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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Margin Change: FCM Customer Initial Margins

Date 02/11/2006

The following initial and maintenance margins apply to non-participant speculative accounts held with FCMs. Non-participants holding hedge based positions may apply for a hedge exemption under Rule 4E.08. The minimum margin level under the hedge exemption is the clearinghouse margin.
Share Increase For Dexia, Rank Group And Xstrata Plc In The S&P European Indices

Date 02/11/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Monday 06 November 2006:
ISE Files Court Action Seeking To End Exclusive Listing Of DJIA And S&P 500 Index Options - Affirmative Ruling Would Benefit Investors And Options Industry

Date 02/11/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) today announced that it has filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to end the exclusive listing of certain index options. ISE has asked the District Court to issue a declaratory judgment holding that ISE does not need a license to list index options on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Ticker: DJX) and S&P 500 Index (Ticker: SPX). Currently, these two actively-traded index options tr
CBOT Full-Sized Gold Futures Surpass 50,000 In Open Interest - Exchange Also Sets Records For Total Metals Complex Open Interest, Mini-Sized Gold Futures Open Interest

Date 02/11/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that open interest in its Full-Sized Gold (100 oz.) futures contract reached a new high mark yesterday, surpassing 50,000 contracts for the first time. The new open interest record, 50,956 contracts, topped the previous record of 48,914 contracts set on October 30, 2006. Additionally on Wednesday, CBOT Full-sized Gold futures reached the second highest volume total on record, as 66,866 contracts were traded.
KCBT Membership Sells For Record $300,000 - Membership Record Comes On Heels Of Annual Volume Records

Date 02/11/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade yesterday set another membership sales record with a sale at $300,000, topping the previous record of $270,000 set on October 10 of this year.

Nordic Derivatives Exchange Monthly Statistics October 2006

Date 02/11/2006

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FFA (Dubai) Limited Opens Office At Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 02/11/2006

FFA (Dubai) Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of Financial Funds Advisors (FFA), one of Lebanon’s leading financial institutions, has been granted a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as an authorised firm in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). FFA (Dubai) Ltd. is the first Lebanese firm to receive a license from the DFSA to operate from within the DIFC.
Program Trading Averaged 28.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Oct. 23-27

Date 02/11/2006

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Oct. 23-27.
CME And Merrill Lynch Launch PIMCO SPTR TRAKRS

Date 02/11/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, announced today the successful launch of the PIMCO(R) StocksPLUS(R) Total Return TRAKRS(SM) product, the twelfth in a series of non-traditional futures products developed jointly with Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER).
NASD Fines EKN Financial Services, Suspends Principals For Securities Registration Violations In Pipe Deals - EKN Suspended From Engaging In PIPE Transactions For Six Months

Date 02/11/2006

NASD has imposed a $200,000 fine against EKN Financial Services Inc. of Woodbury, NY - along with CEO Anthony Ottimo, President Thomas Giugliano, Head Trader William Baker and Financial and Operations Principal Michael Benvenuto - for engaging in improper short selling in connection with three unregistered securities offerings, commonly referred to as PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) deals, and other violations. As part of the settlement, EKN will be suspended for six months from e