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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
TSX Group Returning To China - China Road Show Includes Seminars, Key Meetings And Mining Conference

Date 02/11/2006

Richard Nadeau, Senior Vice President of Toronto Stock Exchange, will lead the latest trip to China, from November 6th to the 20th. Mr. Nadeau will hold a series of meetings and seminars across China with the aim of raising awareness of Canada’s capital markets and attracting international listings. He will also be a speaker at the China Mining Conference.
The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded € 912.70 Bn To October,7.6% More Than In All 2005

Date 02/11/2006

Record high for equities trading: in October the value of trading on SIBE was € 115.02 bn posting year on year increase of 40.6% Record high for Corporate Debt trading: in October the value of trading reached € 98.09 bn. The value of trading on Latibex in October came in at € 57 million, 15% more than in the same month last year. The valur of trading on the ETF segment was € 374 million in October, 18% up on the previous month. Trading on MEFF in October was 3.3 milli
Deutsche Börse Launches Exchange Traded Commodities On Xetra - ETF Securities Ltd. Lists 31 ETCs Tracking A Broad Range Of Commodities - ETCs Complement Deutsche Börse's Extensive Exchange Traded Funds Offering

Date 02/11/2006

Deutsche Börse today announced that it will start trading exchange traded commodities (ETCs) on its electronic trading platform Xetra. On November 3, ETF Securities Ltd. will list 31 ETC products, comprising 21 individual securities and 10 index securities, which will offer investors direct access to key commodity groups. Two of the new ETC products are oil trackers backed by the Shell Group of companies and the remaining 29 products track commodity indices published by Dow Jones Indexes, the