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NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes For February 2011 - Global Derivatives Averaged 8.9 Million Contracts Per Day In February, Up 8% vs. Prior Year - U.S Equity Options Volumes Up 33%; European Derivatives (Ex. Bclear) Up 1% - European Cash Trading Volumes Up 23%, U.S. Cash Down 14%

Date 04/03/2011

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for February 2011. Global derivatives average daily volume ("ADV") of 8.9 million contracts traded per day in February 2011 increased 7.8% versus the prior year. The increase in global derivatives ADV versus prior year levels was driven primarily by a 33.4% increase in U.S. equity options ADV, partially offset by a 9.8% decrease in European derivatives ADV. Cash equities ADV in February 2011 was mixed, with European cash ADV increasing 22.9% and U.S. cash trading volumes decreasing 13.7% from February 2010 levels. 

MCX Weekly Market Report February 25, 2011 To March 03, 2011

Date 04/03/2011

Click here to download MCX's weekly market report for the week February 25, 2011 to March 03, 2011.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Summary Of February 2011 Activities At Tokyo Commodity Exchange

Date 04/03/2011

Tokyo Commodity Exchange today announced that February, 2011 trading volume averaged 118,023 contracts per day, down 2.1% from January, 2011.

NZX Advises That Justin Bgoni Has Resigned

Date 04/03/2011

NZX advises that Justin Bgoni has resigned to pursue a career in another industry. 

Public Comments On SEC Regulatory Initiatives Under The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 03/03/2011

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes provisions that require the SEC to undertake various initiatives, including rulemaking and studies touching on many areas of financial regulation.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 03/03/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• The shareholders of Ventana Gold Corp. (TSX:VEN) have accepted the $C13.06 cash per share takeover offer from AUX Canada Acquisition Inc. Ventana will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity, Equity SmallCap and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, the S&P/TSX Global Gold and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices after close on Thursday, March 10, 2011.

CBOE Wins ISE Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Date 03/03/2011

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found that CBOE does not infringe a patent entitled "Automated Exchange for Trading Derivative Securities," held by International Securities Exchange, LLC (ISE). In its ruling the Court held that CBOE's proprietary Hybrid® and CBOEdirect® systems do not infringe ISE's patent. As a result of the ruling, ISE's patent infringement suit against CBOE has been terminated.

Regular Review Results For Dow Jones Select Dividend And Dow Jones Country And Sector Titans Indexes

Date 03/03/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual and quarterly review of the Dow Jones Select Dividend, Dow Jones Country Titans and Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes.

Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: Statement At SEC Open Commission Meeting: Clearing Agency Standards For Operation And Governance

Date 03/03/2011

Thank you, Chairman Schapiro. Let me first take a moment to thank Robert Cook and his staff from the Division of Trading and Markets for their work on the proposed rule. I have just a few comments.

NSX Releases February 2011 ETF/ETN Data Reports - Assets Continue To Reach Record Levels

Date 03/03/2011

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) announced that assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) continue to reach record levels, totaling approximately $1.06 trillion at February 2011 month-end, an increase of approximately 38% over February 2010 month-end when assets totaled $765 billion.  At the end of February 2011, the number of listed products totaled 1,135 compared to 964 listed products at the same time last year.