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CBOE July Volume Rises 28% - New Monthly Trading Records Set In Nasdaq And Russell Products

Date 01/08/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that July trading volume at CBOE was 35,987,001 contracts, 28% higher than the 28,231,303 contracts traded in July 2004. Year-to-date, CBOE's 2005 total volume of 252.5 million contracts is 21% ahead of 2004's YTD volume of 208.9 million contracts. Additionally, two new all-time monthly volume records were set at CBOE during July. In options on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX), 594,563 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 559,12
Bursa Malaysia Announces 372% Increase In Profit, Declares Maiden Interim Dividend And Proposes Measure To Optimise Capital Management

Date 01/08/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) today announced that it posted a net profit of RM44.4 million for the financial period ended 30 June 2005, a 372% increase compared to the net profit of RM9.4 million in the corresponding period last year. Bursa Malaysia also announced that the Board has declared an interim dividend payout of 81.6% of the Group’s net profit, 6.6% higher than its dividend payout policy. In addition, Bursa also announced a proposal to undertake a capital repayment exercise of
BME Spanish Exchanges: In July Equity Trading Hits An All Time High Once Again

Date 01/08/2005

In July trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE reached € 82.14 bn, 47.4% up on the same month in 2004.
Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 117, 1 August 2005

Date 01/08/2005

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
Australian Stock Exchange Selects Cameron Systems For All FIX Connectivity

Date 01/08/2005

The Australian Stock Exchange, in conjunction with Cameron Systems, announced today that ASX has selected the CameronFIX Universal Server platform to provide Financial Information Exchange protocol [FIX] trading connectivity for its Integrated Trading System [ITS]. FIX is the only globally proven protocol trading solution available.

ASX Monthly Trading Statistics

Date 01/08/2005

Click here to download ASX's July trading statistics.
92 Million Contracts Traded On Eurex In July - Turnover Climbs To 731 Million Contracts In The First Seven Months Of 2005

Date 01/08/2005

Eurex, the international derivatives market, traded and settled 92 million contracts in July, a 22 percent rise year on year (July 2004: 75.5 million contracts). 731 million contracts were traded in the first seven months of the year, approximately 16 percent up on the same period last year (628 million contracts). An average of 4.3 million contracts were traded daily in July.
World Sugar Futures Contract Sets New Open Interest High At NYBOT

Date 29/07/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) Sugar No. 11sm futures contract (symbol SB) set a new all-time record for open interest yesterday with 435,023 contracts. The new high replaces the previous record of 429,245 total contracts set on July 27, 2005.
Warsaw Exchange Announces The WIG Index New All-Time High

Date 29/07/2005

The WIG, all-share index, closed at its highest ever level since its launch in April 1991. The market benchmark reached today the new all time high with 30,448.31 points. The previous record was set on July 28, 2005 with 30,239.88.
virt-x Prepares For London Growth With Appointment Of Patricia Lynch To Senior Management Team

Date 29/07/2005

virt-x, the London-based securities exchange and subsidiary of SWX Group, has announced the appointment of industry expert Patricia Lynch to the newly created position of Market Relations and Sales Director. She will also sit on the Executive Committee of virt-x. This expansion of the senior management team follows the recent promotion of Jim Gollan to CEO and Emma Vick to Deputy CEO.