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WCE Total Volume For 2000/01 Crop Year Reaches All-Time Record Levels

Date 03/08/2001

New all-time records were set during the 2000/01 crop year in futures and options volumes at WCE. Total futures and options trade combined during the August 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001 crop-year set an annual record at 2,854,331 contracts, surpassing the previous record by 20.4% which was established in the 1999/00 crop year.
WCE Focus On Canola Price Trends

Date 03/08/2001

Over the past few months, WCE canola futures prices have been trending upward, since April 2001, the nearby canola futures price has ranged from a low of Cdn$272.10/tonne in mid-April 2001 to a recent high of $363.00/tonne in mid-July 2001, a range of approximately $90.00/tonne. During the same period the nearby Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures price (adjusted for currency) has gone from a low of $240.00/tonne to a high of $299.00/tonne, a range of almost $60.00/tonne.
The American Stock Exchange Announces Suspension Of Payment For Order Flow

Date 03/08/2001

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®), announced that it suspended its exchange-administered payment for order flow in options, effective August 1, 2001. The Exchange instituted the payment program in July 2000 in response to competitive actions. The Amex said its decision would not affect payment for order flow programs conducted by individual specialist firms, and that the Exchange reserved the right to reinstate the program.
Rule change Euronext 100 Index And Next 150 Index

Date 03/08/2001

Euronext announces the following rule changes of the Euronext 100 Index and the Next 150 Index.
MidAm's July Volume At 61,492 Contracts

Date 03/08/2001

The MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, a wholly-owned affiliate of the Chicago Board of Trade, announced today trading volume of 61,492 contracts for July 2001.

London Metal Exchange July 2001 Volume

Date 03/08/2001

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 4,885,566 lots in July 2001. This figure was made up of 4,534,589 lots of futures, 327,749 lots of options and 23,228 lots of TAPOs.
LIFFE Trading Surges Ahead 48% By Value On 2000

Date 03/08/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded £51,000 billion (€83,000 billion) by value in the first seven months of 2001, up 48% on the same period for 2000. Average daily nominal value year-to-date amounted to £346 billion (€563 billion).
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - July 2001

Date 03/08/2001

Equity turnover for July was EUR 4,063.61 million while that for bonds was EUR 2,759.62 million.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Weak Summer Market In July 2001. New Reporting Rules Resulted In Technically Lower Turnover

Date 03/08/2001

In the month of July shares were traded in the amount of DKK 32.6 billion in terms of market value, which is an average of DKK 1.5 billion per trading day. This corresponds to a decrease of 57% in comparison with the same month last year and is 48% less than in June.
Clearnet Will Implement Clearing 21® In Brussels By November 2001

Date 03/08/2001

Today Clearnet announces that the implementation of C21® as the new clearing platform for cash markets in Brussels will be completed on November 16th.