addition, the PHLX will begin trading put and call options on Ask Jeeves, Inc. (option/stock symbol: AUK/ASKJ), upon the opening of business Tuesday, January 4, 2000.
PHLX Posts Record Breaking Volume For 1999 - PHLX Equity And Index Options Volume Reaches All Time Record

Date 06/01/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's (PHLX) just-released 1999 figures reveal that volume in PHLX's 950 equity options reached an all-time annual record of 44,281,558 contracts traded, an increase of 18% over last year's annual volume when 37,473,343 contracts changed hands. In addition, equity options volume for the month of December reached a monthly volume record when 4,261,170 contracts traded, a 38% increase over December, 1998 when 3,088,325 contracts changed hands.
Nymex Board Approves Demutualization Plan

Date 06/01/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange board of directors last night unanimously approved a demutualization plan which will convert the Exchange from a not-for-profit membership structure to a for-profit organization.

LIFFE Trades £197 Billion A Day In 1999

Date 06/01/2000

The value of contracts traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) averaged £197bn (EUR317bn) per day throughout 1999. The total nominal value traded for the year was £50,319bn (EUR81,000bn) making LIFFE the largest exchange in Europe and the second largest exchange in the world by value. The Exchange traded a total of 117,783,881 futures and options contracts in 1999.
Final 1999 Trading Volume, IPOs Star At The NYSE

Date 06/01/2000

The New York Stock Exchange set records in 1999 for trading volume and initial public offerings, listing more than 94 percent of the year's qualified domestic IPOs. The Exchange this year reached record trading levels on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Average daily trading volume was a record 809.2 million shares1, a 20.1 percent increase over last year's 673.6 million share average. A total of 203.9 billion shares were traded, up 20.2 percent over the 1998 volume of 169.7
1999: Amsterdam Exchanges Looks Back On A Good Year

Date 06/01/2000

Despite gloomy predictions, 1999 turned out to be a good year for Amsterdam Exchanges. Once again the AEX index broke record after record. In contrast to many expectations, this rally chiefly occurred in December, just before the changeover to the new millennium. The AEX index finally closed on 30 December at 671.41 points, its highest closing price ever.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Vision For The New Year - Letter From The TSE President

Date 05/01/2000

My best wishes to you for this New Year and the new millennium. The Japanese 'Big Bang' has brought about dramatic changes in the Japanese financial market. At the same time, competition between domestic and international markets is ever intensifying.
SFE Secures Certainty For Users Of The SPI®

Date 05/01/2000

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has today signed an agreement with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) which ensures that SFE's premier equity product, the Share Price Index futures contract (SPI®), will continue to be based on the existing All Ordinaries Index (AOI) until September 2001.