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LME Announces Record Full Year Exchange Volumes For 2005

Date 12/01/2006

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has today announced its annual volume figures for 2005. The results reveal another record year for the Exchange with over 78 million lots traded, an increase of 9.3% overall on 2004 figures. At today’s prices, total Exchange traded volume is worth over $4,500 billion.

Financial markets: Third Meeting Of The European Inter-institutional Monitoring Group

Date 12/01/2006

The third meeting of the Inter-institutional Monitoring Group (IIMG) was held on 20 December 2005. At this meeting, the Monitoring Group heard from a number of stakeholders closely involved in the Lamfalussy process. The meeting also focused on the main aspects to be covered by the first interim IIMG report. The Monitoring Group was re-established in 2005 (see

EEX: 2005 Best Year Of Trading Since Establishment

Date 12/01/2006

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) managed to con-tinue the positive trend in trading without any abatement and can now look back on its most successful year so far: A total of 602 TWh was traded on the EEX Spot and De-rivatives Market for power during the year 2005. This corresponds to an increase of 52 per cent compared to the volume of 397 TWh achieved during the preceding year.

Clearstream Sees Strong Growth At The End Of 2005

Date 12/01/2006

Clearstream experienced strong growth in all of its main business areas throughout 2005. During December the core business areas grew with the number of monthly international transactions processed rising 19 percent at 1.81 million (December 2004: 1.52 million). Of these transactions, 78 percent are Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 22 percent are registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany increased 14 percent reaching 2.96 million compared to 2.

Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Breaking New Records

Date 12/01/2006

CASE has witnessed a robust performance on 12 January 2006, recording a trading value exceeding LE 2.250 billion for the first time in CASE history. This in turn has affected positively CASE 30 Index which broke the threshold of 7000 points for the first time since its inception to close at 7357 points, rising up by 6.1% compared to the previous day. Likewise, the market capitalization soared to reach LE 497 billion.

Bursa Malaysia And FTSE Group Sign Agreement To Create Indices For Malaysian Market

Date 12/01/2006

Bursa Malaysia and FTSE Group, the award-winning index provider, today announced that they have signed a co-operation agreement to create a new series of equity indices for Malaysia. At launch, the series will include domestic indices and will be expanded in time to include other indices. Bursa Malaysia and FTSE are confident that the series of new indices will attract both domestic and international investors with an interest in Malaysian stocks. The indices will be suitable for a range of inde

Borsa Italiana's S&P/MIB Index Reached New All-Time High

Date 12/01/2006

Today, S&P/MIB index reached the new all-time high (since its introduction in June 2003) with 36,661 points.

Barclays Capital Becomes First Bank To Offer Electronic CME Eurodollar Options

Date 12/01/2006

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC, and CME, the world’s largest and most diverse financial exchange, announced today that CME Eurodollar options strategies functionality is now available through Barclays Capital’s electronic trading system, BARX. Barclays Capital is the first bank to offer electronic execution of CME Eurodollar options on its electronic trading system.

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. To Release Fourth Quarter And 2005 Year End Results On January 31

Date 12/01/2006

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX), owner and operator of the Archipelago Exchange(SM) (ArcaEx(R)), will release its results for the fourth quarter of 2005 on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. ET and will hold a conference call at approximately 4:30 p.m. ET to review the results with the investment community.

"BARS Finance" Investment Company Joins RTS T+0 Market

Date 12/01/2006

Effective January 12th, 2006, "BARS Finance" Investment Company joins RTS T+0 Market.