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Trading Volume Hit A Record On Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

Date 02/08/2007

On August 2, ZCE’s total trading volume hit a record high of 1,185,904 contracts, breaking the record of 1,104,358 contracts set on October 17, 2006. O the same day, the white sugar contracts traded well and set a volume record of 959,634 contracts.

CBOE Average Daily Volume Tops 4 Million For The First Time - July Is CBOE's Busiest Month Ever With Record Volume Of 87 Million

Date 02/08/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that total volume for the month was 87.2 million contracts, making July 2007 the busiest month ever at CBOE. July's totals topped the previous monthly record, set in March 2007, of 83 million contracts and represented an increase of 64% over the July 2006 total. In addition, four of the top ten busiest days in CBOE's history occurred in July 2007, and July's average daily volume of 4.15 million contracts made it the first month in Exchang

Datamonitor: Financial Services Institutions Turn To Technology To Cope With Upcoming Surge In Market Data

Date 02/08/2007

Financial services institutions (FSIs) are under much pressure to ensure they have appropriate infrastructures in place to handle throughput of rising market data volumes. This is according to a new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor, (DTM.L) “The Growing Significance of Market Data within Financial Markets”. The report investigates the technologies being demanded by the financial markets industry and the strategies they are / will begin to employ to cope with new market

Company Share Changes In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 02/08/2007

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading on Friday August 3, 2007.

Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics – July 2007

Date 02/08/2007

Equity turnover for July was EUR 17,896.71 million; ETF turnover was EUR 59.25 million while that for bonds was EUR 7,376.02 million.

Oslo Børs - Monthly Statistics Derivatives 2007

Date 02/08/2007

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Stock Exchange of Thailand Introduces Thailand’s First-Ever Exchange-Traded Fund

Date 02/08/2007

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and One Asset Management Ltd. have launched ThaiDEX SET50 ETF, Thailand’s first-ever exchange-traded fund (ETF). All systems - trading, payment, settlement and information – and regulations are in place for the IPO from August 21 to 29, 2007. Trading opens on September 6 and both parties are confident that the fund will be well-received by institutional and retail investors.

ICE Futures July 2007 ADV Rises 41Percent To Second Highest ADV - NYBOT ADV Grows 40 Percent - ICE OTC Average Daily Commissions Rise 41 Percent

Date 02/08/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, today reported volume growth in excess of 40% for the month of July in each of the company’s three execution venues compared to July 2006. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE Futures, ICE’s U.K. regulated futures subsidiary, was 543,232 contracts in July 2007, an increase of 40.8% over ADV in July 2006. ADV at the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), ICE’s U.S. regulated futures subsidiary, wa

EEX Trading Results And New Admissions In July

Date 02/08/2007

Electricity trading volume on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in July 2007 totalled 97.5 TWh, compared with 80.4 TWh in July 2006.

Daily Turnover For MICEX Stock Exchange Reaches Its Historical Maximum, 230.18 Billion Rubles

Date 02/08/2007

As a result of trading on the MICEX Stock Exchange held on 1 August 2007, the volume of trading in securities amounted to 230.18 billion rubles (9.01 billion dollars). Transactions concluded in the main trading mode accounted for 68.44 billion rubles, the negotiated deals mode accounted for 22.86 billion rubles, while repos accounted for 138.88 billion rubles. The volume of transactions in stocks (without repos) amounted to 68.89 billion rubles, the volume of transactions in bonds (without re