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Two Minneapolis Grain Exchange Memberships Sell For $80,000

Date 13/02/2007

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX or Exchange) announced today that two memberships sold yesterday at a record price of $80,000. These were the fifth and sixth memberships sold in the month of February, with all of them selling above $75,000.
KCBT Presidents' Day Holiday Schedule - Schedule For Days Surrounding Presidents' Day Holiday

Date 13/02/2007

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Presidents' Day holiday on Monday, February 19, 2007. Friday, February 16 Normal trading hours
NYMEX to Change Margins For Natural Swing Swap Futures Contracts

Date 13/02/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for some of its natural gas swing swap futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
EEX Trading Results And New Admissions In January

Date 13/02/2007

In January 2007, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) saw a total volume in electricity trading of the amount of 116.4 TWh (same month last year: 113.3 TWh).
Nomura Closes Instinet Acquisition, Announces New Board Of Directors

Date 13/02/2007

Nomura Holdings, Inc. on February 2 announced that it has closed its acquisition of Instinet Inc. for a final price of US$1.2 billion. Nomura also announced a new board of directors at Instinet as outlined below.

EEX: First Market Makers For Gas Trading On The Exchange Now Established

Date 13/02/2007

In the course of a meeting between European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and potential market makers last Friday, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, Elec-trabel S.A. Belgium, Essent Energy Trading B.V. and RWE Trading GmbH announced that they will be available as market makers for the E.ON Gastransport H-gas market area. In addition, Electrabel S.A. Belgium, Essent Energy Trading B.V. and RWE Trad-ing GmbH will also offer market making for the BEB H-gas market area. Moreover, Ac-togas GmbH, EDF Trading Limited and
Rydex Launches Currencyshares(sm) Japanese Yen Trust On The NYSE - First ETF To Track Price Movements Of The Japanese Yen

Date 13/02/2007

The NYSE Group today announced that thefirst yen-based exchange traded fund, the CurrencyShares(SM) Japanese Yen Trust (NYSE: FXY) began trading on the NYSE. One of eight currency-based ETFs sponsored by Rydex, CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust tracks the daily price movement of the yen.
NYMEX Sets Daily Vloume Record For Energy Futures On CME Globex®

Date 13/02/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced today that it set a daily volume records for heating oil futures on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.
NYSE Arca Options Sets Electronic Trading Volume Record - Electronic Volume Up Over 45% Since January 2007 - NYSE Arca’s Electronic Market Share Increased Over 85% In The Pilot Issues Since The Introduction Of The Penny Pilot

Date 13/02/2007

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) announced today that NYSE Arca Options, a new platform for trading options from the NYSE Group, reached an all time high trading 531,442 electronic contracts on Fri., Feb. 9. Friday’s volume surpassed the previous Jan. 19, 2007 record of 467,477 and also marked a 45% increase over January’s average daily electronic volume which was 380,142.
New Member Berenberg Bank Is Wiener Börse's 1,000th Trader

Date 13/02/2007

Wiener Börse has two reasons to celebrate today: With the connection of this year’s first new trading member to the exchange – Hamburger Privatbank Berenberg Bank (full company name: Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG) – the 1,000th direct trading member is joining Wiener Börse. Thus, the trend of rising trading membership in Wiener Börse by mostly international trading firms is unbroken this year: 34 of the currently 74 members admitted to trading on Wiener Börse are international investment f