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UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Temporary Restriction In Short Selling

Date 01/08/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) notifies that it extends the prohibition of short selling in the following instrument applied on 31 July 2014 under Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012.  This follows a decision made by the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM).

The Options Industry Council Announces July Options Volume Increased 9 Percent

Date 01/08/2014

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 355,432,350 total options contracts traded in July, up 9.48 percent compared to last July when 324,651,203 contracts exchanged hands. This marks the second busiest July on record behind July 2008.

Thomson Reuters/University Of Michigan: Favorable Job And Wage Growth Boost Spending

Date 01/08/2014

More rapid job creation, higher wages,and gains in household wealth have eased the financial strains on households as well as supported more favorable buying plans for vehicles and household durables. While consumers considered their current financial situation to now be in the best shape since the start of the Great Recession,those gains have not caused consumers to confidently expect a continuation of robust growth in the year ahead. Nonetheless, confidence is sufficiently high to expand consumption by an annual rate of 2.5% in 2014.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For The Week Ended 1 August 2014

Date 01/08/2014

It was a three-day trading week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Monday, 28th and Tuesday, 29th July 2014 a public holiday to mark the End of the Holy Month of Ramadan and Eid Ul Fitr celebrations.

ISDA Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: Argentine Republic Failure To Pay Credit Event

Date 01/08/2014

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a failure to pay credit event occurred in respect of the Argentine Republic.

Remarks At The 2014 Municipal Finance Conference Presented By The Bond Buyer And Brandeis International Business Schooll, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 1, 2014

Date 01/08/2014

Thank you, Erik [Sirri], for that kind introduction. 

Before I begin I need to take an awkward pause and provide the standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission or my fellow Commissioners.

MGEX Reports Best July Volume Since 2010

Date 01/08/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces a total volume of 141,562 from July, the highest finish for the month since 2010 and a 42 percent increase over the total volume from July 2013.

IOSCO Surveys Effects Of Storage Warehouses On Price Formation In Commodity Derivatives Markets

Date 01/08/2014

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has given its Committee 7 on Commodity Derivatives a mandate to research the potential effects of storage infrastructure on the integrity of the price formation process of commodity derivatives in member jurisdictions.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 31, 2014

Date 01/08/2014

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 31, 2014. 

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 99.1 Billion Euros In July

Date 01/08/2014

Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €99.1 billion in July (July 2013: €98.5 billion). Of the €99.1 billion, €91.3 billion were attributable to Xetra (July 2013: €90.9 billion). €4.1 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (July 2013: €4.1 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €3.7 billion in July (July 2013: €3.5 billion).