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OneChicago Announces Trading Volumes For July 2012

Date 01/08/2012

• Block volume in the first seven months of 2012 surpassed more than 2.5 million contracts, exceeding all blocks activity in 2011
• July 2012 Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFPs) were up 55% from June 2012
• Open interest steadily increasing in 2012, up 28% as compared to December 2011

Maple Announces Completion Of Acquisitions Of CDS And Alpha

Date 01/08/2012

Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (“Maple”), to be renamed TMX Group Limited on August 10, 2012, today announced the completion of the acquisition by Maple of each of The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (“CDS”) and of Alpha Trading Systems Inc. and Alpha Trading Systems Limited Partnership (collectively, “Alpha”).

KCBT HRW Wheat Futures & Exchange Volume Second Largest For Month Of July

Date 01/08/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade HRW wheat futures and exchange volume traded during the month of July was the second largest in the history of the exchange for the calendar month of July.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined 12% In July While Securities Lending Volume Rose 19%

Date 01/08/2012

OCC announced that cleared contract volume reached 309,599,417 contracts in July, representing a 12 percent decrease from the July 2011 volume of 351,117,113 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total contract volume is down 7 percent with 2,410,587,457 contracts in 2012.

U.S. Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Date 01/08/2012

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June suggests that economic activity decelerated somewhat over the first half of this year. Growth in employment has been slow in recent months, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Business fixed investment has continued to advance. Household spending has been rising at a somewhat slower pace than earlier in the year. Despite some further signs of improvement, the housing sector remains depressed. Inflation has declined since earlier this year, mainly reflecting lower prices of crude oil and gasoline, and longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.

ISE Reports Business Activity For July 2012

Date 01/08/2012

SIX Swiss Exchange: The World's Fastest Exchange - 100 Days After The Introduction Of X-stream INET, Latency Measurements Confirm That SIX Swiss Exchange Currently Runs The Fastest Trading Platform

Date 01/08/2012

On 23 April 2012, SIX Swiss Exchange introduced X-stream INET, the world's most advanced trading technology for equities. After the successful launch, the SWXess trading platform has now been running smoothly for a 100 days and the announced average roundtrip latency of just 37 microseconds has been confirmed under production load.

STOXX Monthly Index Report – July 2012 In Review

Date 01/08/2012

As of July 31, 2012 stock market indices in Europe, Asia, the U.S. and globally were up in July, according to global index provider STOXX Limited. For the month of July, the Europe, Asia, global markets and U.S. markets were up 4.06%, 3.06%, 4.24% and 4.32%, respectively. 

SIFMA: US Securities Industry Employment, 2012 Q2

Date 01/08/2012

About the Report

The securities industry employment report tracks trends of industry employment, with a greater focus on New York State and New York City giving a perspective using quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year data.

The Options Industry Council Announces July Options Trading Volume Down 12%

Date 01/08/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 306,817,994 total options contracts changed hands in July, down 11.89 percent compared to the 348,218,171 contracts traded the previous July. However, at the end of July, year-to-date volume was just off of last year’s by 6.81 percent, coming in at 2,390,920,900 contracts compared to the 2,565,767,148 from July 2011.