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Patsystems Selected As Technology Provider For Newly Formed Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange

Date 25/06/2008

As announced earlier today in Hong Kong, the newly formed Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has selected Patsystems for both its front-end trading model and risk management system.
The Warsaw Stock Exchange Opened Its Representative Office In Ukraine

Date 25/06/2008

Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) became the first foreign exchange to open its Representative Office in Ukraine. The WSE is the most dynamic market in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of capitalisation growth, turnover and variety of financial instruments offered as well as the number of new listings on both the regulated market and the alternative trading platform - NewConnect.
June 2008 “Islamic Market’s Measure” – Monthly Report On The Performance Of The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

Date 25/06/2008

Based on the close of trading on June 24, the global Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index, which measures the performance of 100 of the leading Shari’ah compliant stocks globally, lost -5.05% month-to-date, closing at 2398.74. In comparison, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, which measures the 50 biggest companies worldwide, posted a loss of -6.64%, closing at 205.77.
HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 25/06/2008

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.
RTS Board: June 16th – 20th, 2008

Date 25/06/2008

For the week of June 16th –20th, 2008, 230 trades were registered. The total trading volume on the RTS Board equaled 7,8 million US dollars. The following companies were most active last week:

Euroclear Simplifies Access To Central And Eastern European Capital Markets

Date 25/06/2008

Euroclear Bank is taking a regional approach in helping clients to access local counterparties and securities, including a new pricing model, in Central and Eastern Europe.
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: June 16th – June 20th, 2008

Date 25/06/2008

For the week of June 16th – June 20th, 2008 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 228,5 bln. roubles or 4,3 mln. contracts, including 15,1 bln. roubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, June 20th, 2008 reached 212,7 bln. roubles or 5,8 mln. contracts.
NASDAQ OMX Selected As Technology Provider For Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange

Date 25/06/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) todayannounced that it has been selected as technology provider for the Hong KongMercantile Exchange (HKMEx), a new commodity exchange that will offeruniquely-structured contracts to the international and domestic tradingcommunity. HKMEx is supported by a diversified mix of world class institutionsand financial intermediaries. HKMEx, which is scheduled for launch in Q1 2009,will deploy a trading system from NASDAQ OMX tailored specifically for thecomm
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: June 16th – 20th, 2008

Date 25/06/2008

Over the week June 16th – 20th, 2008 RTS Index gained 1,19% to reach 2384,75 points (2356,71 points as of June 11th, 2008). Most of the positive impact on RTS Index came from Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (plus 7,03 points), JSC Uralkali ordinary shares (URKA) (plus 5,96 points) and NLMK ordinary shares (NLMK) (plus 5,83 points).
Possible Effect Of Half-Year Ends On Hong Kong's Securities Market

Date 25/06/2008

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) wish to remind Exchange Participants and investors of possible increases in trading activities and the risk of unusual price movements around month-ends, quarter ends, and half-year ends, such as 30 June 2008.