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  • Brazilian Bonds Compete For Space On The e-platforms Of The Global Money Market

    Date 03/10/2006

    The global futures and options market grew by 312% from the turn of the century to early 2006 according to a study published by the Futures Industry Association (FIA). The most optimistic lecturers at the 2005 FIA expo and conference celebrating FIA’s 50th anniversary, which was held in Chicago in November 2005, took it a step further by asserting that the derivatives markets could double every three years.

  • NYBOT 2006 Options Trading YTD Breaks 2005 All Time Annual Record - Total Volume At NYBOT Up 21% YTD

    Date 03/10/2006

    The big volume story in the first nine months of 2006 at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, is options trading. Total options on futures trading year-to-date [YTD]) of 9,159,123 contracts has broken the previous all time annual volume record of 8,932,169 established in 2005. Options are currently running 44% ahead of last year’s pace. The overall exchange volume through September 2006 stands at 34,536,655 futures and options contracts, a 21%

  • American Stock Exchange Publishes Amex Steel Index And Amex Environmental Services Index

    Date 03/10/2006

    The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that it has begun publishing two new indexes, the Amex Steel Index (Ticker Symbol: STEEL) and the Amex Environmental Services Index (Ticker Symbol: AXENV).

  • NYMEX Sets Annual Volume Records

    Date 03/10/2006

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced that it has set annual volume records for many of its energy and metals contracts as of September 29.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

    Date 03/10/2006

    Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The unitholders of Esprit Energy Trust (TSX:EEE.UN) have approved the merger with Pengrowth Energy Trust (TSX:PGF.UN). Esprit Energy Trust will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Capped Energy and Capped Energy Trust and the S&P/TSX Income Trust indices. The relative weight of Pengrowth Energy Trust will be adjusted in the same indices to reflec