Daily Market Report

Wednesday, 1 November 2000

There was light trading on the New Zealand Futures & Options Exchange today involving 981 futures and 10 options contracts traded with a face value of NZ$495 million.

The Dec-00 90 Day Bank Bill Futures Contract settled unchanged at 9334 (6.66%) The Mar-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled unchanged at 9315 (6.85%). The June-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled up 3 points at 9312 (6.88%) and the Sept-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled up 2 points at 9308 (6.92%).

The Dec-00 Three Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled up 1 point at 9341 (6.59%) and the Dec-00 Ten Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled unchanged at 9334 (6.66%).

The December-00 NZSE-10 Share Index Futures Contract settled down 24 points at 856.

The November-00 Electricity Futures Contract closed at $29.80 M/wh.

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