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MNI Indicators: Chicago Business Barometer™ - Cooled To 56.7 in June

Date 30/06/2026

June 2026 Chicago Report™

The Chicago Business Barometer™, produced with MNI, cooled 6.0 points to 56.7 in June. The Barometer remained in expansionary territory for a second consecutive month.

The EBA Clarifies Its Product Oversight And Governance Guidelines Which Address Greenwashing Risks In ESG Products

Date 30/06/2026

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published revised Guidelines on product oversight and governance (POG) for retail banking products. They clarify requirements for products with environmental, social and governance (ESG) features whenever offered and sold to consumers and address greenwashing risks. The Guidelines aim to ensure that financial institutions apply robust standards when designing and distributing ESG-related retail products, with a view to reducing the risk of consumers being misled or sold products that do not meet their needs.

FlexTrade Integrates With EDX Markets For Institutional-Grade Crypto And Digital Assets Trading - The Collaboration Brings EDX Markets’ Venue And Central Clearinghouse Capabilities To FlexTrade’s Crypto And Digital EMS, FlexDigitalAssets

Date 30/06/2026

FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, and EDX Markets (EDX), a leading digital asset technology firm that combines an institutional-only trading venue with a central clearinghouse, today announced the integration of EDX into FlexTrade’s crypto and digital assets trading solution, FlexDigitalAssets. The new initiative provides institutional and hedge fund clients with seamless access to EDX’s institutional-grade trading venue and central clearinghouse directly within FlexTrade’s EMS, enabling a unified workflow for trading, execution, and clearing.

EPTA Response To The ESMA Call For Evidence On The Market Structure Of European Equity Markets

Date 30/06/2026

We welcome ESMA's data-driven approach, while noting the limitations of the data used. EPTA's reading of ESMA's data shows stability rather than decline, and a market that is broadly working well. EPTA considers that equity market quality is most reliably judged by the outcomes end-investors experience, including spreads, depth, market impact, certainty of execution and resilience. Order-book depth and spreads over recent years do not show deterioration in these outcomes. 

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange And Montréal Exchange Closed For Canada Day

Date 30/06/2026

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange will be closed on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, for the Canada Day holiday.

Nasdaq Copenhagen Announces Admission Of NewCap Holding A/S To Trading On The Main Market

Date 30/06/2026

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that trading in the shares of NewCap Holding A/S (ticker: NEWCAP) begins today on the Nasdaq Copenhagen Main Market. The admission follows a reverse takeover process, after which NewCap Holding A/S will continue as a listed company with a strategy focused on asset management, compliance, risk management and related services. NewCap Holding is a Small Cap company within the Financials sector. NewCap Holding A/S is the 25th company to be admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Nordic Market in 2026.  

Borsa İstanbul To Launch New Data Center Tomorrow

Date 30/06/2026

Borsa İstanbul continues to offer services meeting international standards to its members, domestic and foreign investors, service and infrastructure providers, and data dissemination agencies via its existing data center. Designed in response to the demands of market participants and based on growth projections for the coming years, the new data center, planned to meet the needs of our markets for many years to come, will be put into service for service on July 1, 2026. This will ensure the continued provision of fast and secure market access for our investors. The cabinets to be commissioned within the new data center will feature enhanced energy and cooling capacities.

NSE Indices Dashboard For June 2026

Date 30/06/2026

Click here to download the 'Index Dashboard' for the month ended June 2026.

CME Group To Launch Single Stock Futures On July 27

Date 30/06/2026

• Offering to include standard- and micro-sized contracts across 50+ leading U.S. stocks
• Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia and SpaceX among listed firms

HKEX: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions (June 2026)

Date 30/06/2026

This monthly report provides key statistics relating to the various stages in discharging our regulatory oversight duties during the reporting period. The information for the reporting period covers, among others, the number of applications processed and their current status, the number of comment letters and guidance issued to new/ potential new listing applicants and their advisers with the corresponding processing time, the number of rejection and return of listing applications, as well as the number of delisted and suspended companies.