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MEFF Y2K Status

Date 03/01/2000

MEFF certifies that it has today tested all the basic supplies (voice and data lines, power supply), all software and hardware and that all of them are working correctly, both for MEFF Renta Fija and Meff Renta Variable.
KLSE Resumes Operations Successfully

Date 03/01/2000

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) resumed full operations today Monday, 3 January 2000 after successfully confirming its systems are free of Y2K problems over the New Year's weekend. KLSE's full operations include its trading, clearing and settlement and depository operations. Both the morning and afternoon trading sessions were conducted smoothly at the KLSE with no Y2K problems. In fact, all six (6) KLSE mission critical systems were confirmed to be free of any Y2K problems after 1:00 a
Eurex: Record Trading Volume Of More Than 379 Million Contracts Makes Eurex The World's Largest Derivatives Exchange Going Into The New Millennium - Volume Of 27.4 Million Contracts Traded In December

Date 03/01/2000

Eurex, the European derivatives exchange, closed out the year 1999 with record turnover in excess of 379 million contracts. This makes Eurex the world's largest derivatives exchange going into the new millenium, ahead of CBOT, based on the preliminary figures of some 255 million contracts traded. The growth rate at Eurex is also record-setting: Trading volumes for 1999 (at 379,148,639 contracts) are 53 percent higher than the corresponding figures for 1998 (248,222,487 contracts).
Deutsche Börse Group Reports Exchange Trading Gets Off To Smooth And Punctual Start In The Year 2000 - Connection Tests With Market Participants Successfully Completed Over The New Year's Weekend

Date 03/01/2000

The trading, clearing and information systems of the Deutsche Börse Group resumed operations on Monday. Trading on Eurex began at 8:00 a.m., Xetra and the trading floor of FWB, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, started as scheduled at 9:00 a.m. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kuhn, member of the executive board of Deutsche Börse AG, characterized the changeover activities as an investment in the future. "The corporate group has profited from the preparations in a dual respect," Kuhn said. The company got the electroni
Business On French Derivatives Market More Than Doubled - Equity Derivatives Benefit From Record Trading On The Parisbourse SBF SA

Date 03/01/2000

A total of 183 070 821 contracts changed hands on derivative markets operated by ParisBourse SBF SA in 1999, 120,4 % more than the 89,438,514 traded in 1998. Out of this total, equity and index derivatives accounted for 173 746 764, interest-rate derivatives for 9 133 160 and commodity contracts for 190 897.

Bahrain Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 03/01/2000

Bahrain Stock Exchange index was up 2.1% last week and thereby ended 1999 with a marginally positive return of 1.1%. Similar to previous week, most of the week's increase in the index can be accounted for by extraordinary gains on some selected stocks that resulted from efforts of window dressing by some institutional investors. There was also a marked improvement in the turnover as the volume and value of shares traded jumped by 234% and 195%, respectively. However, the advance decline ratio de
1999 Volume At Kansas City Board Of Trade Exceeds Previous Record By Nearly 10%

Date 03/01/2000

The Kansas City Board of Trade had more contracts change hands in 1999 than ever before in its 143-year history, concluding the century with success.
Y2K: HK's Financial Sector To Open For Business Tomorrow As Usual

Date 02/01/2000

The financial services sector of Hong Kong, including the banking industry, the securities and futures industry and the insurance industry, will open for business as normal tomorrow (January 3), a spokesman for the Financial Sector Emergency Co-ordination Centre (FSECC) said today (Sunday). The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has confirmed that all authorised institutions in Hong Kong have completed wellness checks of their mission critical systems and have not identified any problem. The H
The Tel-Aviv Exchange To Resume Trading Monday

Date 02/01/2000

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange announced that it successfully completed its final Y2K test today, signaling that the Exchange is ready to resume full operations tomorrow.
Results of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong 's Simulated Trading

Date 02/01/2000

All trading members of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong reported they had encountered no Y2K related exceptions during yesterday's simulated trading.