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NYMEX To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 26/06/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas; Henry Hub swap, swing swap, and penultimate swap; natural gas penultimate and last day financial; and NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
Interest Rate Futures Contracts: BM&F Rises In The Futures Industry Association’s Global Ranking

Date 26/06/2007

During January and February of 2007, BM&F was the second fastest growing exchange among derivatives exchanges, according to the Futures Industry Association (FIA) trading volume ranking for the first two months of the year.
CBOT Fed Watch - June 26, 2007

Date 26/06/2007

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 28, 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.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 26/06/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, June 26, 2007:
KCBT Raises Minimum Wheat Margins - Changes Come As Result Of Increased Market Volatility

Date 26/06/2007

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective tomorrow, come as a result of increased market volatility and are as follows:

The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For June 2007

Date 26/06/2007

As of mid-June, short interest in 2,745 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 8,966,592,245 shares compared with 8,205,105,350 shares in 2,752 Global Market issues for the month of May. The June short interest represents 4.36 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.94 days in May.
NYBOT To End FINEX® Evening Session In New York

Date 26/06/2007

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced today that, effective with the start of trading for the business day of July 2, 2007, the Exchange will no longer hold the FINEX evening floor session that has been held each business day from 7PM to 10PM ET. The last session will be held on Thursday, June 28, for Friday, June 29, 2007.
Merger Of BPI & BPVN In The S&P/MIB Index Extraordinary Adjustment Of Index Capping

Date 26/06/2007

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB Index, effective using opening prices on Monday 2 July 2007:
SEC Sues London-Based Hedge Fund Adviser GLG Partners, L.P. For Illegal Short Selling In Connection With Public Offerings - GLG Agrees To Pay More Than $3.2 Million To Settle Charges

Date 26/06/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled enforcement actions against London-based hedge fund adviser GLG Partners, L.P. for illegal short selling in connection with 14 public offerings.
CBOT Announces Independence Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 26/06/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Independence Day holiday: