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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: CB Trigger Level Expansion - Silver

Date 02/05/2011

As of 10:00 today (5/2nd), the CB trigger level will be expanded as shown below:

Commodity: Silver

Contract Month: All contract months

CB Trigger Level: +/- 12.5 yen from the settlement price of the previous clearing period

Saudi Stock Exchange - Tadawul - Monthly Statistical Report – April 2011

Date 01/05/2011

Click here to download the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) monthly statistical report – April 2011.

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Comentary - May 1, 2011

Date 01/05/2011

Welcome to the Weekly Market Commentary from DGCX, providing you with a snapshot of what’s happening in the energy, precious metal and currency futures markets.

ADX Applies The Newly Reclassified Consolidated Index - Rashed Al Baloushi : A Move That Reflects The Extent Of Efforts Taken To Enhance The Level Of Services To Investors

Date 30/04/2011

ADX will apply on 1 May 2011 the newly reclassified consolidated index for the local markets in an organized move to improve the level of the local financial markets to be in line with the government competitive strategy  according to the best practice in the financial sector. 

New Record For MarketDataPeaks.com

Date 30/04/2011

Exegy, Inc., the market data appliance company, announced today that the Exegy Ticker Plant driving the MarketDataPeaks web site hit a new processing peak of 4,159,537 messages per second. This surpasses the previous high water mark of 4,123,232 mps, reached on 16 March 2011 when the US market was reacting to several economic indicators, unrest in the Middle East and fears of a worsening nuclear catastrophe in Japan.

NASDAQ Closing Cross Had A Record Day For The Special Rebalance Of The NASDAQ 100 Index

Date 29/04/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the NASDAQ Closing Cross broke a record for 2011 as it was used for the Special Rebalance of the NASDAQ-100 Index^® (Nasdaq:NDX).

CFTC Staff Provides Concepts And Questions Document Ahead Of Joint CFTC-SEC Public Roundtable Discussion On Dodd-Frank Implementation

Date 29/04/2011

Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released a document setting forth concepts that it is considering with regard to the effective dates of final rules for swaps under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The document, which is being provided to panelists participating in the May 2-3, 2011, public roundtable being hosted by the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), also presents a series of relevant questions concerning how to phase the implementation of new rules.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 29/04/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, May 2, 2011:

• Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSXVN:CNE) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol. Canacol will remain a constituent of the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index until the next index rebalancing at the end of July, 2011.

US Treasury ‘Proposed Determination’ To Exempt FX From Central Clearing Under Dodd-Frank Is The Right One, Says Global FX Division

Date 29/04/2011

The US Treasury ‘proposed determination’ to exempt foreign exchange forwards and swaps transactions from forced clearing under the Dodd-Frank Act is a major step in ensuring the continued availability of cost-effective hedging for corporates and investors and the on-going functioning of a well performing market, according to the Global FX Division. 

Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2010

Date 29/04/2011

The final results from the survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2010 are released today on the U.S. Treasury web site at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx).  A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, where estimates through end-February 2011 are based in part on survey data, is also released at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt).