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Marijuana Futures Set For April 1st 2015 Launch In Colorado

Date 01/04/2014

The Colorado Commodity Exchange plans to launch a new marijuana futures contract that will be traded in US dollars and reflect the value of organically grown marijuana within designated regions. The current plan is to introduce the contract with listing of the April 1st 2015 contract.

Dubai Financial Market Achieves 96.7% Compliance In Annual Results Disclosure Of UAE Companies

Date 01/04/2014

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that its UAE listed companies have showed a 96.7% compliance to disclose their annual results 2013 within the deadline of 3 month from the end of the financial year. 42 out of the 43 UAE public joint stock companies listed on DFM successfully disclosed their annual results by the end of March 2014, with the exception of Amlak Finance due to procedural reasons.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 31 March, 2014 - Issue 11

Date 01/04/2014

Last week, Shenzhen Component Index tumbled 1.0% to 7165.6 points. SME Index  closed at 4610.3 points after losing 4.0%. ChiNext Index was down 6.3%  to 1330.5 points. Total  turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$ 88.2 billion, or a 6.5% decrease  from the week before.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Takes Over Regulation Of Consumer Credit Firms - Research Shows 9m People Are In Serious Debt And 1.8m In Denial

Date 01/04/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today formally took responsibility for regulating the £200 billion consumer credit market.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: Europe. Index Dashboard, March 31 2014

Date 01/04/2014

Highlights this month include:

• The S&P Europe 350 fell by 0.7% in March, dragged down by a loss of 2.6% in the U.K.

• Within sectors, utilities did particularly well, telecommunications fared poorest.

• Pan-Eurozone Sovereign yield continued to fall, now at their lowest level since the introduction of the Euro

Wider Range Of Warrants On Oslo Børs

Date 01/04/2014

DNB is listing a number of new warrants. A warrant is an option that is traded just as easily as a share.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Trading Overview In FY2013 & March 2014

Date 01/04/2014

Japan Exchange Group released a trading overview (preliminary estimates) in FY2013 & March 2014.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In March 2014 And From April 2013 Through March 2014

Date 01/04/2014

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in March was 226,870 ( △ 32.8% MoM / △ 49.3% YoY) and its average daily volume was 11,344 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume. 

Swiss Competition Commission Opens Investigation Into Possible Collusion In forex trading

Date 01/04/2014

The Competition Commission (Comco) has launched a probe in whether there has been collusion between different banks in fixing various exchange rates in the foreign exchange (Forex) market.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: U.S. Index Dashboard, March 31 2014

Date 01/04/2014

Highlights this month include:

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 began the month strong, with the S&P 500 closing at an all-time high on March 7th (1878). Equity markets were choppy for the balance of the month, concluding with both the DJIA and S&P 500 gaining less than 1% (with most of the gains made in the last trading day following Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellin's assurance that short-term rates would not increase earlier than expected). Volatility ticked lower as the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures index closed the month down 2%. 
• Telecom services led among the 10 sectors of the S&P 500, gaining 5%. Though it declined over 1% this month, health care continued to deliver the best sectoral performance over the last 12 months (29%).