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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Extraordinary Meeting Of Market Management Commitee On Precious Metals

Date 14/02/2008

The Market Management Committee on Precious Metals held an extraordinary meeting on 13 February. The contents of the meeting were the following: 1) The Committee reviewed and shared opinions on market trends related to the recent increase in volatility following the hike in platinum prices. 2) The Committee concluded that, even though the TOCOM platinum price has been consistent with both the spot market and the NYMEX Market, there are concerns over supply after the power shor
NASDAQ Announces January Market Share Performance Statistics - Sets Records In Share Volume And Market Share In All U.S. Securities - Matched Volume In NYSE Securities Increased By Over 200 Percent Year Over Year For January - Share Volume And Market Shar

Date 14/02/2008

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that its matched volume in all U.S. securities increased by 91%, a record high of 58.9 billion shares in January, as compared with 30.9 billion shares in January 2007. Consolidated volume in all U.S. securities in January was a record 186.4 billion, compared with 111.5 billion in January 2007. NASDAQ's matched market share of all U.S. Equity share volu
SEC: Statement Of Chairman Cox Regarding Progress Report Of Advisory Committee On Improvements To Financial Reporting

Date 14/02/2008

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today issued the following statement regarding the progress report presented by the Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting:
National Stock Exchange Announces Record January ETF Trading Volume Surpasses $2.2 Trillion

Date 14/02/2008

National Stock Exchange(SM) (NSX(R)) today announced that notional trading volume in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) for January 2008 reached a record monthly total of $2.23 trillion in January 2008, an increase of approximately 236% over January 2007 when ETF notional trading volume reached $664.5 billion.
Trading On the RTS Index – Telecom Sector Futures Start On FORTS

Date 14/02/2008

On February 13th, 2008 within the framework of the expansion of the range of instruments originating from the wider RTS Index – Telecom sector index futures contract has started on FORTS. The contract with execution in June, 2008 has been launched and has the trading system ticker - RTSt-6.08, short ticker: RkM8.

NYMEX Reports January 2008 Volume Averaged A Record 1.739 Million Contracts Per Day - NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 19% - COMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 163%

Date 14/02/2008

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the world's largest physical commodities futures and options exchange, today announced average daily volume for January 2008 of 1.739 million contracts, a 6% increase from 1.637 million contracts per day in January 2007.
ICE Futures Europe Achieves Daily Record Gas Oil Futures Volume

Date 14/02/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that its ICE Futures Europe(TM) subsidiary yesterday set a new daily volume record in its ICE Gas Oil futures contract. On Wednesday, February 13, ICE Gas Oil futures volume reached 200,908, surpassing by 8% the previous record of 186,124 contracts established on November 6, 2007.
SGX Issues Consultation Paper On Composition Fines And Minimum Penalties For Securities Market

Date 14/02/2008

Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) is inviting public comment on the proposed enforcement framework, comprising a Composition System and Mandatory Minimum Penalties, for the securities market. The proposed new measures and changes will ensure prompt enforcement actions and resolution of minor to egregious rule violations. The Exchange proposed a similar enforcement structure for the derivatives market recently on 19 December 2007.
RTS FORTS Membership List Changed

Date 14/02/2008

Closed Joint Stock Company UniCredit Bank is approved as a Special Clearing member in currency section of the RTS derivatives market. This decision is taken by the RTS Derivatives Committee on February 13th, 2008. At the moment 132 clearing members are working on FORTS market.
Dow Jones Indexes And Amman Stock Exchange To Launch New Index

Date 14/02/2008

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), the exchange for the trading of securities in Jordan, today launched the Dow Jones ASE 100 Index. The index is a broad benchmark index that tracks the performance of the 100 largest stocks listed at the ASE based on free-float market capitalization.