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Wiener Börse And Bucharest Stock Exchange Intensify Cooperation - Bucharest Stock Exchange Data Will Be Available From Wiener Börse In The Future – This Is The Fourth Cooperation Project Following The Index Projects And Consulting To Set Up A Romanian Fut

Date 01/12/2006

In the future, data vendors of Wiener Börse will be able to receive Bucharest Stock Exchange data via their existing connections. Yesterday evening, an agreement was signed to this effect by the management board members of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Stere Farmache, and of Wiener Börse, Michael Buhl. The offer, which is addressed mainly to international vendors, will make access to the data of the two exchanges faster and easier.
Eurex Trading Volume Up 14 Percent In November To Approximately 130 Million Contracts - Equity-Based Derivatives Again More Heavily Traded Than Fixed-Income Derivatives

Date 01/12/2006

A total of approximately 130 million contracts were traded on the international derivatives exchange Eurex in November. This represents an increase of 14 percent on the previous year (November 2005: 114 million contracts). The total number of contracts traded on Eurex to date in 2006 is 1.42 billion contracts, an increase of approximately 22 percent compared with the same period in 2005. Average daily trading volume at Eurex currently stands at 6 million contracts.
Deutsche Börse: Equities Turnover In November Up By 55 Percent Year-On-Year - Turnover Of €486 Billion On German Stock Exchanges In November/ Xetra Transactions Up Considerably

Date 01/12/2006

The trading volume on Germany’s stock exchanges rose substantially in November 2006. According to the order book statistics, which are based on single counting of all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor, equities turnover in November totaled €177 billion – up by around 55 percent year-on-year (November 2005: €114.2 billion). €167.3 billion was attributable to German equities and €9.7 billion to foreign equities.
The List Of Shares For RTS Index Calculation Is Changing

Date 01/12/2006

RTS Information committee has decided to include into RTS Index from the waiting list OJSC "Magnit" shares (NP RTS ticker – MGNT) effective December 15, 2006. At the same time from the RTS Index YUKOS shares (NP RTS ticker – YUKO) are excluded. RTS Information committee has included into waiting list the shares of Magnitogorsk Iron&Steel Works (NP RTS ticker – MAGN) and Open Investments shares (NP RTS ticker – OIVS.
Warsaw SE Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 01/12/2006

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 50601,74 points. The previous closing high was 50425,36 on November 29, 2006.

ICE Futures Achieves New Brent Crude Futures Volume, Exchange-wide Open Interest Records

Date 01/12/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that its regulated futures subsidiary, ICE Futures, yesterday set a new volume record in the ICE Brent Crude futures contract.
CME Reports November 2006 Volume Averaged 5.3 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 28 Percent From Year-Ago Period -- Electronic Volume Reached A Record 77 Percent Of Total Exchange Volume -- Electronic Foreign Exchange Volume Reached A Record 457,000 Contracts

Date 01/12/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today announced November volume averaged 5.3 million contracts per day, up 28 percent from November 2005. Total monthly volume was 110 million contracts. Average daily volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform increased 38 percent from November 2005 to 4.0 million contracts per day, representing a record 77 percent of total exchange volume. Total options volume was 961,000 contracts per day, up 17 percent from November 2005
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For November 2006 - Average Daily Volume Of 2.5 Million Contracts, Up 22.2% From November 2005

Date 01/12/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) today reported that average daily trading volume for equity and index options contracts for November 2006 increased 22.2% to 2.5 million contracts as compared to 2.1 million contracts during the same period in 2005. Total equity and index options volume for the month increased 22.2% to 52.7 million contracts from 43.1 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
Committee On Capital Markets Regulation Recommends Enhancing Shareholder Rights And Curbing Excessive Regulation And Litigation - Interim Report Outlines 32 Recommendations In Four Key Areas To Make U.S. Markets More Competitive

Date 01/12/2006

The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent and bipartisan group comprised of 22 leaders from the investor community, business, finance, law, accounting and academia, yesterday issued its interim report with recommendations for changes in capital markets regulation based on the twin goals of enhancing shareholders rights while reducing excessive and overly burdensome regulation and litigation.
SIFMA Welcomes Committee On Capital Markets Regulation Interim Report

Date 01/12/2006

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) yesterday welcomed the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation Interim Report and called it a constructive contribution to the discussion about ensuring that markets and industry are globally competitive.