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MCX Weekly Market Report: August 05, 2011 – August 11, 2011

Date 12/08/2011

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ZCE Adjusted Expense Standard For In And Out Of The Appointed Delivery Warehouse

Date 12/08/2011

On July 15, 2011, according to Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Futures Delivery Rules, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) published the expense standard for in/out the appointed delivery warehouse of 2011/2012 early rice futures delivery (as shown in the following). It took effect on August 1st, 2011.

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Circuit Breaker Level For Rice Futures For The Clearing Period Of August 15, 2011 - Night Session On August 12 And Day Session On August 15

Date 12/08/2011

Click here to download the Tokyo Grain Exchange's circuit breaker levels for rice futures for the clearing period of August 15, 2011.

ASIC Pushes For Greater CFD Disclosure

Date 12/08/2011

ASIC today released new disclosure benchmarks for contracts for difference (CFDs) that aim to improve disclosure and investor awareness about risks of these products. 

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Adjusted The Premiums And Discounts Of Early Rice Appointed Delivery Warehouse

Date 12/08/2011

On July 15, 2011, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) announced, the premiums and discounts of early rice warehouse receipt, registered in Wuhan Dahualing Grain Reserve Warehouse, were adjusted from -40 yuan/ton to 0 yuan/ton. The registered receipts took effect on August 1st, 2012.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 11/08/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) has completed a common share issuance resulting from an incentive invitation in connection with convertible bonds. The relative weight of First Quantum will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX 60, 60 Capped and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals and the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend indices to reflect this issuance of First Quantum shares. There will be no change to the weight First Quantum in the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Base Metals or the S&P/TSX 60 130/30 Strategy Index. These changes will be effective after close on Thursday, August 18, 2011.

ESMA Promotes Harmonised Regulatory Action On Short-Selling In The EU

Date 11/08/2011

European financial markets have been very volatile over recent weeks. The developments have raised concerns for securities markets regulators across the European Union.

Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index

Date 11/08/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index.

CFTC Charges Blue Sky Capital Management Corp. And Gregory M. Schneider With Making False Statements To The National Futures Association

Date 11/08/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a complaint charging Blue Sky Capital Management Corp. (Blue Sky) of Lebanon, Tenn., and its principal,Gregory M. Schneider of Mount Juliet, Tenn. The CFTC alleges they made false statements to the National Futures Association (NFA), the futures industry self-regulatory organization, which operates under CFTC oversight.

Program Trading Averaged 29.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 1-5

Date 11/08/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Aug. 1-5.