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OCC Announces Average Daily Cleared Contract Volume Fell 6% In September - Futures And Securities Lending Activity Jumped Higher

Date 01/10/2012

OCC announced average daily cleared contract volume in September was 17,570,113 contracts, a 6 percent decline from September 2011. Total cleared contract volume reached 333,832,141 contracts for the month, representing a 15 percent decline from the September 2011 volume of 394,148,808 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total contract volume is down 14 percent with 3,058,201,355 contracts in 2012.

BATS Reports 2nd Best US Equities Market Share In Company History - CXE Largest MTF Dark Book In Europe

Date 01/10/2012

September was a strong month for BATS, particularly for its U.S. equities segment, where market share was 12.4%, BATS third consecutive month exceeding 12%. BATS continues to be encouraged by its unprecedented performance in their flagship business as, historically, BATS U.S. market share has suffered when volumes have been weak in the overall market. 

NYSE Euronext Successfully Prices $850 Million Senior Notes

Date 01/10/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) (the “Company”) today announced that it priced an underwritten public offering of $850 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.000% Notes due 2017. NYSE Euronext intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund the purchase of certain of its outstanding $750 million 4.80% Notes due 2013 and €1 billion 5.375% Notes due 2015 in concurrent cash tender offers, for the payment of expenses in connection with these tender offers and for other general corporate purposes.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 01/10/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Sirocco Mining Inc. (TSXVN:SIM) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol. 

Platts To Add Four New Daily U.S. Thermal Coal Export Assessments - New Price Data To Aid Price Discovery In The Global Thermal Coal Market

Date 01/10/2012

Platts, one of the world’s foremost providers of energy and metals information and price references, today announced it will expand its offering of physical market price assessments for U.S. steam coal bound for export. Steam coal, also known as thermal coal, is used to generate electricity.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index

Date 01/10/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shareholders of Pure Energy Services Ltd. (TSX:PSV) have accepted the $CDN11.00 cash per share takeover offer from FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI). Pure Energy Services will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap Indices effective after the close of Thursday, October 4, 2012. 

CFTC: Federal Court Orders Oscar Hernandez And His Companies To Pay $1.4 Million In Penalties And Bars Him From The Commodities Industry For Operating A Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme - In A Related Criminal Proceeding, Hernandez Sentenced To 57 Months Imprisonment And Ordered To Pay Restitution

Date 01/10/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court order requiring defendants Oscar Hernandez of Miami, Fla., and Midway Trading Company, LLC (Midway) and Conquest Investment Group, Inc. (Conquest), both Florida companies owned and controlled by Hernandez, to pay a $1.4 million civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges that they operated a multi-million dollar commodity pool Ponzi scheme and misappropriated customer funds for personal use (see CFTC Press Release 6118-11, September 30, 2011).

Component Changes Made To Euro STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index

Date 01/10/2012

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced changes in composition of the EURO STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index which will become effective October 4, 2012.

Trading Activity In VIX Futures Spurs CFE To Busiest Month In History - Several All-Time Highs Reached During Record-Setting Month

Date 01/10/2012

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE^®) announced today that September 2012 was the most-active trading month ever for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^®).  The record trading activity in VIX futures drove total volume at CFE to a new all-time high.  During the month, several new trading records -- for both VIX futures and CFE -- were set.   

Second Meeting Of The Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group For The Middle East And North Africa

Date 01/10/2012

Today,  the  Central  Bank  of  Kuwait  hosted  the  second  meeting  of  the  FSB Regional Consultative Group for the Middle East and North Africa (RCG-MENA) in Kuwait City. In 2011, six regional consultative groups of the FSB were established responding to the call of the G20 Leaders at the Toronto Summit (June 2010), to bring together financial authorities from FSB member and non-member countries to exchange views on vulnerabilities affecting financial systems and on initiatives to promote financial stability.