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Date 07/08/1999
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary
Barclays became the first ever listed company in Botswana to have a market value of over a billion Pula (approx. $215m) as its shares leaped from P5.40 to P6.40, a gain of 18.5% on the week. Consequently, the combined value of all domestic listed companies broke through the P4bn ($870m) barrier for the first time.
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Date 06/08/1999
Paris Bourse Trading activity at record high again in July
July was the second best month ever in the history of the Paris Bourse with daily volumes averaging EUR 2.886 billion compared to EUR 2.941 billion in June which was a record month.
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Date 06/08/1999
NYMEX Board Reaffirms Commitment to Acquiring Up to 70% of IPE
The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) board of directors on Wednesday night finalized the terms of its offer to acquire up to 70% of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), under similar terms and conditions to those presented to the IPE by the outside investor group known as Plan B and called upon the IPE to appoint a negotiating committee so that an agreement in principle can be reached by September 17.
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Date 06/08/1999
HKFE Releases Analysis of 31 July HKATS Test
The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) said today that it has sent an analysis of the 31 July simulated trading test of its HKATS electronic trading system to its Members. (A copy of the Member Circular accompanies this press release and the Circular has been posted on the HKFE's website: hkfe.com, under "Membership".)
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Date 06/08/1999
CME E-mini S&P 500 Futures Set New Volume Mark
Volume in E-mini S&P 500 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) today set a new record for the second time this week, as 60,366 contracts were traded on the GLOBEX®2 trading system. The new mark is the first time single-day volume has surpassed 60,000 contracts and follows Tuesday's record volume of 56,773 contracts.
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Date 05/08/1999
New Records Set at IPE
The IPE has seen yet more record volumes in 1999. Yesterday, the IPE's Gas Oil futuresreached new levels when the contract traded 57,778 lots compared to the previous high set on 11 January 1996 when 56,332 lots traded. Russia's decision to severely reduce exports of gas oil, fuel oil and gasoline was the apparent reason for the increase in activity according to brokers.
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Date 05/08/1999
CME & LIFFE Form Strategic Partnership
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced the formation of a strategic partnership between the exchanges.
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Date 05/08/1999
CBOT To List Municipal Bond Contracts At Six Percent
The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that beginning August 9, 1999, it will list the 6 percent Bond Buyer Municipal Bond contract. Currently, the contract is based on an 8 percent contract. The change will take effect with the March, June and September 2000 contracts.
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Date 04/08/1999
NYMEX Natural Gas Trading Sets Monthly Volume Record
Natural gas futures trading set a monthly volume record in July on the New York Mercantile Exchange when 1,865,787 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 1,788,528 contracts traded this past March.
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Date 04/08/1999
Merc Lauds USDA On Renewal Of Dairy Options Pilot Program - USDA Announces Second Round Of Innovative Risk Management Tool
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) today lauded U.S. Agricultural Secretary Dan Glickman and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) for expanding its Dairy Options Pilot Program (DOPP) to enable dairy farmers from an additional 61 counties in 25 states to manage the downside price risk related to their milk production. In Round II of the program announced by Secretary Glickman, milk producers from a total of 98 counties in 31 states will be able to participa
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