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UBS MTF Trading Notification: Addition Of Czech And Hungarian Equities

Date 09/08/2011

UBS MTF, as of start of trading on Thursday 11^th August 2011, will be accepting orders in Czech and Hungarian equities.
CME Group Announces CFTC Approval Of Increased Daily Price Limits For CBOT Corn Futures And Options

Date 09/08/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had received CFTC approval of its proposal to increase daily price limits for Corn futures and options. As a result, effective trade date Monday, August 22, 2011, daily price limits for CBOT Corn futures, Corn options, and Mini-sized Corn futures will increase to $0.40 per bushel from the current $0.30 per bushel. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of the CBOT.
Options Industry Sets New Daily Volume Record With 41,535,560 Contracts Traded On Monday, August 8, 2011

Date 09/08/2011

OCC announced that a new daily options trading volume record was set on Monday, August 8, 2011 when 41,535,560 contracts were traded. This is 5.07 percent higher than the previous record of 39,530,495 contracts set on August 5, 2011.
ESMA Publishes Updated List Of Measures Adopted By Competent Authorities On Short Selling

Date 09/08/2011

ESMA today published an update regarding the measures taken by EU competent authoritites regarding short selling.
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Recovery And Resolution Plans Consultation

Date 09/08/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published a Consultation Paper (CP) and Discussion Paper (DP) on its proposals for Recovery and Resolution Plans (RRP), required of financial institutions.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 09/08/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 11 August 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Shareholders Of MICEX And RTS Voted For Integration Of The Exchanges

Date 09/08/2011

On August 5, 2011 MICEX and RTS held extraordinary general shareholders meetings. Restructuring of OJSC RTS in form of accession to ZAO MICEX was the main issue on the agenda of these shareholders meetings.
RTS Indices Monthly Review

Date 09/08/2011

Monthly review: July, 2011 (pdf, 279 Кб)
Egyptian Exchange Trading Session Suspended For 30 Minutes

Date 09/08/2011

EGX decided to suspend 09-08-2011 trading session for 30 minutes.
Global Exchanges Merger Talks Abate While Share Prices Slide - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Experienced A 2.5 Per Cent Decrease In July

Date 09/08/2011

Share prices of the world’s largest stock exchanges slid in July, for the third consecutive month, according to the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index. While global merger talks have cooled, for now, it was the southern hemisphere exchanges which managed to see through the month with little impact to their share prices.