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Thai Bourse To Increase Institutional Investors And Market Stability

Date 12/02/2007

To bolster stability, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will increase the proportion of local and foreign institutional investors in the market to 40% in 2007, and 50% in 2009. In separate developments, SET, in conjunction with commercial banks and securities’ firms, will establish 30 ‘cyber (securities) branches’ by end-2007, and will amend certain regulations to facilitate new and existing listings.
Closure Of Bursa Malaysia Berhad - Market Holiday

Date 12/02/2007

Bursa Malaysia Berhad would like to announce that it will be closed in conjunction with the following public holiday.
H-Shares Index And Additional Derivatives Market Data Now Available On HKEx Website

Date 12/02/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has introduced a chart showing the real-time index level and intra-day movement of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI, or H-shares index) on the HKEx website's homepage. The turnover of Hang Seng Index Futures and H-shares Index Futures contracts up to the latest minute has also been added to the website's homepage, and there is a new service on the website that provides intra-day derivatives market data.
Lusaka Stock Exchange 2006 Performance Review

Date 12/02/2007

Click here to download Lusaka Stock Exchange's 2006 performance review.
Clearstream Shows Strong Growth Levels In January 2007

Date 12/02/2007

Clearstream processed 2.45 million international transactions in January 2007, a 15% rise over January 2006 (2.12 million). Of these transactions, 75 percent were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 25 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 3.70 million compared to 3.61 million for the same month last year. Of these transactions 66 percent were stock exchange transactions and 34 percent OTC transactions.

London Stock Exchange Starts 2007 With 61 Per Cent Increase In SETS Activity

Date 12/02/2007

The London Stock Exchange made a very strong start to 2007 with record trading activity across its markets. The number of SETS trades increased 61 per cent on January 2006 to 8.7 million, the highest number of trades ever recorded on the electronic order book in a single month, while the value traded rose by 33 per cent to £156.5 billion. The average daily number of trades on SETS in January increased 54 per cent on last January to 397,215, and the average daily value traded rose by 27 per cent
Dubai Gold And Commodities Exchange Xchange Newswire - February 12, 2007

Date 12/02/2007

Click here to download the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange Xchange Newswire for February 12, 2007.
Merrill Lynch Becomes DIFX Market Maker

Date 12/02/2007

Merrill Lynch and the DIFX today announced that it has agreed to provide continuous buy and sell prices for Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), to provide liquidity in the company’s securities.
London Stock Exchange Statement Re Lapse Of Nasdaq’s Offer

Date 10/02/2007

The Board of the London Stock Exchange welcomes the rejection by shareholders of Nasdaq’s offer. The Exchange looks forward to fulfilling its vision to be the world’s capital market, without the distraction of ill-considered approaches which fail to understand the value of the business.
Final Cash Offers By Nightingale Acquisition Limited (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.) For The Entire Issued And To Be Issued Share Capital Of London Stock Exchange Group Plc - Final Offers Lapsed

Date 10/02/2007

The Board of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”) announces that its Final Offers for London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSE”) have lapsed. As at the date of this announcement Nightingale Acquisition Limited (“NAL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of NASDAQ, owns 61,291,389 LSE Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 28.75 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital of LSE.