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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eleven New Options On Tuesday, April 3

Date 02/04/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eleven new options on April 3, 2007.
OneChicago Reports March Volume

Date 02/04/2007

OneChicago, LLC today reported that 355,409 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in March. Average daily volume (ADV) in March 2007 was 16,155 contracts.
BOX’s Average Improvement Stays Strong After Penny Pilot Program, Launches 20 New Classes

Date 02/04/2007

In the month of March, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’*) averaged $2.83 per contract, a strong level considering March was the first month with full impact from the Penny Pilot Program. An average of 59,123 contracts per day received price improvement during the month. This represented savings to investors of $3.7 million.
CBOE Volume Of 83 Million Contracts Is All-Time Record - Average Daily Volume Of 3.77 Million Is Up 58% New Records Set Across The Board

Date 02/04/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that March was the busiest month ever at CBOE, with total volume of 83 million contracts, an increase of 51% over March 2006's volume of 55.0 million contracts. This month's volume shatters the previous record, established last May, of 70.5 million contracts. Average daily volume for the month was a record-breaking 3.8 million contracts, an increase of 58% over March 2006.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, March 30

Date 02/04/2007

Daily: Soybean Complex - Futures and Options Electronic Open Interest Record New Record: 173,743 Mar 30, 2007 Old Record: 151,166 Mar 1, 2007 Daily: Soybean Complex - Futures Electronic Open Interest Record New Record: 173,740 Mar 30, 2007 Old Record: 151,116 Mar 1, 2007 Daily: Soybeans - Futures and Options Electronic Open Interest Record New Record: 122,190 Mar 30, 2007 Old Recor

Strongest Trading Month On Eurex Ever With Approx. 200 Million Contracts - 467 Million Contracts Traded In Q1 2007, 25 Percent Increase Year-On-Year - Daily Average 7.3 Million Contracts In Q1 2007 - Equity Index Derivatives With New Monthly Record

Date 02/04/2007

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, reported on Monday that a total of 199 million contracts were traded in March 2007. This is the strongest trading month ever on Eurex, an increase of approximately 34 percent compared with March 2006; the previous record trading month was May 2006 (174 million contracts). Further, on 14 March, Eurex set a new daily trading record with 15.4 million contracts. The average daily trading volume in March was 9 million contracts (new record) and 7.3 mi
Deutsche Börse: 61 Percent Rise In Turnover On Xetra In March - Order Book Volume Of Floor Trading Up By 10 Percent - Total Volume Of €275 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 02/04/2007

In March €253.7 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Börse Frankfurt – a rise of 57 percent year-on-year (March 2006: €161,1 billion). Thereof €239 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 61 percent year-on-year (March 2006: €148 billion) and €14.6 billion on the floor. A plus of 10 percent compared to March last year (March 2006: €13.2 billion). German equities accounted for €239.5 billion, foreign equities comprising €10.6 billion. More than 97 percent of the transaction volum
KCBT March Volume And Open Interest - Open Interest Posts Gains In Wheat Contracts

Date 02/04/2007

During the month of March, the Kansas City Board of Trade saw an increase in open interest for the hard red winter wheat futures contract and for the wheat options contract.
Crop Year-To-Date Volume On Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Up 20.4%

Date 02/04/2007

Total volume of trade on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") for the crop year-to-date (since August 1, 2006) was 2,055,602 contracts at the end of March 2007. This is an increase of 20.4% from the crop year-to-date volume level recorded a year ago.
Dow Jones Indexes And Dubai Financial Market To Launch Shari’ah-Compliant Islamic Index For Dubai

Date 02/04/2007

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and the Dubai Financial Market, UAE’s premier stock exchange, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones DFM Index and Dow Jones DFM Titans 10 Index. The new indexes are part of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index series, and follow the methodology of the Shari’ah compliant index family.