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Tokyo Commodity Exchange Crude Oil Rose To 70,170 Yen Per Kiloliter - 5 Year High

Date 24/12/2013

The May 2014 Crude Oil futures contract (most active/back contract month) temporarily marked70,170 yen per kiloliter during today’s session. It is the highest since September 9, 2008 (5 years and 3 months). The type of crude oil traded on TOCOM is the Middle East crude oil whose benchmark is the average value of Dubai and Oman.

Lahore Stock Exchange Closed On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 -Quaid-E-Azam” Day

Date 24/12/2013

Lahore Stock Exchange will remain closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 on account of Quaid-E-Azam” day. 

Lahore Stock Exchange Positions Itself As A Socially Responsible Stock Exchange By Educating The Unlisted Sector Of The Economy

Date 24/12/2013

The Lahore Stock Exchange has been the first exchange to introduce a structured program that associates LSE to the potential unlisted enterprises across Pakistan. This initiative has been inducted under the Department of Corporate Communications, titled as The Capital Raising Program that targets the unlisted sector on scheduled basis as part of its core functions.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Adjusts Corn Delivery Quality Standards - Adapting To Changes On The Spot Market, Meeting Enterprises’ Demands For Hedging - Amendments To Come Into Effect As Of The Listing Of The New Contract

Date 24/12/2013

Amman Stock Exchange Christmas Holiday

Date 24/12/2013

On the occasion of Christmas Holiday , there will be no trading at the Amman Stock Exchange on Wednesday December 25, 2013.

Bursa Malaysia Securities Sector Update: Infortech Alliance Berhad

Date 24/12/2013

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) has decided to update the classification of sector for INFORTECH ALLIANCE BERHAD to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Thursday, 26 December 2013. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Revising The Delivery Quality Standards Of The Corn Futures Contracts

Date 24/12/2013

To further reflect the spot goods and enhance the futures market’s capacity for serving the real economy, after the deliberation and approval of the board of directors and reporting to China Securities Regulatory Commission, Dalian Commodity Exchange has amended the Annex 11 of “Corn Delivery Quality Standards of Dalian Commodity Exchange” to the “Detailed Rules for Delivery of Dalian Commodity Exchange”, having revised up the unit weight indicators of the standard product and the alternatives as well as the discount amounts for the unit weights of the alternatives and the moldy grains. The amendment to the rules is hereby issued and the revised rules shall come into effect from the C1501 Contract.

Moscow Exchange: Initial Margin Requirements On The Derivatives Market To Be Changed For The New Year Holiday"s Period

Date 24/12/2013

The Derivatives market and Standard sector increase initial margin requirements for the period of New Year holidays.

Japan Exchange Group: The FFW Changes For JPX-Nikkei Index 400

Date 24/12/2013

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Nikkei Inc. will start to calculate “JPX-Nikkei Index 400” from January 6, 2014. The FFW ratios following cap-adjustment for the constituents are as follows which will be (or were) changed after the release on November 25 until January 6, 2014.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Holds “Seminar On Institution Innovation In Bulk Commodities” - Deepening Service For Institutional Investors, Improving Financial Sector’s Capacity For Connecting With Industries

Date 24/12/2013

In order to adequately foster institutional investors, deepen the market service of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for the public funds and other financial institutions and promote the effective connection between the financial institutions and the industries, on December 18, DCE joined hands with Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) to hold the “Seminar on Institution Innovation in Bulk Commodities” in Dalian. The seminar was mainly held for the public funds and other financial institutions, who discussed the participation patterns and market positioning of the institutional investors on the commodity futures market, studied the directions of the financial sector boosting the real economy in the process of institutionalization of the investors of the commodity futures market and compared notes on the functions and market guidance of the exchanges against the backdrop of the era of great assets management.