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Refinitiv: A Weak In The Pound? Performance Of £ Sterling Vs US $ In Week Following New UK Prime Ministers Since 1976

Date 01/08/2019

With the pound falling below $1.21 and ahead of the Bank of England interest rates decision this morning, Refinitiv have looked back over currency data from 1976 to explore how pound sterling has performed in the markets a week, or 5 working days, following the appointment of a new UK Prime Minister.

Moscow Exchange Will Change Lot Size On The Stock Market From September 2, 2019

Date 01/08/2019

Moscow Exchange will change the lot size on the stock market from September 2, 2019 for the following share:

Bursa Malaysia Announces Rm93.2 Million Profit After Tax And Minority Interest For The First Half Of 2019

Date 01/08/2019

• PATAMI at RM93.2 million, decreased by 23.6%
• Annualised Return on Equity at 21%, decreased by 7 percentage points
• Basic earnings per share at 11.5 sen, decreased by 3.6 sen
• Operating revenue at RM240.0 million, decreased by 14.0%
• Operating expenses at RM122.6 million, decreased marginally by 0.7%
• Cost-to-income ratio at 49%, increased by 7 percentage points
• Average daily trading value for Securities Market’s on-market trades at RM2.0 billion, decreased by 24.9%
• Market capitalisation as at 30 June 2019 at RM1.8 trillion, decreased by 1.0%
• Securities Market velocity at 29%, decreased by 7 percentage points
• Average daily contracts traded for Derivatives Market at 49,351 contracts, decreased by 9.9%
• Average daily trading value for BSAS at RM32.1 billion, increased by 49.8%

GPW Group’s Stable Financial Results

Date 01/08/2019

• GPW Group’s revenue at PLN 89.1 million in Q2 2019
• EBITDA at PLN 57.6 million in Q2 2019
• Operating profit at PLN 48.2 million in Q2 2019
• Net profit at PLN 42.6 million in Q2 2019
• Operating expenses at PLN 43.3 million in Q2 2019
• General Meeting decided to pay a dividend of PLN 133.5 million (PLN 3.18 per share)

Boerse Stuttgart Records July Turnover Of EUR 6,2 Billion - All Asset Classes Show Significant Increase In Trading Volume Compared With June Figures

Date 01/08/2019

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 6,2 billion in July 2019 – an increase of nearly 25 per cent compared to the previous month.

DGCX Records Best Ever Month In Its 14-Year History

Date 01/08/2019

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) has registered its best ever month in its 14-year history, recording volumes of 2.382 million lots valued at over USD 39.2 billion in July, breaking the Exchange’s previous single month trading record of 2.16 million set in May 2018.

State Street Global Exchange: Investor Confidence Declined In July By 2.4 Points To 84.9

Date 01/08/2019

State Street Global Exchange ® today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for July  2019.

HKEX: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions (As At 31 July 2019)

Date 01/08/2019

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions

FinEx ETF Limited finalizes Index Switches For Seven ETFs To Solactive Indices

Date 01/08/2019

Solactive is pleased to announce that asset manager and ETF provider FinEx ETF Limited completed its index switches in favor of Solactive for six country benchmarks as well as a US Large & Mid Cap technology index. The adoption of these seven Solactive indices marks yet another milestone for the trend of index users switching to high-quality benchmarks at lower costs. With eight out of twelve indices, Solactive now provides the lion’s share of underlyings for Russia’s ETF market leader.

London Stock Exchange Group: Proposed All Share Acquisition Of Refinitiv To Create A Financial Markets Infrastructure Leader Of The Future

Date 01/08/2019

London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) announces that it has agreed definitive terms with a consortium including certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone as well as Thomson Reuters (together the “Refinitiv Shareholders”) to acquire the Refinitiv business (“Refinitiv”) in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately US$27 billion (the “Transaction”). Blackstone’s consortium includes an affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”), an affiliate of GIC and certain co-investors (the “Blackstone Consortium”). The Transaction will result in the Refinitiv Shareholders ultimately holding an approximate 37 per cent economic interest in LSEG and less than 30 per cent of the total voting rights of LSEG.