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Minneapolis Grain Exchange Announces Fiscal Year Volume Record

Date 01/09/2006

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX or Exchange) announced today that it has established a new fiscal year trading volume record. Trading volume for the Exchange totaled 1,622,090 contracts for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, which ended August 31. The previous record was set in 2005 when 1,451,150 contracts traded.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 01/09/2006

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KCBT Sets New All-time Monthly Volume Record - Volume Traded In August Tops 600,000 Contracts For First Time

Date 01/09/2006

Trading volume in August at the Kansas City Board of Trade was the largest ever in the history of the exchange, topping 600,000 contracts for the first time.

JADE Confirms Salient Features of TSR 20 Rubber Futures Contract

Date 01/09/2006

Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) is pleased to confirm the key features of its first product, Technically Specified Rubber 20 Futures Contract (TSR 20 Rubber), which is targeted for launch by September 25, 2006.

ISE Reports Monthly Volume For August 2006 - Average Daily Volume Of 2.0 Million Contracts, Up 32.2% From August 2005

Date 01/09/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) today reported that average daily trading volume for equity and index options contracts for August 2006 increased 32.2% to 2.0 million contracts as compared to 1.5 million contracts during the same period in 2005. Total equity and index options volume for the month increased 32.2% to 47.1 million contracts from 35.6 million contracts in the same year-ago period.

ISE Adopts New Holding Company Structure

Date 01/09/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) announced today that it has adopted a new holding company structure and has formed a new parent company, International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. (ISE Holdings).

HKEx Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting Proceedings And Suspensions - As At 31 August 2006

Date 01/09/2006

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FTSE Global Markets Issue 15 - September/October 2006

Date 01/09/2006

The new issue of FTSE Global Markets magazine is now available from www.ftse.com.

Euroclear’s ‘Single Settlement Engine’ Successfully Launched In CRESTCo For The UK And Irish Markets

Date 01/09/2006

Euroclear has successfully launched the second phase of its Single Settlement Engine (SSE) last weekend for CRESTCo, the central securities depository (CSD) for Irish equities and UK securities. CREST’s significant transaction volumes are now being processed through the SSE.

Eurex Trading Volume Up 19 Percent In August To 107 Million Contracts - Equity-Based Derivatives Again More Heavily Traded Than Fixed-Income Derivatives - Total Volume In 2006 To Date Exceeds 1 Billion Contracts, Up 26 Percent Year On Year

Date 01/09/2006

A total of approximately 107 million derivative contracts were traded on Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, in August. This represents a 19 percent increase on the previous year (August 2005: 90 million contracts). Furthermore, this brings the total number of contracts traded in 2006 to over one billion (1.04 billion), an increase of approximately 26 percent on the same period in 2005. Average daily trading volume at Eurex currently stands at 6 million contracts.