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November US Equity Options Volume Exceeds 1999 By 23 Percent - More Investors Using Puts to Protect Current Holdings

Date 19/12/2000

The Options Industry Council (OIC) has announced that November equity options volume was 58,690,754 contracts (23,618,359 puts and 35,072,395 calls), which is 23 percent higher than the 47,750,154 contracts (14,277,276 puts and 33,472,878 calls) traded in November 1999.
CBOT Members Approve EFP 10-Cent Surcharge, Measure to Reduce Paper

Date 19/12/2000

Members of the Chicago Board of Trade on December 19, 2000, voted approval to establish a surcharge of 10 cents per contract per side for member and non-member Exchange for Physicals (EFP) transactions, to become effective January 1, 2001. The vote for this proposal was 372 5/6 for and 97 4/6 against. After enactment, the CBOT® fees for member EFP transactions still will be lower than fees charged by other major exchanges for comparable transactions.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong: Amendments to the Exchange Listing Rules - Publication of Interim Results

Date 18/12/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has amended the Exchange Listing Rules to permit listed issuers to publish summarised announcements of interim results in the newspapers provided that the full announcement of interim results is published on the Exchange’s website.
Standard & Poor's – Index Change

Date 18/12/2000

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, December 19, 2000, the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE Global 1200, S&P/TSE 60, TSE 300 Composite, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian Financials Sector and TSE 100 Indices.
Singapore’s Central Depository Opens New, Investor-Friendly Front Office

Date 18/12/2000

The Central Depository (CDP), a subsidiary of Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), will move its customer service counters to a new, more investor-friendly front office from Monday, 18 December 2000.

Nymex Board Approves Further Amendments To Natural Gas Price Limit Rules

Date 18/12/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., executive committee has approved additional amendments to the natural gas price limit rules so that there will be no price limits on trading in any of the listed months during the last three days in the spot month.
New Composition Amsterdam Midkap-Index® Due To The Take-Over Of ASR Verzekeringsgroep N.V. By Fortis (NL) N.V.

Date 18/12/2000

Due to the take-over of ASR verzekeringsgroep N.V. by Fortis (NL) N.V., ASR Verzekeringsgroep N.V. will be taken out of the Amsterdam Midkap-index® as of Monday, 18 December 2000. The weighting factor of ASR Verzekeringsgroep N.V. will be divided pro rato over the remaining 23 stocks. As a result of this the weighting factors for the remaining 23 stocks will change as of Monday, 18 December 2000.
Mark F. Duffy Elected As Vice Chairman of CBOE

Date 18/12/2000

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that its membership elected Mark F. Duffy as vice chairman of the Exchange and chairman of the Executive Committee for 2001. Duffy will serve a one-year term as vice chairman, effective at the CBOE's first board meeting on January 10, 2001.
HEX Group Expands E-Link Services

Date 18/12/2000

HEX Group´s service for cross-border transaction, Elink, is expanding to Holland and France. Today the Elink-services were opened to Necigef (Holland) and to Sicovam (France). Both links cover the most traded equities of these countries. However, it is possible to add other securities to the link when requested.
Helsinki Exchanges: Suspension Of Trading: Saunatec OYJ

Date 18/12/2000

Trading in the share of Saunatec Oyj on the I List of Helsinki Exchanges has been suspended today, December 18, 2000.