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SFE Experiences Second Busiest Month Ever

Date 06/04/2000

Trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) in March 2000 rose to 4,107,137 futures and options contracts - the second highest monthly turnover in SFE's 40-year history.
Program Trading Averaged 23.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During March 27 - 31, 2000

Date 06/04/2000

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 March 27 - 31. The data indicated that during March 27 - 31, program trading amounted to 23.9 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1068.2 million shares, or 255.3 million shares a day.
Oslo Stock Exchange March Report: IT Stocks In Reverse

Date 06/04/2000

Scepticism of the high valuation of IT shares led to a worldwide price fall for this sector in March. A 7 per cent dip on the Oslo Stock Exchange´s IT index was the main reason why the all-share index fell 2.2 per cent over the month.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 06/04/2000

On March 27, despite a large quantity of delivery as much as 781 lots, the current month expired calmly at 61.90 yen on short-covering and trading houses taking deliveries. This made the other months go firmer on buying interest. On the next day, the new September contract month opened higher than August contract by 1.50 yen at 79.30 yen. Later, amid the yen's rise, the prices slid on long-liquidation and selling by bears with distant month at 77.90 yen. This decline was triggered by the
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 06/04/2000

On March 27, OME Aluminium Futures opened slightly easier with distant January contract at 172.6 yen, down 0.3 yen from the last Friday's close on long-liquidation due to the yen's strength. On March 28, current month expired sharply lower at 169.8 yen, down 10.8 yen from the previous day on selling by physical-holders.

NYSE Board Endorses Market-Structure Report Recommending 'Network NYSE' - A Market Built On Customer Choice

Date 06/04/2000

The New York Stock Exchange board of directors today endorsed a report recommending a multi-platform market structure built on customer choice. This new structure will integrate new execution and information initiatives into the Exchange's agency-auction market without fragmenting the market, and retains the investor protections that are the hallmark of the NYSE.
Nymex Middle Eastern Sour Crude Oil Futures Contract To Be Launched May 4

Date 06/04/2000

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange last night agreed to introduce a Middle Eastern sour crude oil futures contract, based on the reported value of Oman and Dubai crude oils, beginning at 4 PM on May 4, which marks the start of the May 5 trading session.
New Record At The Montreal Exchange 205, 898 S&P/TSE 60 Futures Contracts Traded In March

Date 06/04/2000

The monthly volume for the S&P/TSE 60 Futures contract beat the 200,000 mark in March. The S&P/TSE 60 Futures contract, exclusively traded on the Montreal Exchange, reached a monthly volume of 205,898 contracts, representing a 37.7 per cent increase compared to its previous record of 149,300 contracts, reached in December 1999.
New Policy For Share Options Where Shares Cease To Be Listed On Amsterdam Exchanges

Date 06/04/2000

After publishing a consultation 1999, Amsterdam Exchanges discussed with market participants the policy for share options where shares cease to be listed. On the basis of this discussion, Amsterdam Exchanges formulated a new policy which essentially means that: In principle, Amsterdam Exchanges will maintain the option listing even though the "successor" is not officially listed on its stock market; If it is undesirable or impossible to maintain the option listing, the option position is settle
Nasdaq Preliminary First-Quarter 2000 Results - 45 Of 50 Largest Trading Sessions In The Quarter Daily Dollar Volume Averages $95 Billion - Daily Share Volume Averages 1.8 Billion

Date 06/04/2000

Daily volume on The Nasdaq Stock Market® averaged a record 1.8 billion shares in the first quarter, an increase of 81.8 percent from 988.2 million shares in the first quarter of 1999, and a gain of 33.6 percent from the fourth quarter last year. Of the 50 heaviest trading days ever on Nasdaq, 45 occurred in the first quarter. On February 17, 2000, the 2 billion milestone was surpassed for the first time, with more than 2.008 billion shares changing hands. Nasdaq's heaviest ever trading day occur