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Business Declines On Parisbourse SBF SA Derivatives Markets Overall Commodity Futures Up Sharply

Date 05/11/1999

A total of 14,947,519 lots changed hands on ParisBourse SBF SA derivatives markets in October, representing an 18% decline from September. This set the total for the first ten months at 155 million compared with 90 million for 1998 as a whole.
Telefonica Capital Increase

Date 04/11/1999

Efective November 5, adjustment to the Telefónica option contract will be effected as follows: Each Telefónica December 1999 contract shall be for 104 shares and the rest of expirations (March, June and September 2000) shall be for 102 shares.
Research Proves SYCOM® A Successful Replacement For SFE Floor

Date 04/11/1999

Academic research commissioned by the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has concluded that SFE's screen trading system, SYCOM® IV, facilitates higher levels of liquidity than the previously utilised Trading Floor.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 04/11/1999

Distant month : opening 164.0 yen, a high 164.0 yen (Oct. 25), a low 156.0 yen (Oct. 28), closing 160.6 yen.
October: Finance And Offshore Bring Down Oslo All-Share Index

Date 04/11/1999

While a sharp upturn for IT and telecommunications ensured new record quotes on our neighbours´ bourses and Nasdaq, offshore and financial shares pushed the Oslo all-share index down 2.2 per cent in October.

NYMEX Sets Annual and Monthly Volume Records in October

Date 04/11/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange set new monthly and annual volume records during October. The annual volume records include: Crude oil futures with 31,924,594 contracts traded, exceeding the 30,495,647 contracts traded in 1998. Natural gas futures, which traded 16,252,078 contracts, topping the 15,978,286 contracts traded in 1998, and natural gas options with 3,225,551 contracts surpassing the 3,115,765 contracts traded in 1998. Gold options, which traded 2,411,660 contracts, as versus the 2,
Corporation Of London Buys Back Spitalfields Site From LIFFE

Date 04/11/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced that an agreement had been reached with the Corporation of London for an early buy back of LIFFE's Spitalfields site in London. The deal has the full support of the Spitalfields Development Group.
PHLX Options Volume Continues Record Growth

Date 04/11/1999

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced that year-to-date volume in PHLX's 930 equity options reached a record 36,528,705 contracts traded, an increase of 18% over the same period last year when 30,967,178 contracts changed hands. In addition, equity options volume for the month of October reached 3,578,644 contracts traded.
PHLX To Begin Trading Options On Marimba, Inc. (MRU/MRBA)

Date 03/11/1999

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options on Marimba, Inc. (option/stock symbol: MRU/MRBA), upon the opening of business on Wednesday, November 3, 1999.
PHLX Appoints Adrienne Hart First Vice President, Regulatory Group

Date 03/11/1999

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that Adrienne Hart, 38, was named First Vice President, Regulatory Group. In her new position, Ms. Hart will oversee the activities of the Regulatory Services and Market Surveillance Departments.