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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 28/06/2013

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) has announced that all necessary approvals have been received to close its acquisition of Astral Media Inc. (TSX:ACM.A). Astral Media Non-Voting Class A shareholders will receive $CDN50.00 cash for each share held. 

NASDAQ Closing Cross Calculates U.S. Russell Indexes For The Tenth Consecutive Year For Russell's Annual Reconstitution

Date 28/06/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the NASDAQ Closing Cross was used for the tenth consecutive year to rebalance NASDAQ-listed securities in the entire family of U.S. Russell indexes during their annual reconstitution. Approximately 696.5 million shares representing $14.1 billion were executed in the NASDAQ Closing Cross in 1.7 seconds across some 2,271 NASDAQ-listed stocks.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For The Week Ended 28th June, 2013

Date 28/06/2013

A turnover of 2.456 billion shares worth of N24.230 billion in 33,402 deals were traded this week  by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.631 billion shares valued at N21.680 billion that exchanged hands last week in 30,952 deals. The Financial Services sector (measured by volume) led the activity chart with a turnover of 1.434 billion shares valued at N14.740 billion traded in 19,063 deals. The Financial Services sector represented 58.39%, 60.83% and 57.07% of the total traded volume, value and deals respectively.

BATS 1000 Index Rebounds, Up 1.0% This Week

Date 28/06/2013

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and  Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) advanced 183.70 points, or 1.0% this week to close at 18,027.64 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close today. 

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 28/06/2013

The updated current reports for the week of June 25, 2013 are now available.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-29: EdgeRisk Ports Now Available

Date 28/06/2013

As announced in Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-19, EdgeRisk PortsSM is a new risk mitigation service offering Members and non-Member service bureaus dedicated logical test ports to evaluate the readiness of their systems that connect to EDGA Exchange (EDGA®) and EDGX Exchange (EDGX®).  

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief Permitting Part 45 And Part 46 Reporting Counterparties To Mask Legal Entity Identifiers, Other Enumerated Identifiers And Other Identifying Terms, And Permitting Part 20 Reporting Entities To Mask Identifying Information, In Certain Enumerated Jurisdictions

Date 28/06/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) issued a letter providing reporting parties under Parts 20, 45 and 46 of the Commission’s regulations with time-limited no-action relief from requirements to report certain identifying information regarding their counterparties in specific jurisdictions. The Division’s no-action letter addresses Legal Entity Identifiers, other identifying swap data fields pursuant to Parts 45 and 46 and large swap trader counterparty identification information pursuant to Part 20. To avail themselves of the relief, reporting parties must first meet specific criteria set forth in the no-action letter, and must also comply with certain conditions attached to the relief. The no-action letter permits reporting parties to fulfill their reporting obligations while acknowledging privacy, secrecy and blocking laws in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions, provided that specific conditions are met. The relief expires no later than June 30, 2014.

CME Group Announces Daily Volume Record In Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options

Date 28/06/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it reached a daily volume record for its Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options yesterday, June 27, of 35,355 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 24,388 contracts on June 18.

OneChicago Holiday Notice – Independence Day July 4th

Date 28/06/2013

In observance of the Independence Day Holiday, July 4th, OneChicago (OCX) will follow the schedule below, which is consistent with U.S. equity markets.

SIFMA Commends Rep. Price, Senator Roberts On Protecting U.S. From Foreign FTTs

Date 28/06/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from Judd Gregg, CEO, after Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced legislation in their respective chambers that would make clear that foreign governments have no ability or right to tax private securities transactions within the United States.