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OneChicago Announces June 2014 Trading Volume Up 63% Compared To June 2013 - Year-To-Date Volume Outpacing Record Breaking Year Of 2013 By 10% - Average June Block Trade Size Was 680 (68.000 Share Equivalent)

Date 01/07/2014

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its June 2014 volume of 1,269,074, a 63% increase year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.   

The Options Industry Council Announces Options Volume Dips 1.4 Percent In First Half Of 2014

Date 01/07/2014

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 321,358,397 total options contracts exchanged hands in June, which is 11.03 percent less than the previous June when 361,180,257 contracts were traded.

Cinnober Acquires BOAT From Markit — Independent European Trade Reporting Service Is Here To Stay

Date 01/07/2014

• A seamless transition for clients with no change to the BOAT trade reporting service.
• Independence from exchanges and marketplaces so all Over The Counter (OTC) trading activity remains free from conflicts of interest.
• MiFID-compliant platform for Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) and investment firms to meet their pre-trade quoting and post-trade reporting obligations.
• A future-proof solution for MiFID 2/MiFIR with support for Market Model Typology (MMT) trade reporting standards.
• The only Trade Data Monitor (TDM) recognized by both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and SIX Swiss Exchange.

Athens Stock Exchange: Price Fluctuation Limits For The Turnover Velocity Stocks For July 2014

Date 01/07/2014

The Executive Committee, during today's session, approved the application of price fluctuation limits of ±10%, for July 2014, for the low turnover velocity Stocks of the Main Market (monthly average velocity of last month less or equal to 0.01%) presented in Table 1, according to the ATHEX Board Decision 22.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: June 2014 / H1 2014

Date 01/07/2014

• Trading turnover of CHF 575.0 billion in the first half of 2014 (+6.5% versus the same period in 2013)
• Average trading turnover per day of CHF 4.7 billion]
• Fifth IPO this year: Glarner Kantonalbank now listed on SIX Swiss Exchange  

BOX Price Improvement Activity For June

Date 01/07/2014

In the month of June, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 287,807 per day, which represented a 54% increase over the same period last year. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $479,037 per day, while total savings to investors this month was$10.1MM. With this, BOX has saved investors over $516 MM since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of June was 415,359 contracts, which represented an 11% increase over the same period last year.

New Participant Joins The Swiss Exchange

Date 01/07/2014

The Amman Stock Exchange Index Quarterly Review

Date 01/07/2014

In purpose of ensuring that the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) General Price Index reflects the market performance and the trading activity of the listed companies, Mr. Nader Azar the Acting CEO of the ASE said that the ASE has conducted its periodic quarterly review of the ASE index constituents. By this rebalancing, the activity of listed companies in regard to trading during the last quarter has been reviewed. After that, the ASE has conducted its screening process for all listed companies using the full market capitalization of the companies and the number of trading days during last quarter. It is worth mentioning that these criteria adopted by the ASE are similar to the international practices applied in this field. These criteria are applied in a number of leading international index providers such as the S&P Dow Jones.

BATS Announces Annual Changes To BATS 1000 Index - U.S. Equities Market Benchmark Celebrates Fifth Anniversary - CDW Corporation, News Corporation, And Rite Aid Among The Companies Added To The Index

Date 01/07/2014

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today announced the results of the annual reconstitution of the BATS 1000® Index, a U.S. equities market benchmark, which became effective prior to market open today.

MGEX Reports 5th Best Exchange And Electronic Volume

Date 01/07/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract  Market  (DCM)  and  Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces top five monthly records from June in both total volume and electronic volume. This is the fifth month this year that the Exchange has finished with total volume in the top 25 all-time. All futures and options contracts traded totaled 214,007, a 70 percent increase from June 2013.