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Instinet To Launch Canadian ATS - ICX To Offer Increased Transaction Speed, Lower Transaction Costs And Improved Investor Performance For The Execution Of Canadian Equities

Date 04/12/2006

Instinet Inc., a global agency broker, today announced its intention to launch ICX (Instinet Canada Cross), an Alternative Trading System (ATS) that will operate as a continuous, electronic auction market for the trading of Canadian exchange-listed securities. ICX, which is expected to launch in 2007 and will be operated by Instinet I-X Limited, a soon-to-be-registered Canadian investment dealer (pending regulatory approval), should improve price discovery in the Canadian equities market through
Jefferies Settles SEC Charges Involving Illegal Gifts And Entertainment - Firm's Sales Trader Lavished Expensive Travel And Other Extravagances To Win Mutual Fund Business

Date 04/12/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged registered broker-dealer Jefferies & Co., Inc., and two executives in connection with approximately $2 million worth of lavish gifts, extravagant travel and entertainment and other illegal gratuities given to win mutual fund trading business. Jefferies, its Director of Equities, Scott Jones, and Kevin Quinn, the firm's former Senior Vice President and equity sales trader, have agreed to the Commission's institution of settled enforcement p
Total Volume At NYBOT Breaks 40 Million Contracts - YTD Options Volume Up 39%

Date 04/12/2006

Total futures and options year-to date (YTD) volume at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, broke through the 40 million contract mark during the month of November, reaching 41,391,710 contracts – up 20% YTD and nearly seven million contracts more than the same period from 2005. The November 2006 monthly volume was 3,646,822 contracts, up 23% versus the November 2005 monthly volume.
NASD Fines Jefferies & Company $5.5 Million For Providing Improper Gifts And Excessive Entertainment To Fidelity Traders - Former Jefferies Trader Kevin Quinn Barred, Supervisor Suspended And Fined

Date 04/12/2006

Washington, D.C. - NASD announced today that it has fined Jefferies & Company, Inc., of New York, $5.5 million for providing more than $1.6 million in improper gifts and entertainment to equity traders employed by FMR Co., Inc., an investment advisor to the Fidelity family of mutual funds, between Sept. 3, 2002, and Oct. 11, 2004. The improper gifts to those Fidelity traders exceeded $600,000 and included private chartered air travel, non-promotional sports-related merchandise and expensive
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Canola Futures Contract Sets Open Interest Record

Date 04/12/2006

The total open interest in canola futures contracts traded on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") set a record level of 99,488 contracts as at the close of business on Friday, December 1, 2006.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 04/12/2006

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 51680,97 points. The previous closing high was 50601,74 on December 1, 2006.
Share Change For Origin Energy Limited In S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 04/12/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006:
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Volume Surges More Than 30 Percent

Date 04/12/2006

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") total volume of trade for November 2006 was 216,794 contracts, representing an increase of 31.6% from November 2005. This is the 18th consecutive month of increased total volume when compared to the same month of the previous year.
CME Achieves New Total And CME Globex Volume Records - Record Open Interest In Interest Rates And Foreign Exchange Also Reached

Date 04/12/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today announced record trading activity at the exchange on Friday, December 1, 2006, with a total of 10,997,315 futures and options on futures contracts traded*. This eclipsed the previous record of 10,675,578 set on September 1, 2005, and was more than double the exchange's average daily volume of 5.3 million contracts for November. Record high electronic trading activity drove much of Friday's volume with 8,035,059 contracts, 73
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces November Volume - PHLX Has Record Monthly Volume For Equity Options

Date 04/12/2006

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in November increased 28.15% when 26,941,072 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 21,022,937 contracts traded. Equity option volume in November increased 1.63% compared to the previous month when 26,510,197 contracts traded. Volume year-to-date was up 72.21% compared to the previous year.