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NYMEX Energy Futures Contracts Set Daily Volume Records On CME Globex®

Date 12/09/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced that it set daily volume records for total NYMEX energy, crude oil, heating oil, and NYMEX miNYTM crude oil futures contracts traded on CME Globex yesterday .
London Stock Exchange Growth Leads Major Exchanges - August SETS Trading Up 50 Per Cent - SETSmm Trading Up 121 Per Cent - IOB Trading Up 94 Per Cent

Date 12/09/2006

Very strong trading during August has underlined the London Stock Exchange's position as the world's fastest growing major equity exchange this year, with 50 per cent growth in the number of trades on SETS during the first eight months of 2006 compared with the same period last year. During August the number of trades on SETS increased 50 per cent year on year to a total of 6.3 million trades, an average of 285,866 trades daily. The value traded on SETS during the month increased 31 per cent
Jamie Farmer, Formerly Of Susquehanna International Group And Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Joins Dow Jones Indexes

Date 12/09/2006

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Jamie Farmer has joined the group as senior director of operations, effective immediately. He brings more than 15 years of expertise in the development of indexes and index-linked products, institutional sales and equity research and marketing to this newly created role.
International Capital Market Association Appoints New Head Of Corporate Communications

Date 12/09/2006

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Allan Malvar as Head of Corporate Communications for the Association. Mr. Malvar joins ICMA from MTS, the European Exchange for government bonds.
ICE Futures Sets Gas Oil Futures Volume And WTI Crude Open Interest Records

Date 12/09/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced new daily trading records for ICE Futures, its regulated futures subsidiary.

HKEx: Change In Senior Executive

Date 12/09/2006

The Board of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has been informed by Mr Patrick Kevin Conroy, Chief Operating Officer, of his decision to return to the United States to pursue his career development by the end of March 2007. A Selection Committee will be formed to identify suitable candidates to fill the vacancy in due course.
Heads Of The Committee Of European Securities Regulators Visits MICEX

Date 12/09/2006

Yesterday, the Chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) Arthur Docters van Leuween and CESR’s Secretary General Fabrice Demarigny have met with the heads of the MICEX Group - the MICEX President Alexander Potemkin and the MICEX Stock Exchange CEO Alexei Rybnikov. The MICEX Group’s leaders familiarized their European guests with the practice of organizing trading on the MICEX, which is Russia’s largest exchange and an important infrastructure component of the Russian
FTSE Licences First European ETF On FTSE RAFI Index

Date 12/09/2006

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider, is delighted to announce that it has licensed XACT Fonder to create a new ETF on the Stockholm Stock Exchange based on the FTSE RAFI Eurozone index - the XACT FTSE RAFI Fundamental Euro.
FTSE Country Classification Reviews - 2006 Results

Date 12/09/2006

Global index provider FTSE Group (“FTSE”) announced today the results of its annual country classification review, the process by which stock markets are classified as either Developed or Emerging markets within the FTSE Global Equity Index Series. Although the FTSE Equity Index Committee has confirmed no changes to the designations of any country, it has added five markets to the Watch List, the first step in a change of designation status. Israel is added for a possible move to Developed s
FORTS: Trading Volume On Futures On Gold Exceeded 24,5 Thousand Contracts

Date 12/09/2006

During September 11, 2006 trading session of FORTS the previous futures trading record on gold was exceeded. By the end of the day the trading volume in futures on gold reached almost 24,6 thousand contracts and 393,9 mln RUR which is a record value. The previous record was registered on August the 30th, when, according to the trading session results, the trading volume reached 22 thousand contracts or 360,1 mln RUR.