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ICEX News & Views, 30 August 2006 - Volume 6, Issue 16

Date 30/08/2006

FTSE September 2006 Index Reviews

Date 30/08/2006

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider, will announce the regular quarterly changes to the FTSE UK Index Series (including the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share indices) after UK market close, on Wednesday 6th September 2006.

Euronext Delivers Robust First Half 2006 Results: Strong Top Line Growth

Date 30/08/2006

Revenues: €557.7m, up 20.9% on H1, 2005 Net Profit: €193.7m, up 97% EPS of €1.73, up 99% Euronext NV reports today a strong set of results for the first six months of 2006. Record revenues for the second quarter of the year enabled Euronext to achieve half-year revenues of €557.7m, up 20.9%, compared to the same period in 2005.

EEX: Intraday Trading Scheduled To Start On September 25, 2006

Date 30/08/2006

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will start its Intraday Market on September 25, 2006, subject to the approval of the exchange council on September 22, 2006. The exchange is highly content with the progression of a first simulation, which took place in August and which has seen a total of 60 companies participating. A second and final simulation is scheduled to start on September 4, 2006, and will terminate on September 15, 2006.

Dow Jones Indexes & JS Group To Launch Islamic Index For Pakistan

Date 30/08/2006

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and JS Group, Pakistan’s premier financial group, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones-JS Pakistan Islamic Index. The index measures the performance of companies in the Pakistani stock market that pass screens for compliance with Islamic principles.

CFTC Staff Allows Mexican Derivatives Exchange’s Futures Contract Based on the Mexican Stock Exchange’s IPC Index to Be Offered and Sold in the United States

Date 30/08/2006

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on August 24, 2006, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of the Mexican Derivatives Exchange’s (MexDer’s) futures contract based on the Mexican Stock Exchange’s Price and Quotation Index (IPC).

CBOT Achieves Highest Daily Volume Total In Exchange History

Date 30/08/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that yesterday the Exchange experienced its highest daily trading volume in its 158-year history. Total Exchange volume was 6,522,607 contracts, surpassing the previous all-time record of 6,003,976 contracts set on November 29, 2005. Yesterday’s total marks the second time total CBOT volume topped six million contracts.

CBOT Achieves Highest Daily Volume Total In Exchange History

Date 30/08/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that yesterday the Exchange experienced its highest daily trading volume in its 158-year history.  Total Exchange volume was 6,522,607 contracts, surpassing the previous all-time record of 6,003,976 contracts set on November 29, 2005.  Yesterday’s total marks the second time total CBOT volume topped six million contracts.

Bursa Malaysia Announces New Appointments

Date 30/08/2006

Bursa Malaysia Berhad has appointed Nadzirah Abdul Rashid as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 1 September 2006.

August 2006 “Market’s Measure” - Preliminary Report - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes And STOXX Ltd. On The Performance Of U.S., European, Asia And Other Global Stock Market Indexes

Date 30/08/2006

Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 1.65% Gain in AUGUST, European Stocks Gain 1.98%, Asia Rises 0.76% and World Equities Rise by 2.84% Technology Sector Posts Biggest Gain for August in U.S., Asia & Worldwide Oil & Gas Sector Takes the Hardest Hit for August in U.S., Europe, Asia & Worldwide