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Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Outline Of The Bill For Amendment Of The Financial Instruments And Exchange Act, Etc.

Date 05/03/2008

On March 4, 2008, the Cabinet submitted the bill for amendment of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, etc. to the Diet. The outline of the bill is as follows:

Oslo Børs: Monthly Statistics Derivatives 2008

Date 05/03/2008

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Athens Exchange Announcement - No Trading Today

Date 05/03/2008

Following communication with the top management of the Bank of Greece, and due to the continuing inability of the Bank of Greece to accomplish the cash settlement of transactions, the ATHEX Chairman decided not to begin today's trading session.

Changes To SICOM's Initial And Maintenance Margins

Date 05/03/2008

Please be advised that the margin levels for SICOM contracts have been adjusted with immediate effect.

NYSE Euronext Business Summary For February 2008 - Cash Equities Volumes: +43% In Europe, +20% In The U.S. - Derivatives Volumes: +37% In Europe, +50% In The U.S. - ETFs: +45% In Europe, +70% In The U.S.

Date 05/03/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) reported strong transaction volume growth in U.S. and European trading operations in February 2008, with double-digit increases in trading volume across all of NYSE Euronext's products and exchanges compared to the same period in 2007 and year-to-date.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS) Assumes Regulatory Role For SICOM

Date 05/03/2008

With effect from 27 February 2008, the Singapore Commodity Exchange will be regulated by the Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS). The transfer of regulatory oversight of commodity futures from IE Singapore under the Commodity Trading Act (CTA) to MAS under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and the Financial Advisers Act (FAA) has been completed. This would subject commodity futures to the same regulatory framework as other types of futures contracts (such as financial futures contracts)

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Monthly Activity Report For February 2008

Date 05/03/2008

February 2008 was a month of continued high volume trading activity across the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), influenced by ongoing market volatility due to global credit concerns and the expectation of rising interest rates in Australia.

The Trading Volume Of Cotton Contracts On Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Hit A New High

Date 05/03/2008

On Mar. 4, 2008, the trading volume of Cotton futures contracts on Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) hit a new high at 182568 contracts, exceeding the last record of 146672 contracts set on Oct. 10, 2007 .

Dalian Commodity Exchange Sets 4 New Records Today

Date 05/03/2008

DCE announced that it set four records today, it totally achieved 4,485,642 contracts, worth 238.48 billion yuan. Soybean oil futures totaled 736,664 contracts, worth 103.95 billion yuan.

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Set Futures Open interest Record

Date 05/03/2008

On Mar. 3, 2008, the total open interest of futures contracts on ZCE (Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange) peaked at 1396980 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 1314452 contracts set on Feb. 29, 2008.