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MCX News Letter: January-February 2006

Date 17/04/2006

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Japan's Financial Services Agency Research Review 2005

Date 17/04/2006

Click here to view Japan's Financial Services Agency research review for 2005.
ICE Futures Sets Date Of April 21 To List New Heating Oil And Unleaded Gasoline Futures Contracts

Date 17/04/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that it has set a date of Friday, April 21, to list the newest electronically traded contracts at its regulated futures business unit, ICE Futures. The new cash-settled markets include ICE New York Harbor Unleaded Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) Futures and ICE New York Harbor Heating Oil Futures, as well as three spreads or “cracks” on new and existing contracts.
Dow Jones Indexes, Egypt's Stock Exchanges To Launch Blue Chip Index

Date 17/04/2006

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE) launched, on 12 April 2006, the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index. The blue-chip index measuring the performance of the Egyptian stock market follows the transparent and objective methodology of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index. The index includes 20 leading Egyptian stocks ranked by free-float market capitalization, sales/revenue and net income.
CBOE Seat Sells For New Record Of 1.25 Million Dollars

Date 17/04/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that a seat, or membership, was bought today at a price of $1,250,000. This is a new record seat price at CBOE, surpassing the previous high of $1,150,000, set on March 24, 2006. Today's seat sale was the twenty-sixth of the year and the thirteenth seat that was sold for at least one million dollars during 2006. The high seat sale for 2005 was $875,000.

CBOE Futures Exchange Open Interest Reaches New Milestone - Tops 30,000 Contracts For The First Time

Date 17/04/2006

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced today that total exchange open interest stood at 31,433 contracts at the close of trading on Wednesday, April 12. This marked the first time ever that open interest has surpassed the 30,000-contract level at CFE. Open interest in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index, "VIX," also reached a new high on Wednesday, April 12 of 29,921 contracts. Open interest refers to the number of outstanding contracts in the exchange market or in a particular contract
Bursa Malaysia Aims To Launch Single Stock Futures On 28 April 2006

Date 17/04/2006

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) is targeting to launch the first tranche of Single Stock Futures (SSFs) on 28 April 2006. The initial ten SSFs to begin trading on launch day are: No. Short Name
Warsaw SE Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 13/04/2006

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 42018,42 points. The previous closing high was 41823,15 on April 7, 2006.
TSX Group Announces FIX Gateway Is In Production

Date 13/04/2006

TSX Group Inc. announced that the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) gateway is in production and the testing and certification process for Participating Organizations has begun. “We see this as an important step in the evolution of trading on Toronto Stock Exchange,” said Robert Fotheringham, Vice-President of Trading, TSX Group.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 13/04/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday April 13, 2006: Corridor Resources Inc. (TSXVN:CDH) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol.