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KCBT Wheat Futures Margin Change - Margins Increased Due To Increased Volatility

Date 18/04/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective today, come as a result of increased market volatility and are as follows: Hard Red Winter Wheat Initial Maintenance
International Securities Exchange Announces Conference Call

Date 18/04/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) announced today that it will host a conference call tomorrow, Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. ISE Management will discuss in more detail a press release to be distributed prior to the call concerning a new product line introduction. All interested parties can listen to a live audio webcast that will be hosted on the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at www.iseoptions.com. An investor presentation that will
IEX Market Has Successful First Year Of Operation - 78% Of Trading Taking Place In Dublin For New Companies With IEX/AIM Dual Listings - 118% Increase In Market Capitalisation Of IEX Since Launch One Year Ago - Six New Companies Join IEX In First Year Of

Date 18/04/2006

On average, 78% of trading in the shares of new companies that joined both IEX and AIM in the past 12 months takes place in Dublin. The capitalisation of the IEX market has more than doubled to €1.17 billion since the market was launched one year ago.
FTSE Xinhua Index Announces Review Results - Changes To Tradable A50, 200 And B35 Indexes - No Changes To FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index

Date 18/04/2006

FTSE Xinhua Index (FXI), the independent China index provider, held its quarterly Index Committee meeting on Tuesday April 11, 2006 to review and approve constituent changes to the FTSE Xinhua Index Series. All these changes will be applied to the index, effective after the close of business on Friday, 21 April 2006 (i.e. on Monday, 24 April 2006).
Euronext.liffe Bclear Service Accelerates Through 10 Million Contracts

Date 18/04/2006

On Tuesday 11 April, trading of equity derivatives futures and options contracts through Euronext.liffe’s Bclear wholesale service exceeded ten million contracts. Since the launch of Bclear on 24 October 2005, a total of 11.8 million contracts have been registered.

Development Of New Middle East Sour Crude Oil Futures Contract Reaches Major Milestone - Sultanate Of Oman And Dubai Mercantile Exchange Agree Next Steps

Date 18/04/2006

The Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG) and the Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) today announced the successful completion of their joint working group's efforts to develop a new Middle East sour crude futures contract. Since signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in February 2006, the two parties have undertaken an intensive analysis of the benefits and implications of developing an Oman-backed physical crude oil futures contract.
CFTC Revises Its Policy Regarding The Listing Of New Futures And Option Contracts By Foreign Boards Of Trade

Date 18/04/2006

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today published in the Federal Register notice of a revision of the Commission’s policy regarding the timeframe for the listing of new futures and option contracts by foreign boards of trade (FBOT) that have received staff no-action relief to provide direct access to their automated trading systems from locations in the United States (Notice). The Notice provides that a FBOT must
CBOT Exchange-Wide Open Interest Tops 15.6 Million Contracts - Precious Metals Complex Sets Fifth Open Interest Record In April

Date 18/04/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that on Monday, April 17, Exchange-wide open interest reached record levels for the third consecutive trading session, climbing to 15,636,208 contracts. The prior record of 15,508,436 contracts was reached on Thursday, April 13. Open interest represents the number of trading positions that have not yet been offset and closed at the end of a trading day.
Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 132, 18 April 2006

Date 18/04/2006

a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre.
Amex Announces SEC Approval Of Two Remote Quoting Plans

Date 18/04/2006

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that it received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for two new classes of Registered Options Traders ("ROTs"): Remote Registered Options Traders ("RROTs") and Supplemental Registered Options Traders ("SROTs").