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All-Time-High In Number Of Trades On The Helsinki Stock Exchange

Date 23/05/2006

The number of trades on the Helsinki Stock Exchange reached an all-time-high on May 22 amounting to 57,562 (previous record: 57,247 on May 18, 2006).

Tokyo Stock Exchange Monthly Short Selling Value

Date 22/05/2006

Click here to download Tokyo Stock Exchange's monthly short selling value for April.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Observe Memorial Day With A Special Opening Bell Ceremony

Date 22/05/2006

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange will observe Memorial Day on Friday, May 26 at 9:20 a.m. by honoring the members of the armed services, past and present, with a special bell-ringing ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel Marc Ferraro, of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and Commander of the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division, will ring the opening bell. Soprano Rachael Garcia, of the Curtis Institute of Music, will sing “God Bless America.”

Taiwan Stock Exchange Major Statistics And Economic Indicators

Date 22/05/2006

Click here to download Taiwan Stock Exchange major statistics and economic indicators for April 2006.

Statement By Euronext In Advance Of Annual General Meeting - Euronext: NYSE Currently Seen As Most Attractive Combination

Date 22/05/2006

The Supervisory Board of Euronext met this afternoon in preparation for the Annual General Meeting of shareholders tomorrow.

SGX Offers Open-Access Hub For Post-Trade Services

Date 22/05/2006

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is pleased to introduce an innovative open-access hub, SGX Prime, for brokers, depository agents and other market participants to engage in post-trade services. Scheduled for roll-out by end of 2006, SGX Prime serves as a centralised and flexible hub, offering a choice of connectivity options to SGX clearing and depository systems.

SEC Orders Crowell, Weedon To Comply With Anti-Money Laundering Law

Date 22/05/2006

In its first-ever enforcement action under the USA PATRIOT Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has sanctioned Los Angeles broker-dealer Crowell, Weedon & Co. for failing properly to document its customer identification program. The USA PATRIOT Act seeks to protect the U.S. financial system from money laundering and terrorist financing by, among other things, requiring broker-dealers to implement and document identity verification procedures for all new accounts.

OMX Signs Contract With Dubai Financial Market To Deliver New Trading System

Date 22/05/2006

OMX, a leading expert in the exchange industry, has signed a contract with Dubai Financial Market, DFM, in the United Arab Emirates, to provide a new trading system in order to enhance DFM’s IT infrastructure.

NYSE Group, Inc. Proposes Historic Business Combination With Euronext N.V. - NYSE Euronext Will Be A Truly Global Marketplace

Date 22/05/2006

“On behalf of the NYSE Group Board of Directors, I would like to thank the leadership of Euronext  for the time spent to discuss and consider this historic business combination, which will transform the global financial marketplace. This transaction will produce significant synergies, outstanding value and growth opportunities, as well as tremendous benefits to all of our stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, employees, issuers and investors.”

NASDAQ Introduces New Data Product With Ability To Measure "Electronic Market Noise" - Market Analytix Designed To Give Investors Equal Access To Unique Market Insight

Date 22/05/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced it has unveiled NASDAQ Market Velocity, a real time product that detects the level of market activity in NASDAQ stocks and alerts traders to events before they appear in price and volume information. Market Velocity is one of four products included in NASDAQ Market AnalytixTM (NASDAQ MAXTM), a package of real-time and near-real-time data products that provide a new level of transparency to trading activity in NASDAQ trading systems.