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SGX Signs MOU With NSE And Agreement With IISL To Launch India Stock Index Futures Contract

Date 25/05/2000

The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT), the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and the India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and an Agreement to forge a cooperative partnership.
Program Trading Averaged 20.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 15-May 19

Date 25/05/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for May 15-May 19.
Paris Markets April Market Activity

Date 25/05/2000

Overall trading levels on the Paris markets remained steady throughout April as 7,923,586 transactions were recorded during the month's 18 trading days - five fewer than in March. Turnover value for the month registered a daily average of ?4.61 billion.
Oslo Stock Exchange Board Warns Atlantic Securities ASA After Breach Of Good Business Practices

Date 25/05/2000

The board has delivered a sharp warning to Atlantic Securities after the company breached good business practices when dealing for own account in unlisted shares.
OM Gruppen Offers Stock Options To All Its Employees

Date 25/05/2000

The Board of Directors of OM Gruppen AB has decided to introduce a world-wide employee stock option scheme that will be available to approximately 1,000 employees of the group with its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

NYMEX Sets Consecutive Natural Gas Options Volume Records

Date 25/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange set a daily volume record on Friday, May 18, with 43,688 natural gas options contracts traded, surpassing the record 43,534 contracts traded on January 31, 2000, and exceeded the record again on Monday, May 22, when 52,625 natural gas options contracts were traded.
IPE To Launch Electricity Futures On 2 October, 2000

Date 25/05/2000

The IPE will launch its Electricity futures contract on 2 October, creating the UK's first integrated utilities market. The contract will be traded on the IPE's electronic trading system (ETS II), which has a reputation for reliability, providing consistent 100% availability during trading hours.
Exchange To Increase Margins On Electricity Futures

Date 25/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise the margins on California/Oregon border and PaloVerde electricity and on the July and August 2000 contracts for Cinergy, Entergy, and Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Maryland (PJM) electricity as of the close of business today. Margins on California/Oregon border and Palo Verde electricity futures will be increased to $2,000 from $1,500 for clearing members; to $2,200 from $1,650 for members; and to $2,700 from $2,025 for customers. Margins for the Cinergy, E
E-mini Equity Index Contracts Break 100,000, 50,000 Marks - Volume In E-mini S&P 500 And E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures Soars

Date 25/05/2000

Continued volatility in the U.S. stock market and uncertainty over future interest rate hikes helped fuel significant new trading volume records yesterday in the popular E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
EEX Links Up Participants To Systems For Electricity Trading

Date 25/05/2000

In preparation for the launch of an integrated spot and derivatives market for electricity, EEX, the European Energy Exchange, is now in the process of technically linking up the first participants to its trading systems. A total of 22 market participants from Belgium, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland are already preparing for the launch of the spot market in August.