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Remarks By U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner On The State Of Financial Reform

Date 02/02/2012

I want to use the occasion of this week’s Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting to review the progress made on financial reform to date and to outline our priorities and challenges for the year ahead. I am providing this assessment in my capacity as Chair of the Council, but do not speak for its individual members.

TMX Group – Consolidated Trading Statistics January 2012 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange

Date 02/02/2012

TMX Group Inc. today announced January 2012 trading statistics for its diversified group of exchanges – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange (MX) and Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), as well as TMX Select, TMX Group's alternative trading system.

Regular Deutsche Börse Share Again Included In The DAX - Changes Will Be Effective On 8 February

Date 02/02/2012

Deutsche Börse has today announced changes in the DAX index. Deutsche Börse AG’s tendered share class (ISIN DE000A1KRND6) is to be replaced in the DAX with the original Deutsche Börse AG share class (ISIN DE0005810055). The changes will be effective on 8 February 2012 and are a result of today’s announcement on the reversal of the transaction between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext due to the prohibition of the merger by the EU Commission.

BOX Price Improvement Activity Increases In January

Date 02/02/2012

In the month of January, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 318,067 per day.  Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction (“PIP”) averaged $167,614 per day, while total savings to investors this month were $3.35 MM.  With this, BOX has saved investors over $373 MM since its inception in 2004.  Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of January was 590,947 contracts. 

TSX Block List Leaders - January 2012

Date 02/02/2012

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. The leaders are measured by volume and value of blocks traded.

Foreign Investors The Biggest Single Group On BM&FBOVESPA In January

Date 02/02/2012

The participation of individual investors (including investment clubs) on BM&FBOVESPA in January was 21.01% while foreign investors had the leading share of investment in equities at 37.35%.

Program Trading Averaged 28.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 23-27

Date 02/02/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Jan. 23-27.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives Market In January 2012

Date 02/02/2012

• The total volume of trading in all derivatives was 878.2 thousand instruments in January

• The number of open interest was 180.1 thousand instruments at the end of January.

Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index Closed Up 4.08% In January - Index Measures Performance Of 100 Of World’s Leading Shari’ah-Compliant Stocks - Dow Jones Islamic Market Asia/Pacific Titans 25 Index, - Dow Jones Islamic Market Europe Titans 25 Index - End January In Positive Territory - Dow Jones Islamic Market U.S. Titans 50 Index Gained 3.67%

Date 02/02/2012

The Dow Jones Islamic Market  Titans 100 Index finished January up 4.08%, according to data compiled by  Dow Jones Indexes. The index measures the performance of 100 of the world’s  leading Shari’ah-compliant stocks.

NYSE Euronext And Deutsche Boerse Terminate Business Combination Agreement

Date 02/02/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) announced today that in light of the decision by the European Commission to block the proposed merger agreement,  both companies have agreed to a mutual termination of the business combination agreement originally signed by the Companies on February 15, 2011.