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Program Trading Averaged 28.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 26-Dec. 29

Date 04/01/2001

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 Dec.26-Dec. 29.
London Metal Exchange December 2000 Volume

Date 04/01/2001

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 4,997,076 lots in December 2000. This figure was made up of 4,716,644 lots of futures, 273,770 lots of options and 6,662 lots of TAPOs.
LIFFE Trades Record Value In 2000

Date 04/01/2001

A record £61 trillion ($90/ ?95 trillion) worth of contracts was traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) during 2000, resulting in an average daily nominal value traded of £239 billion ($357/?379 billion), an increase of 21% on 1999. More business by value is entrusted to LIFFE's electronic trading system than to any other electronic exchange in the world, making LIFFE the largest exchange in Europe and the second largest exchange in the world by value.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited Sets Margin Rates For Bank Of East Asia And Legend Futures Contracts

Date 04/01/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, has set margin rates for The Bank of East Asia Limited (BEA) Futures contract and Legend Holdings Limited (LEH) Futures contract. Both contracts will be introduced on Monday, 8 January 2001.
Deutsche Börse: Successful Launch For New Index Funds In XTF Segment - 68 Million Euros In Turnover On First Day

Date 04/01/2001

The newly listed index funds on the DAX, Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 and Dow Jones Stoxx 50 in Deutsche Börse's XTF trading segment got off to a very successful start, as the company reports: volume of 67.9 million euros was traded in the products in Frankfurt on Wednesday. On the first day of trading, the funds already achieved a share of more than 70 percent of the total turnover in this segment, in which index products have been traded since April. Almost all of the turnover in the newly listed

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Equity Market Closed 2000 Handsomely, December Above Average

Date 04/01/2001

In December 2000, equity trading was DKK 67.6 billion. The value of average daily trading amounted to DKK 3.6 billion, a 59 per cent rise compared with the corresponding month a year earlier and 5 per cent higher than in November 2000.
CME Trading Volume Is Second Highest in Exchange History As Fed Cuts Interest Rates Jan. 3 - GLOBEX®2, Equity Index Products, E-mini Nasdaq 100 Set Single-Day Volume Records As CME Moves Record $6.4 Billion Through Banking System

Date 04/01/2001

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) soared to the second highest level in the exchange’s 103-year history Wednesday as the Federal Reserve Board unexpectedly trimmed key short-term interest rates. Yesterday’s single-day volume of 2,115,007 has been surpassed only once before, on Feb. 4, 1994, when 2,191,819 contracts were traded—also the day of a Fed rate move.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 26,4 Billion Krónur

Date 03/01/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on January 3 of the maturity of 13 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 11.4 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 26.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Stock Exchange of Thailand Summary Of Securities Trading In 2000 And In December 2000

Date 03/01/2001

The Stock Exchange of Thailand today released the official figures of securities trading for the year 2000 and in December 2000, which recorded the total market turnover of 60,502.56 million shares in volume and 923,696.83 million baht in value. The SET Index closed on December 29 at 269.19, down by 212.73 points or 44.14 % from the previous month. Derivative Warrants for SCB Preferred Shares (SCB-C1) was the most active stock with total trading volume of 3,536,019,600 shares, representing Bht.
Nasdaq Trades More Than Three Billion Shares For The First Time

Date 03/01/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that it experienced its heaviest trading session ever, with preliminary figures showing than 3.120 billion shares were traded. It was the first time more than 3 billion shares were traded on Nasdaq. Nasdaq’s previous record was set on April 4, 2000, when 2.88 billion shares changed hands.