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Bursa Malaysia's Dma Wins FOW's 'Best Innovation By An Exchange' Award

Date 03/11/2009

Bursa Malaysia's Direct Market Access (DMA) for derivatives has been named the ‘Best Innovation by An Exchange' by the Futures & Options World (FOW) Awards 2009 under the category of Customer Service, South and Southeast Asia and Australasia. This award recognised excellence in product and services innovation which have proved itself beneficial to the derivatives market. This win, which beat 50 other participants, was selected across all categories and regions.
KCBT Trading Volume Second Largest Ever For Month Of October

Date 02/11/2009

Trading volume in Kansas City Board of Trade’s Hard Red Winter Wheat futures contract and the exchange as a whole during the month of October was the second largest ever for the calendar month.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 02/11/2009

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, November 2, 2009: The shares of Kenrich-Eskay Mining Corp. (TSXVN:KRE) will trade under the new name Eskay Mining Corp. The new ticker symbol will be "ESK" and the new CUSIP number 296437 10 6. There is no consolidation of capital.
CBOE October Daily Volume Averages 4.6 Million Contracts - Down 6% YTD, 21% From All-Time-Record October In 2008

Date 02/11/2009

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today reported that trading volume during October 2009 averaged 4.6 million contracts per day, a decline of 21 percent from October 2008 when average daily volume (ADV) was 5.8 million contracts.Trading volume in October 2009 totaled 101.8 million contracts versus the record 134.2 million contracts traded in October 2008.When compared to September 2009, October total volume rose three percent, while ADV was off two percent.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 02/11/2009

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Petro Andina Resources Inc. (TSX:PAR) have approved the Plan of Arrangement transaction with Pluspetrol Resources Corporation N.V. Petro Andina will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap indices effective after the close of Thursday, November 5, 2009.

October Is Most-Active Trading Month Of 2009, Second-Busiest Ever At CFE - Average Daily Volume Rises 58% Over Year Ago, VIX Futures Set New Monthly Record

Date 02/11/2009

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that October was the most active month of trading during 2009 and the second-busiest ever in CFE history.Average daily volume during October 2009 was 8,548 contracts, a rise of 58 percent over 5,404 contracts per day during October 2008.When compared to 6,858 contracts per day traded during the previous month, average daily volume during October was up 25 percent.
OneChicago Reports October 2009 Volume, Up 2% From October 2008

Date 02/11/2009

OneChicago, LLC today reported that 217,060 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in September 2009, an increase of 2% from October 2008. Year to date volume stands at 2,212,019.
MGEX Reports Strong October Open Interest Growth - SRWI And HRSW Volume

Date 02/11/2009

MGEX (Exchange) today reported a 34 percent increase in October 2009 open interest compared to the previous October. Month end futures and options open interest totaled 52,690 compared to 39,271 in the previous year. Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures and options open interest increased 28 percent to 50,400 compared to 39,246 in October 2008.
ELX Futures Reports Record Volume For October 2009

Date 02/11/2009

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX Futures) announced today record trading volumes in the month of October for its four U.S. Treasury futures products. Since its launch on July 10th, ELX Futures has been gaining volume and market share, and October has turned out to be a breakout month for the new fully regulated electronic exchange.
Boston Options Exchange: PIP Activity, Average Improvement Increase Again In October

Date 02/11/2009

In the month of October, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $3.10 per contract, an increase over September’s $3.05 as well as August’s $2.82.