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  • CME Reduces Thresholds For Block Trading Of Eurodollar Futures, Options, Adds Block Trading For Euroyen, LIBOR

    Date 19/11/2001

    Responding to customer input, the Board of Directors of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. this week approved reducing the minimum thresholds for block trading of Eurodollar futures and options on futures to 4,000 contracts, effective Dec. 3, 2001. Block trades of smaller quantities of Eurodollar futures will also be permitted so long as a minimum of 1,000 contracts as transacted in contract months in years six through 10.

  • CME Receives Favorable IRS Ruling - Other Conditions Met To Adopt Holding Company Structure On Dec. 3

    Date 19/11/2001

    Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has met all the conditions required to complete its reorganization into a holding company structure and set a date for completing the transaction. On Monday, Dec. 3, the exchange will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME Holdings) through a merger of CME into a new subsidiary of CME Holdings.

  • CME Open Outcry Trading Posts Record Day As Eurodollar Futures Volume Continues To Climb

    Date 19/11/2001

    On the heels of the busiest day in its 103-year history, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) posted record volume open outcry trading, on Friday, Nov. 16. Of the total 3,257,886 contracts that traded on Friday, a record 2,876,878 contracts changed hands through the auction method of trading on CME's trading floors. Overall, Friday was the third time in the exchange's history that volume has surpassed 3 million contracts in one trading session as well as the third busiest day in CME history.

  • CBOT Treasury Volume Grows - Record On Electronic Platform

    Date 19/11/2001

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®") said today the CBOT® 30-Year U.S. Treasury bond market is experiencing substantial trading volume in the aftermath of the U.S. Treasury Department recent announcement that it will be suspending issuance of long bonds.

  • Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

    Date 19/11/2001

    The market surged up 1.23% to close the week at an all time high of 2354.82 points with six counters recording gains.