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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: Trading And Clearing Timetable On Sunday, 9th March 2008

Date 10/03/2008

Further to our previous announcements and due to continuous sanctions taken by the TASE's employees, there is a concern that as well as yesterday, today, Monday, 10th March 2008, it will be impossible to conduct trading in accordance with the ordinary timetable. We therefore hereby give you notice that today there will be changes in the timetables of trading on the TASE and clearing in the TASE Clearing House and Maof Clear
Bursa Malaysia Resumes Trading After Circuit Breaker

Date 10/03/2008

The market-wide circuit breaker was triggered at 2:58pm when the benchmark composite index (CI) declined more than 10% from the previous day's CI's closing. Trading resumed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and on equity-related derivatives products FKLI, OKLI and SSF on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad at 3:58pm today. The CI closed at 1173.22.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Extraordinary Clearing Margin For Platinum

Date 10/03/2008

With regards to the Platinum market, since the final contract prices for three or more contract months (excluding contract months with no applicable price limit) have reached the price limit in the same direction for two consecutive business days, based on item 3.4.2 of the Regulations Governing Management of the Precious Metals Market, deposit of the below Extraordinary Clearing Margin is required.
CME Group To Increase Daily Price Limits For CBOT Corn, Oilseeds - Harmonized Price Limit Expansions, Contractions Introduced

Date 10/03/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that, pending CFTC approval, daily price limits will increase March 28, 2008, for corn, mini-sized corn, soybeans, mini-sized soybeans and soybean oil futures and options on futures contracts.
Iranian & Indonesian Capital Markets Sign MOU

Date 10/03/2008

Iranian and Indonesian capital markets has signed MOU to start more friendly cooperation among two important Muslim Nations.

CME Group To Offer Side-By-Side Trading Of Grain & Oilseed Options

Date 10/03/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that options on futures contracts for corn, wheat, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, rough rice and oats will be available for electronic trading on the CME Globex(R) platform during day-time open outcry trading hours beginning April 14, 2008.
Futures Industry Association: Global Futures And Options Trading Rises 28% In 2007

Date 10/03/2008

The Futures Industry Association, a Washington-based trade group, today released its annual report on global trading volume. The report, which measures volume based on the number of contracts traded on derivatives exchanges worldwide, indicates that more than 15 billion futures and options contracts changed hands during 2007, an increase of 28% from the previous year.
Fermín Cifuentes Of Banesto Appointed To The Board Of The International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

Date 10/03/2008

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Fermín Cifuentes of Banesto (Banco Español de Crédito, S.A) to the Board of ICMA.
NASDAQ Announces February Market Share Performance Statistics - Matched Market Share in All U.S. Equity Share Volume Exceeded - All Other U.S. Exchanges for the Eleventh Consecutive Month - Matched Share Volume in All U.S. Exchange Traded Funds - Surpasse

Date 10/03/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center for the month of February. Matched volume in all U.S. securities was 44.4 billion shares in February, as compared with 28.1 billion shares in February 2007. Consolidated volume in all U.S. securities in February was 144.6 billion, compared with 103.2 billion in February 2007. NASD
ISE Depth Of Market Feed Available Through Precise Trade

Date 10/03/2008

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that its Depth of Market Feed for options is now available through PrecISE Trade™, its proprietary front-end trading application. ISE's Depth of Market Feed is a real-time data feed that provides the aggregated volume of all quotes and orders available at each of the top five price levels for options that trade on ISE.