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OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined 10% In March While Securities Lending Volume Rose 18%

Date 02/04/2012

OCC announced that cleared contract volume reached 379,763,970 contracts in March, representing a 10 percent decrease from the March 2011 volume of 421,466,054 contracts. OCC ended the first quarter with total volume reaching 1,068,689,268 contracts, exceeding 1 billion contracts in the first quarter for the second time in history.

ISE Reports Business Activity For March 2012

Date 02/04/2012

• ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in March with market share of 18.3%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 7.8% of industry volume in March 2012.

MGEX Reports Open Interest Growth - March Futures And Options Trading Volume

Date 02/04/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today announced month over month open interest growth of eight percent in March. Total Exchange volume for Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures and options contracts was 81,091 contracts traded in March. Volume of HRSW futures accounted for 80,154 contracts traded while options trading totaled 937.  

ESMA Publishes The Responses Received To The Consultation On Considerations Of Materiality In Financial Reporting

Date 02/04/2012

To view the response, please see the section Your Input/Consultations.

The Options Industry Council Announces March Options Trading Volume Falls 10%

Date 02/04/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 376,246,042 total options contracts changed hands in March, 9.8 percent less than the 417,188,575 contracts traded in March 2011, the second highest monthly volume on record.

ESMA Announces A Vacancy For An IT Team Leader

Date 02/04/2012

The deadline for applications is 4 May.  For further information, please see the section Vacancies.

Dubai Financial Market: Trading Overview Of Fiscal Year 2011 (April 2011 – March 2012) & March 2012

Date 02/04/2012

Dubai Financial Market General Index decreased by 4.7% to 1648.9 points at the end of March compared to 1730.4 points at the end of February. At the sectoral level, five out of the nine indices represented on DFM ended the month in the red, with Industrials sector decreasing the most by 10.7%, followed by the Real estate and Transportation sectors by 8.3%, and 6.4% respectively. Services index rose by 10.6%, the Financial and investment services up 5.2% and the Telecommunication index up 1.6%.  The consumer staples sector has not witnessed any changes during this month.

ESMA Publishes An Update To The Q&A On Transparency

Date 02/04/2012

To view the Q&A, please click here.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: March 2012

Date 02/04/2012

A total of 2,902,422 transactions were conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in March 2012. This corresponds to a month-on-month increase of 4.7%. The number of trades rose particularly sharply in the equities incl. funds + ETSFs + ETPs and ETFs segments. Overall trading turnover came to CHF 85.0 billion, down4.4% on February 2012.

The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €61.30 Billion In March, Up 34% From The Previous Month - Monthly Trading Statements For BME Markets

Date 02/04/2012