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Key Figures Of SWX And Virt-X For July 2006

Date 04/08/2006

The SWX and virt-x recorded a combined total turnover of 128 billion francs in July 2006. This corresponds to a month-on-month decline of 19 %. Despite the summer slump, a comparison with the first seven months of 2005 still reveals impressive growth of 51 %. The growth leader in this period was the certificated derivatives segment, which expanded by 64 %. July saw volumes of equity products (+24%), certificated derivatives (+ 10 %) and international bonds (+43 %) far exceed their year-back leve
Five New Structured Products Join The NYSE In July 2006

Date 04/08/2006

In the month ended July 31, 2006 , five new structured products listed on the NYSE, totaling $1.815 billion.
Euronext.liffe’s Commodity Portfoilo Sets New Records In July 2006

Date 04/08/2006

Euronext.liffe’s Agricultural and Robusta Coffee Options Contracts set numerous records during July 2006, including:
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Named To S&P 500(R) Index

Date 04/08/2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) today announced that Standard & Poor's (S&P) has added the company to the S&P 500 Index as of the close of trading on August 10, 2006.
CBOT Fed Watch - August 4 Market Close

Date 04/08/2006

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 8, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

BOX Sets Price Improvement Record In July '06

Date 04/08/2006

In the month of July, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction (‘PIP’*) averaged $3.13 per contract, besting the previous record of $3.05 set in April this year. This represented savings to investors of $5 million, or $247,385 per day, the fourth highest average daily figure in BOX history. An average of 78,983 contracts per day received price improvement during the month, which represents the fourth best month since BOX’s launch i
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - July 2006

Date 04/08/2006

Click here to download the monthly key figures of the Italian Exchange for July 2006
Borsa Italiana BIt Monthly Flash July 2006

Date 04/08/2006

Click here to download the Borsa Italiana BIt monthly flash report for July 2006.
BME’s Net Profit In The First Half Of 2006 Increased By 22.8%, Driven By Improved Efficiency And Cost Control - From January To June EBITDA Grew By 25.4% To € 91.9 Million; The Efficiency Ratio In The First Half Was 33.2, From 37.2% In 2005; Revenues To J

Date 04/08/2006

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) posted a net profit of € 61.98 million in the first half of 2006, 22.8% up on the € 50.5 millions recorded during the same period last year. According to Javier Hernani, CFO of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, this solid growth has been driven by the improvement of the company’s efficiency ratio and the cost control carried out over the year together with a solid growth in the number of transactions on all BME markets.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Schedule For Transfer Of Handling Of Foreign Stocks, Etc., To The Japan Securities Depository Center (Second Phase)

Date 03/08/2006

As announced in TSE news on March 15 2006, TSE has made a partial revision to such regulations as listing standards for stocks with the commencement of handling of foreign stocks, etc., by the Japan Securities Depository Center (JASDEC). The revised regulations will be applied sequentially to issues that are to be handled by JASDEC.