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Thai Derivatives Volume Almost Doubles In H1/2011

Date 06/07/2011

• Total contracts reach 3.69 mln in the first half
• Daily average volume up 90 pct year-on-year to 30,997 contracts
• Volume seen higher in H2 after extending trading hours
•  Plans to launch crude oil futures in Q4  

Brady Plc: Third New Contract

Date 06/07/2011

Brady, the leading global supplier of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, metals and soft commodities sectors, is pleased to announce that one of its key clients and one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers of oil and gas based in Scandinavia, has expanded the scope of its contract with Brady to add further functionality to its Energy Solution.

EPEX Spot / EEX Power Derivatives: Power Trading Results In June

Date 06/07/2011

In June 2011, a total volume of 114.6 TWh was traded on the Power Spot and Derivatives Market operated by EPEX Spot SE and EEX Power Derivatives respectively (June 2010: 136.4 TWh).

SmartPool Growth Continues With Launch Of Swiss Securities Segment - SmartPool Extends Trading To Swiss Securities - Expanding SmartPool’s Dark Liquidity Base In Europe

Date 06/07/2011

SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P.Morgan and BNP Paribas, today announced that Swiss securities are now available for trading on SmartPool.

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Announces 671 % Growth Year On Year

Date 06/07/2011

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX), the country’s first and only demutualized commodity Futures Exchange, today announced an increase of 671 % from last year. In terms of volume this amounts to Rs 490,515,367,875 in 2010-2011 versus Rs 63,610,332,963 last financial year. The increase in terms of number of lots 1,475,582 were also remarkable and stood at a 365% growth over the same period.  

Saudi Stock Exchange - Tadawul - Statistical Report - First Half 2011

Date 06/07/2011

Click here to download the statistical report for the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) – first half 2011.

Eurex Names New Head Of Its Singapore office

Date 06/07/2011

The international derivatives exchange Eurex announced today the appointment of a new Head of the Singapore Branch Office. As of 15 July 2011, Henk Huitema (48) will succeed Philip Joslin as Chief Representative of Eurex’s Singapore office. Henk Huitema's responsibilities will include the further development of Eurex’s business in the region, in particular in Singapore, India, South Korea and Australia. He will report to Roland Schwinn, Head of Sales Asia & Middle East, based in Eurex's headquarter in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Deutsche Börse: Unscheduled Free Float Adjustment In MDAX - Adjustment For Demag Cranes AG As Of 8 July 2011

Date 06/07/2011

Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of Demag Cranes AG in MDAX. Due to the takeover by Terex Industrial Holding AG, the free float of Demag Cranes AG altered by more than 10 percentage points. According to the guideline to the equity indices the company’s free float will be reduced from the current 100 percent to 27.19 percent.

Estonian Securities Market In The Second Quarter Of 2011

Date 06/07/2011

According to the information released by NASDAQ OMX Tallinn, index OMXT fell to 644.09 points (-12.61%) by the end of Q2. The share prices of 13 companies fell over the course of the quarter, for two companies by more than 20%. The largest downturn was experienced by Baltika (-52.97%) and Merko Ehitus (-21.92%). The market capitalization of NASDAQ OMX Tallinn dropped by -14.8% to EUR 1.51 billion. During the quarter, 15,960 securities transactions were made with the total turnover of EUR 43.2 million. The shares of 15 companies are listed on NASDAQ OMX Tallinn and 31 stock exchange members have access to trading.

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – June 2011

Date 06/07/2011

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 2.7% during June 2011. Many other major markets also fell during the month including Hong Kong down 5.4%, the US down 1.8%, the UK down 0.7%, and Singapore down 1.2%.  In contrast Japan was up 1.3%.