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Concurring Statement, Implementation Roundtable Seriatim, Certainty & Transparency - CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 26/04/2011

I concur in supporting the Commission’s roundtable on the implementation process.

April 2011 Monthly Preliminary Performance Report Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes

Date 26/04/2011

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 2.93% for the month of April. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Silver, Corn and Coffee had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 24.41%,10.02%, and 8.91%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Cotton, Sugar and Live Cattle, which were down 10.57%, 9.78%, and 6.76% respectively, in April.

CME Group Announces New Volume Records In Silver Futures And Silver Options Open Interest

Date 26/04/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had reached record volume yesterday in its COMEX Silver futures, as well as in open interest of its Silver options.

ITG Launches Smart Liquidity Microsite - New Site Provides Insights Into Improving Trading Performance In Fragmented Markets

Date 26/04/2011

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG), a leading agency research broker and financial technology firm, today announced the launch of Smart Liquidity, a multimedia microsite offering strategies for finding and capitalizing on quality liquidity in today’s increasingly fragmented markets.

Nasdaq’s “Big Data” Cloud Service Launches On Xignite’s Platform - High Frequency Trading Firms To Back Test With On-Demand Stock Trades And Quotes

Date 26/04/2011

Xignite, Inc., the leading cloud services provider of on-demand data distribution technologies, today announced that NASDAQ OMX and Xignite have launched Mass Download, a major expansion to NASDAQ Data-On-Demand, NASDAQ’s cloud service for historical stock trade and quote data powered by Xignite’s technology platform.  NASDAQ is currently offering Mass Download free of charge to Premier subscribers of NASDAQ Data-On-Demand.

April 2011 “Market’s Measure” Preliminary Report - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes On The Performance Of - U.S., European, Asia And Other Global Stock Market Indexes

Date 26/04/2011

• Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 1.30% Gain in April, European Stocks Gain 4.15%, Asia Rises 0.83% and World Equities Rise by 1.69%
• Health Care Sector Posts Biggest Gain for April in Europe
• Utilities Sector Takes the Hardest Hit for April in Asia

London Stock Exchange Welcomes Lonrho To Main Market - AIM-Quoted African Investment Business Takes Premium Listing

Date 26/04/2011

The London Stock Exchange today welcomes Lonrho plc ("Lonrho") to its Main Market. The company, which moves from the Exchange's growth market, AIM, has operations in seventeen African countries, building and investing in transportation, infrastructure, hotel and agribusiness firms across the continent.

FORTS: Silver Futures Trading Volume Exceeded USD325 Million

Date 26/04/2011

On April 25, 2011 a record trading volume of refined silver bullion futures contract was showed by FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS.

Dow Jones Indexes To Develop, Co-Brand Index Family With LSP Partners - Indexes To Utilize LSP Partners’ Proprietary Strategy

Date 26/04/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and LSP Partners LLC, a risk management research consulting firm, today announced an agreement to develop and co-brand an index family utilizing a proprietary strategy created by LSP Partners

Member Companies Elect New Thai Bourse Governors

Date 26/04/2011

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) member companies’ annual general meeting elected two SET governors to replace those whose terms will end on May 27, 2011.