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CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 01/07/2020

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

BOX Exchange Fee Change – July 2020

Date 01/07/2020

BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX” or “Exchange”) is including long stock strategies to the BOX Fee Schedule. 1 A long stock interest strategy is defined as a transaction done to achieve long stock involving the purchase, sale, and exercise of in-the-money options of the same class.

SIFMA Statement On LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Date 01/07/2020

SIFMA today issued the following statement from SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. on the LOCAL Infrastructure Act:

“SIFMA commends SIFMA commends Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Barrasso (R-WY), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Tom Carper (D-DE) on their commitment to infrastructure investment, seen today with the introduction of the Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure (LOCAL Infrastructure) Act.  This bipartisan, timely legislation reinstates advance refunding, which is a critical tool to help state and local governments lower their interest costs to more easily finance their infrastructure needs, such as schools, roads, and hospitals.  Infrastructure spending is essential, and this legislation is particularly welcome now, when state and local governments are facing unprecedented expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

BOX Exchange Update - Permanent Penny Program Issues

Date 01/07/2020

BOX Exchange (“BOX”) recently distributed RC-2020-21 detailing the implementation of BOX’s Penny Interval Program (the “Program”).

TMX Group Markets Closed Today, July 1, 2020

Date 01/07/2020

The Exchange's markets are closed today, July 1, 2020.

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, June 9-10, 2020

Date 01/07/2020

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 9–10, 2020. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.

OCC June 2020 Total Volume Up Nearly 81 Percent From A Year Ago

Date 01/07/2020

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that June 2020 total cleared contract volume was 693,042,180 contracts, the U.S. equity options industry’s highest month ever – up 80.7 percent from June 2019 volume and beating the previous record of 670,646,998 cleared contracts set in March 2020 by 3.34 percent. Three trading days in June landed within the top five trading days on record, with Friday, June 11 clearing 48,039,191 contracts – the second highest cleared contract volume day in OCC’s history.

MGEX Welcomes June Into The Top-5 Record Book

Date 01/07/2020

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), welcomes June 2020 into the record book as the 5th best month in the Exchange’s history. This is the 6th consecutive June to enter the top-25 record for best overall month. Total exchange volume for the month was 283,477 contracts traded.

Nigerian Stock Exchange: Delay In The Release Of Trading Statistics

Date 01/07/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) today experienced a temporary delay in the release of trading statistics. Please note that this did not affect trading activities as there was seamless trading during the normal hours of 9:30a.m. to 2:30p.m. The glitch has now been resolved and all trading statistics for today have been released.

SIX Trading Key Figures: June 2020

Date 01/07/2020

In June 2020 trading turnover on the Swiss Stock Exchange was up 17.3% compared to the previous month and reached CHF 153.0 billion, while the number of transactions increased by 10.4% to a total of 8,611,342. In comparison with the corresponding period last year, trading turnover was up by 47.3% to reach CHF 1,020.8 billion, while the number of trades rose by 112.1% to a total of 56,418,744. The SMI® rose by 2.2% and reached 10,045.3 points at the end of June.