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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (59499)	6/1/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Is this the real competition to Amazon.flop ? nuvomedia.com shop.barnesandnoble.com do not know if it has been posted before.

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (59499)	6/2/1999 5:53:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

ISDEX futures trading gets underway in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 1 (Reuters) - Traders packed the pit on Tuesday as the opening bell sounded for the debut of the Kansas City Board of Trade's futures and options trading based on the ISDEX index of Internet stocks. Opening trade was light with only one or two contracts offered, and some traders complained of problems with price postings. But laughter and applause broke out in the pit when one trader called out a cash register-like "ka chang" after successfully completing an opening trade. "I think we're going to have a very successful contract," said KCBT president Michael Braude on Tuesday shortly before the opening bell. "We're totally excited about it." Traders were reserving judgment, however, as order flow was lackluster. "It's kind of like the chicken and the egg," one said. "Everyone wants to see how it goes before they jump into it." The first trade was for two contracts at $5.11. Volume was very light, about 17 contracts in the first 10 minutes of trade. Steve Harmon, an Internet analyst and a partner in the development of ISDEX, said on Tuesday that he had been receiving inquiries from people around the world interested in trading the ISDEX. ISDEX (http://www.isdex.com) contains 50 stocks representing widely diverse, publicly traded U.S. companies that derive revenue primarily from the Internet. The basket includes stocks from the software, hardware, content, commerce and communications/access sectors. Among the stocks are America Online Inc <AOL.N>, Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O>., and eBay <EBAY.O>.