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The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For June 2000

Date 26/06/2000

As of mid-June, short interest in 3,842 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 2,749,065,611 compared with 2,708,792,108 shares in 3,801 National Market issues for the month of May.
SGX SiMSCI Futures Get U.S. CFTC Approval

Date 26/06/2000

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT) and MSCI, on June 23 announced that the US regulator, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a "no action" letter allowing the SGX SiMSCI futures to be offered and sold to institutions in the US.
KLSE To Restore System In Shortest Possible Time

Date 26/06/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) would like to announce it will restore its system to proceed as normal in the shortest possible time. A system failure was detected this morning and the KLSE Information Technology Division is doing a thorough check immediately to resolve the problem.
KLSE Resumes Full Operations

Date 26/06/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has restored its systems to enable the stockmarket to resume trading for the afternoon session commencing at 2:30 p.m., Monday, 26 June 2000.
IPE Gas Oil Contract Extended

Date 26/06/2000

Last week saw the IPE's Gas Oil futures contract successfully traded between the hours of 0800 and 0900 London time on its electronic energy trading platform, ETS II.

Iceland Stock Exchange Adopts New Procedures Regarding Insider Transactions - Names of Insiders Revealed

Date 26/06/2000

Iceland Stock Exchange adopts new procedures regarding insider transactions on 1 July. From that day on all insider trading will be revealed under the name of the insider, the price at which he traded and his ownership of shares after the transaction.
First Austrian-Based Company Lists On SWX New Market - EMTS Technologie AG 11% Above Public Offering Price

Date 26/06/2000

The shares of EMTS Technologie AG - a services provider to the mobile telecommunications sector - were traded for the first time today on the SWX New Market. The issuance price was set on Friday evening at CHF 95. The opening price of the shares stood 11% above that level at CHF 105, representing a market capitalisation of CHF 609 million.
CME Independence Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 26/06/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Independence Day holiday:
Tonen General Sekiyu Added To S&P/Topix 150

Date 23/06/2000

Tokyo Stock Exchange and Standard & Poor' s will replace the Tonen Corporation (5005) in the S&P/TOPIX 150 Index with the Tonen General Sekiyu (5012) after the close of trading on Friday, June 30, 2000. Tonen Corporation will be merged into the General Sekiyu and delisted on July 1. New company name after the merger will be "Tonen General Sekiyu". The IWF for Tonen General Sekiyu will be .33.
Sixth Life-Science Company Lists On SWX New Market - Modex Therapeutics Ltd. 20% Above Offering Price

Date 23/06/2000

The shares of Modex Therapeutics Ltd. - a company involved in the life-science sector - were traded for the first time today on the SWX New Market. The issuance price was set on Thursday evening at CHF 168. The opening price of the shares stood 20% above that level at CHF 202, representing a market capitalisation of CHF 260 million.