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CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 01/02/2013

The current reports for the week of January 29, 2013 are now available.

NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Celebrates 150 Years With A Bell Ceremony At The NASDAQ MarketSite To Close The Nordic Market At 11:30AM ET

Date 01/02/2013

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NASDAQ OMX Stockholm will celebrate its 150^th Anniversary with a remote Bell Ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square at the time of the Nordic Market Close.

ISE Reports Business Activity For January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

• ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in January with market share of 18.2%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 3.0% of industry volume in January 2013.  

ISDA Response To ESMA Consultation Paper: ‘Guidelines For Establishing Consistent, Efficient And Effective Assessments Of Interoperability Arrangements’

Date 01/02/2013

This letter contains the response of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) to the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) Consultation Paper on Guidelines for establishing consistent, efficient and effective assessments of interoperability arrangements (the “CP”).

SIFMA Issues Quarterly Government Securities Issuance And Rates Forecast For 1Q 2013

Date 01/02/2013

SIFMA today issued its quarterly government securities issuance and rates forecast for the first quarter of 2013. The full report is available at the following link: http://www.sifma.org/govtforecast1q2013/

NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards - Portuguese Stock Exchange Awards Capital Market Performance For The Second Year

Date 01/02/2013

Yesterday night the winning 20 organisations received the NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards in recognition of their contribution to the development of the Portuguese capital markets during 2012. Issuers, brokers, investment banks, analysts, fund managers, law firms and academics were among the winners.

OCC Volume Across All Cleared Products Rose Significantly In January

Date 01/02/2013

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in January reached 365,027,878 contracts. This represents an 8 percent increase from the January 2012 volume of 337,222,938 contracts. OCC’s options and futures volume was up significantly last month, making it the second highest January for OCC cleared contract volume on record behind January 2011. OCC’s stock loan program also reported a strong start to the year.

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 94.6 Billion Euros In January

Date 01/02/2013

Order book turnover on Xetra, the Xetra Frankfurt Specialist trading and Tradegate stood at €94.6 billion in January (January 2012: €107.6 billion). Of the €94.6 billion, €85.5 billion were attributable to Xetra (January 2012: €99.1 billion). €5.2 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt Specialist trading (January 2012: €5.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €3.9 billion in January (January 2012: €3.2 billion).

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

In January 2013, turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland totalled CHF 90.8 billion. This corresponds to a 50.3% increase over the previous month and a plus of 14.6% over January 2012. The number of transactions likewise reported a strong increase, up by 52.0% over the previous month to 2,947,832 and up by 5.9% over January 2012. The SMI gained ground of 8.3% compared to the end of 2012, which represents its biggest advance at the start of a year since 1997.

The Options Industry Council Announces January Options Volume Rises 7.7 Percent On Strongest Volume Since May

Date 01/02/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 361,071,621 total options contracts were traded in January. That is a 7.65 percent increase from January last year when 335,399,999 contracts were traded, and the highest monthly volume since May 2012.