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BM&F Registers A Historic Milestone In Its Trading Volume

Date 17/04/2008

BM&F registered a record with 4.22 million contracts traded today, equivalent to a notional amount of US$195.07 billion—its market milestone.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Announces Timing Of First Quarter 2008 Earnings Release, Conference Call

Date 17/04/2008

NYMEX Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: NMX) the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, announced today that it intends to release its first quarter 2008 results on Thursday, May 1, 2008. In conjunction with this release, NYMEX will host a conference call at 8:00 AM Eastern Time, which will be simultaneously broadcast over the internet.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/04/2008

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
Tokyo Financial Exchange Rollover Of Leading Contract Month fFr Three-month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 16 April 2008

Date 17/04/2008

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current September 2008 contracts to the December 2008 contracts, effective from 16 April 2008.
Yara International ASA Replaces Scottish & Newcastle Plc In The S&P European Indices

Date 17/04/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Thursday 24 April 2008:

Ron Peterson Joins Swapstream As Director, North America

Date 17/04/2008

Swapstream, the market-leading multilateral electronic trading platform for interest rate swaps (IRS) and subsidiary of CME Group, today announced that Ron Peterson has joined the company as Director, Swapstream North America, working as part of the company's North American sales effort. Peterson will be based in New York, reporting to Will Evans, Swapstream's Chief Operating Officer, who is based in London.
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit At 60 Cents - Daily Price Limit For Trade Date April 18, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 17/04/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures remain at 60 cents for trade date April 18, 2008 (effective with the April 17 evening session).
Program Trading Averaged 22.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Apr. 7-11

Date 17/04/2008

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Apr. 7-11.
CESR Takes Steps To Strengthen Market Confidence

Date 17/04/2008

CESR welcomes the report of the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience published 7 April, and launches work to address some of its recommendations, as well as to implement some of the decisions taken by Europe’s Ministers at the informal ECOFIN Council of 4 and 5 April 2008. This action can therefore be seen as part of the response by CESR to issues raised by the current market turmoil. This work will be undertaken, where appropriate, in close co-ordi
BATS Performance – Faster Yet - Software Upgrades Shave Additional 200+ Microseconds From Order Latency

Date 17/04/2008

BATS Trading Inc., operator of the fast-growing US equities platform which plans to operate in Europe in 2008, said Tuesday that it has reduced latency through the entire BATS system to between 400 and 500 microseconds, with 80% of orders being acknowledged within 400 microseconds.