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FORTS: The Volume Of Open Interest On Gold Options Registered A New Records Of 107452 Contracts

Date 27/05/2008

On May 26th, 2008 FORTS (Futures and options on RTS) registered a new record on the volume of open interest on gold options contracts. At the close of the trading session on May 26th, 2008 the volume of open interest made up 107 452 contracts.
SII Rolls Out Qualifications Regime In Kazakhstan With The Regional Financial Centre Of Almaty

Date 27/05/2008

The Securities & Investment Institute (SII) is for the first time ever working with the Regional Financial Centre of Almaty (RFCA) to establish a qualifications regime for the Kazakhstan financial services industry.
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: May 19th – 23rd, 2008

Date 27/05/2008

For the week of May 19th – 23rd, 2008 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 365,6 billion rubles or 5,6 million contracts. The total open interest on the last day of the week, May 23rd, 2008 reached 432,1 billon rubles or 10,8 million contracts.
TSX Group In Houston

Date 27/05/2008

On Thursday, May 29th, 2008, TSX Group (TSX:X) will hold an information session in Houston, Texas on the benefits of listing on a TSX Group exchange. This session will the second of seven scheduled to take place across the US as part of TSX Group’s 2008 business development campaign to increase US awareness and listings.
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: May 19th – 23rd, 2008

Date 27/05/2008

Over the week of May 19th – 23rd, 2008, RTS Index went down by 1,76% and reached 2435,20 points (2478,87 points as of May 16th, 2008). Leaders of negative impact on RTS Index became ??? "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH), (-26,43 points), JSC "NOVATEK" ordinary shares (NVTK) (-5,97 points), OJSC "OC "Rosneft" ordinary shares (ROSN) (-5,72 points).

S&P Launches New Commodities And Natural Resources Indices - New Equity Indices Provide Investable And Benchmark Exposure To Popular Asset Classes

Date 27/05/2008

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, today announced the launch of two new indices aimed at providing investors with benchmark and investable exposure to the commodities and natural resources sectors.
FFastFill Re-Signs FuturesBetting.Com Following Its Acquisition By London Capital Group

Date 27/05/2008

FFastFill, the leading application service provider for the electronic trading community, is delighted to announce that its contract to provide the spread betting platform for FuturesBetting.com, the Gibraltar based financial spread betting business, has been renewed. This follows the acquisition of FuturesBetting.com by London Capital Group Holdings plc (“LCG”) announced on 27 May 2008.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Implementation Date, Etc. Of Partial Revision Of Tick Size Structure

Date 27/05/2008

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has previously announced that it had passed a resolution on a partial revision of the tick size structure at the board of directors meeting held on January 29, 2008, and that it would implement the revision in the summer of this year.
The Spanish Exchange Has Listed Over 4,000 Warrants So Far This Year, Up 62% From A Year Earlier

Date 27/05/2008

The Spanish Exchange today began trading 135 warrants issued by Société Générale, bringing the total number of warrants listed on the market so far this year to 4,016, up 62% from a year earlier. The new warrants are linked to different types of underlying assets.
Laos, To Set Up “Korean Style” Stock Exchange

Date 27/05/2008

Chairman & CEO of Korea Exchange (KRX), Lee Jung-hwan, received a courtesy call from Saisengli Tengbliachu, Laos’Minister to the Prime Minister’s office and the Chairman of Renovation of State-Owned Enterprises Committee on May 19, and they discussed the plans for the establishment of stock exchange in Laos.