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NYMEX Clarified Procedures For Unanticipated Market Closures

Date 16/02/2007

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today clarified its policies for unanticipated closures of the trading floors, specifically all days which are not approved holidays when a decision is made to close floor trading.
CME Statement in Response to FIA

Date 16/02/2007

The CME/CBOT merger increases competition in the global derivatives marketplace and better positions the U.S. to compete against rapidly growing international exchanges, dealers and platforms in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets and national securities exchanges that are continuing to enter U.S. futures markets. Our merger will result in substantial operational and cost efficiencies that will save our shareholders at least $125 million annually, while saving our customers approximately $70 mill
Futures Industry Association Statement On The Proposed CME-CBOT Merger

Date 16/02/2007

The Futures Industry Association released the following statement today regarding the proposed merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade:
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Two New Russell Options On Tuesday, February 20

Date 16/02/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade two new Russell Options on February 20, 2007. Both options were allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC: Russell 2000 Index (option/stock symbol: RUT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts. Mini-Russell 2000 Index (option/stoc
S&P/MIB Capping Consultation Paper

Date 16/02/2007

The Standard and Poor’s S&P/MIB Index Committee announced on September 1, 2006 that as from the March 19, 2007 re-balancing of the S&P/MIB Index, a capping level of 15% would be applied to the largest stocks in the Index.

CBOE Seat Sold For New All-Time High Of $1.95 Million

Date 16/02/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that a CBOE seat, or membership, traded this morning for $1,950,000, a new all-time high at CBOE.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Thursday, February 15

Date 16/02/2007

Daily: Soybean Meal - Futures and Options Electronic Volume Record New Record: 24,899 Feb 15, 2007 Old Record: 23,751 Nov 28, 2006 Daily: Soybean Meal - Futures Electronic Volume Record New Record: 24,899 Feb 15, 2007 Old Record: 23,751 Nov 28, 2006 Daily: Soybean Oil - Futures and Options Electronic Volume Record New Record: 28,522 Feb 15, 2007 Old Record: 26,842 Nov 30, 2006 Daily: Soybean Oil - Futures Electronic Volum
CESR Pursues Its Work To Deliver Supervisory Convergence By Updating Its Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Prospectuses, Adding New Common Positions Agreed By CESR Members

Date 16/02/2007

This paper adds new Q&A to those included in the document CESR published on 18 July (CESR/06-296d). After each question an indication of the date of its first publication has been included to ease the identification of the new Q&A.
Wiener Börse Markets Companies At Investor Roadshow In Tokyo

Date 16/02/2007

Wiener Börse will hold its first international roadshow in Tokyo on Monday 19th February in conjunction with Nomura International plc, at which seven leading Austrian companies will meet more than 30 institutional investors in Tokyo. A total of 43 one-on-one meetings and small group presentations have also been arranged. This is the first time the exchange will have proactively marketed their companies on an investor roadshow in the Japanese market.
NYSE Group Leads U.S. Exchanges In ETF Trading - Adding 16 New Ishares®Transfers For A Total Of 165 NYSE Group Listed ETFs - Largest ETF Liquidity Pool In The U.S. With Leading Share Of Trading And Volume Growth

Date 16/02/2007

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) today announced that 16 new iShares® ETFs transferred their primary listing from the American Stock Exchange to the New York Stock Exchange as part of the previously announced agreement with iShares in 2005. The addition of these products solidifies NYSE Group, Inc. as the world’s premier venue for ETF listings and trading, with 165 primary listings while handling 43% of all ETF shares traded in the U.S. market in 2006.