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CBOT's June Volume At 19,572,384 Contracts - Financial Products Boom During Second Quarter

Date 06/07/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 19,572,384 contracts for June 2000, marking the fifth busiest June in exchange history. Volume in 10-Year Agency Debt futures and options and Treasury Flex options contracts soared during the second quarter 2000, with Agency options up 2,803% from first quarter 2000, and Treasury Flex options up 21,720% from second quarter 1999.
NYSE Announces Stocks For Decimal-Pricing Pilot

Date 05/07/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today announced the names of the seven stock issues that will participate in a decimal-pricing pilot program later this summer:
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: CDP Authorised Nominee Status Extended To 2003

Date 05/07/2000

The authorised nominee status for the Central Depository (Pte) Ltd (CDP) which expired on 30 June 2000 has been extended until 30 September 2003 under the rules of the Malaysian Central Depository Sdn Bhd.
Indicative Selection Constituents Euronext 100 Index

Date 05/07/2000

This is the ranking of the index should it have been launched as at the end of May 2000.
EEX: Trading Fees Waived For The Spot Market - Small And Medium-Size Companies Will Gain Access To Attractive Platform For Electricity Trading - More Than 30 Companies Prepare For The EEX Spot Market

Date 05/07/2000

EEX, the European Energy Exchange, is waiving a large part of the fees for trading on the spot market for the year 2000, as the company announced at the general meeting on Wednesday. The fee waiver includes the annual fee for the spot market, the transaction fees for trading as well as the costs for the basic technical equipment and the connection to the Xetra trading system. The one-time admission fee at EEX is not affected by the fee waiver.

CME Equity Index Products Set New All-Time Monthly Volume Record As Overall Volume Rises 15 Percent In First Half of 2000 - GLOBEX®2 Volume Increases 115 Percent Year-To-Date

Date 05/07/2000

Volume of trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the first half of 2000 rose 15 percent above 1999 levels to more than 120 million contracts. June volume of 20.5 million contracts set a new record for any June in CME history, while equity index products set a new all-time volume record of 5.6 million.
Change To The Dow Jones STOXX SM Index Methodology - New Free Float Market Capitalisation Weighting (Effective September 18, 2000)

Date 05/07/2000

The STOXX Limited Supervisory Board - in consultation with its Advisory Committee - announces that free float market capitalisation weighting will be implemented in all the Dow Jones STOXX SM Indexes - i.e. including all blue chip, size, sector and broad indexes - effective September 18, 2000:
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 04/07/2000

On June 19, OME RSS3 futures opened mixed with players staying on the sidelines in the absence of fresh incentives. The current contract month rose by 0.3 yen to 67.00 yen where as the distant contract month fell by 0.6 yen to 77.40 yen from the previous close. On June 21, the distant contract rose to 79.20 yen on short-covering as the number of applications for the quality inspection this month was only 247 lots. Furthermore, the expectation that trading houses would take the physical delive
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 04/07/2000

On June 19, OME Aluminium futures opened the week substantially higher with distant May contract at 169.5 yen, up 2.1 yen from last Friday's close on bull's buying due to the continued talk of a major U.S. aluminium producer curbing its aluminium output. Furthermore, the fact that the aluminium stocks at designated LME warehouses decreased by about 300,000 tonnes as of June 19 from the peak in February this year added to the strong sentiment.
London Metal Exchange June Volume

Date 04/07/2000

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,545,099 lots in June. This figure was made up of 5,085,980 lots of futures, 433,631 lots of options and 25,488 lots of TAPOs.