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BATS Global Markets Announces June Volumes - BATS Exchange Sets Tape B Market Share Record, Remains World’s 3rd Largest Exchange Operator - BATS Europe Sets Monthly Records In SMI, AEX And OMXH25

Date 01/07/2010

BATS Global Markets, an innovative financial markets technology company, announced that BATS Exchange set a monthly matched market share record in Tape B securities for the second consecutive month, while BATS Europe set new monthly market share records in several different indices in June.
Testimony Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Date 01/07/2010

Good afternoon Chairman Angelides, Vice Chairman Thomas and members of the Commission. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing to discuss the history of derivatives regulation and the role that over-the-counter derivatives played in the financial crisis. I also will address the historic legislation currently being debated in Congress that for the first time will bring much-needed comprehensive regulation to the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market.
CBOE First Half 2010 Adv Up 7 Percent - June 2010 Daily Volume Averages 4.1 Million Contracts, Down 2% From June 2009

Date 01/07/2010

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today reported that average daily volume (ADV) year to date through June 2010 was 4.9 million contracts, up seven percent from 4.6 million contracts for the same period in 2009. During the first six months of 2010, 610.7 million contracts changed hands at CBOE - up seven percent from the same period a year ago when 570.0 million contracts traded.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Monthly Volume Largest In History Of Exchange

Date 01/07/2010

The Kansas City Board of Trade shattered all previous monthly volume records during the month of June as a new all-time monthly volume record was set for Hard Red Winter Wheat futures, as was a new exchange monthly volume record.
SIFMA Securitization Group Supports Securitization Reform - Calls for Coordination Among Regulators

Date 01/07/2010

In a comment letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (SIFMA) Securitization Group (SSG) reiterates its support for coordinated, comprehensive securitization reform and for an insolvency safe harbor rule that provides the required certainty to investors, rating agencies and other market participants to continue to participate in the securitization market. However, SIFMA's SSG finds that a proposal by the FDIC achie

CME Group Announces Gold Futures Open Interest Record

Date 01/07/2010

CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, set a daily open interest record in its gold futures contract yesterday.
CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC Experiences Ninth Consecutive Month Of Year-Over-Year Volume Increases - Sets Third Consecutive Quarterly Trading Record

Date 01/07/2010

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that June 2010 trading volume totaled 261,441 contracts, compared to 66,254 contracts during June 2009. June marked the ninth consecutive month in which total volume registered an increase when comparing year-over-year trading activity. June's volume declined 46 percent from the record 481,650 contracts that traded during May 2010.
Options Clearing Corporation Half Year Volume Reaches 2 Billion Contracts

Date 01/07/2010

The Options Clearing Corporation announced today that 2,014,209,214 total options contracts changed hands in the first half of 2010 representing an 11% percent increase over the first half of 2009. Total OCC volume for June came in at 311,231,916 contracts, a 2% decrease from June of last year when 316,348,912 contracts traded. This is the first time OCC cleared volume has reached 2 billion contracts at the half year mark, and follows closely on the first time full-year volume hit 2 bil
Program Trading Averaged 44.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 21-25

Date 01/07/2010

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 June 21-25.
Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: June 2010

Date 01/07/2010

In June 2010, cumulative trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland amounted to CHF 100.1 billion, representing a 11.6% decline versus the previous month. The total number of trades also retreated by 15.1% to a total of 2,914,973. The only increase in activity for the month was recorded in the CHF Bonds segment, where turnover increased by 12.9% to CHF 16.5 billion and the number of trades rose by 15.8% to 45,104.