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Westpac MNI China Consumer Sentiment Gains Momentum In August - Pickup In Household Finances Leads Improvement

Date 26/08/2015

Confidence among Chinese consumers rose for the third consecutive month in August as household finances continued to improve with both current and expected measures increasing solidly after July’s gains. Note that the yuan devaluation and the Tianjin explosion came just before the survey period ended and their impact won’t be fully captured until the September survey.

KRX: Analysis Of Performance Based On K-IFRS For First Half Of 2015 Of KOSPI Market-Listed Corporations

Date 26/08/2015

▶ The analysis of H1 FY2015 performance of KOSPI listed company shows an increase of operating profits, slightly lower net profits, and a decline in sales revenue compared to the H1 FY2014 performance.

▶ The sales revenue declines smaller and the profitability improves if Samsung Electronics which has the largest portion in sales revenue among KOSPI constituents is excluded. Both the operating profit and the net profit largely increased.

Thomson Reuters Intends To Purchase Up To 10M Shares Through Private Agreements - Purchases Will Be Part Of Previously Announced Buyback Program

Date 26/08/2015

Thomson Reuters (NYSE / TSX: TRI), the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that it intends to purchase up to 10 million of its common shares through private agreements with four armʹs‐length third‐party sellers. Any shares purchased under these agreements will count towards the company’s existing normal course issuer bid (NCIB), which allows it to buy back up to 30 million common shares between May 28, 2015 and May 27, 2016. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued three issuer bid exemption orders permitting the company to make private agreement purchases for up to 10 million shares, which represents no more than one third of the maximum number of shares that may be purchased under the NCIB.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Gold & Platinum Mini For August 2015 Contract

Date 26/08/2015

Final settlement price of Gold mini for august 2015 contract is 4,368 yen.
Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date August 14, 2015

Date 25/08/2015

At the end of the settlement date of August 14, 2015, short interest in 2,315 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 7,958,123,435 shares compared with 7,830,242,446 shares in 2,308 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 31, 2015. The Mid-August short interest represents 4.34 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.65 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE, NYSE Arca And NYSE MKT Short Interest Reports

Date 25/08/2015

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of August 14, 2015.
Stock Markets: A Simple Correction Or The Beginning Of A Meltdown? IMD Professor Reacts: Arturo Bris On China-Led Market Declines

Date 25/08/2015

Financial markets tend to be boring during the summer. A decrease in market activity, coupled very often with a lack of macroeconomic events results in low volatility and few surprises. Over the last 30 years, the average performance of the FTSE100 index during the months of June, July and August has been 1.08%, while the Dow Jones has remained virtually flat.
STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices - Results Of The Third Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective Sep. 21, 2015

Date 25/08/2015

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.
CFTC: Federal Court In Illinois Orders Former Sentinel Management Group, Inc. Senior Vice President Charles K. Mosley To Pay More Than $2 Million For Misusing Customer Funds

Date 25/08/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Charles P. Kocoras of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an Order of Permanent Injunction against Charles K. Mosley of Vernon Hills, Illinois, resolving charges of customer funds segregation violations of Section 4d(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) concerning Mosley’s role as trader and former Senior Vice President in the handling of $562 million in commodity customer segregated funds that had been managed by Sentinel Management Group, Inc. (Sentinel).
US Department Of Justice: Former Investment Banking Analyst And Two Friends Charged In Insider Trading Scheme

Date 25/08/2015

An analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities and two longtime friends were taken into custody this morning after being charged in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges they participated in an insider trading scheme that netted more than $600,000 in illicit profits.