Daily Market Report

Tuesday, 17 October 2000

There was light trading on the New Zealand Futures & Options Exchange today involving 1300 futures and 50 options contracts traded with a face value of NZ$675 million.

The Dec-00 90 Day Bank Bill Futures Contract settled down 1 point at 9322 (6.78%) The Mar-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled unchanged at 9298 (7.02%). The June-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled unchanged at 9287 (7.13%) and the Sept-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled unchanged at 9285 (7.15%).

The Dec-00 Three Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled down 2 points at 9324 (6.76%) and the Dec-00 Ten Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled down 2 points at 9325 (6.75%).

The December-00 NZSE-10 Share Index Futures Contract settled unchanged at 857.

The October-00 Electricity Futures Contract closed at $30.80 M/wh.

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