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Acacia Pharma Lists On Euronext Brussels -Acacia Pharma To Join The Largest Franchise Of Life Science Issuers In Europe

Date 05/03/2018

Euronext today celebrated the listing of Acacia Pharma, a UK-based hospital pharmaceutical company on its Brussels market (Compartment B). This operation demonstrates the benefits offered by Euronext’s European Tech SME initiative as well as the attractiveness of Euronext as the leading venue for Biotech and Pharma companies in Europe. With this operation, Acacia Pharma joins a large franchise of 89 Life Science companies (52 Biotech and 37 Medtech companies) currently listed on Euronext’s markets, representing a total market capitalisation of €23.6 billion.

Intercontinental Exchange Reports February Statistics - ICE Average Daily Volume (ADV) +16% y/y, Open Interest (OI) +8% y/y

Date 05/03/2018

• Interest Rate volume up 37% y/y
• Record Oil ADV up 16% y/y
• Record Agriculture & Metals ADV up 10% y/y
• NYSE Cash Equities ADV up 23% y/y
• Equity Options ADV up 84% y/y

PEGAS Trading Volumes In February 2018 - PEGAS Spot Records A New High In February Supported By Strong Volumes On All Hubs

Date 05/03/2018

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, reports its strongest spot volumes in February 2018 with 112.4 TWh (previous record: 95.7 TWh in December 2017). Extreme weather conditions in the later part of the month helped bring substantial liquidity on PEGAS spot hubs, thus supporting the overall volume hike. Monthly records were established on TTF, GASPOOL, PEG Nord, CEGH VTP, ZTP and ETF. The total monthly traded volume amounted to 174.9 TWh , up 7% from last year (February 2017: 163.6 TWh). 

SCOTEX To Launch Scotland's First ICO

Date 05/03/2018

SCOTEX – the planned new stock exchange 2.0 company running on a Blockchain-based distributed ledger announces that it is raising capital via Scotland’s first ever ICO.

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Publicly Criticises Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited And Lee Yuen Yee, Annisa For Breaches Of Takeovers Code

Date 05/03/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has criticised Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited and Lee Yuen Yee, Annisa for breaches of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers (Takeovers Code) whilst acting as the financial adviser to West China Cement Limited in relation to a possible mandatory offer for the company’s shares.

Information By The Cyprus Stock Exchange On The Clearing Agent Beaufort Asset Clearing Services Ltd

Date 05/03/2018

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) would like to inform Market Participants and the public, in relation to an announcement of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), dated on March 2, 2018, that Beaufort Securities Ltd (BSL) and Beaufort Asset Clearing Services Ltd (BACSL) are placed into insolvency and that the High Court has appointed Administrators for the above mentioned companies. 

TFEX And Alliances Jointly Continues Rubber Futures Development

Date 05/03/2018

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX), Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT), The Thai Rubber Association (TRA) and TFEX’s members, today have announced their collaboration in developing rubber futures and encouraging investors and entrepreneurs to utilize the product more effectively. They will focus on providing knowledge, boosting liquidity while also minimizing trade obstacles.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – February 2018

Date 05/03/2018

• Decrease of the value of trade in equities on the Electronic Order Book on the GPW Main Market by 24% YoY to PLN 16.2 billion in February 2018
• Increase of the volume of trade in index futures by 2% YoY to 336.1 thousand contracts in February 2018
• Increase of the total volume of trade in electricity by 47.1% to 9.2 TWh in February 2018
• Decrease of the total volume of transactions in gas by 7.7% YoY to 9.4 TWh in February 2018
• Decrease of the volume of spot trade in property rights to certificates of origin by 24.6% to 3.5 TWh in February 2018

DGCX Announces The GCC’s First Sharia-Compliant Gold Product With INTL Fcstone Commodities DMCC As Market Maker - The First Ever Sharia Compliant Spot Gold Contract To Go Live On March 29

Date 05/03/2018

Leaving no stone unturned in the lead-up to the launch of its ambitious Sharia-compliant Spot Gold contract, the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced INTL FCStone, a leading international financial services firm, as the market maker for the product. DGCX’s physically-backed Sharia-compliant Gold contract is the first-of-its-kind and will mark the Exchange’s entry into the Islamic Finance sector. Trading will commence on the Exchange from March 29, 2018.

Deutsche Börse AG: Release Of A Capital Market Information

Date 05/03/2018

In the period from 26 February 2018 to, and including, 02 March 2018, Deutsche Börse AG purchased a number of 63,446 shares within the framework of its ongoing share buy-back program which had been announced by theannouncement of 22 November 2017 pursuant to Art. 5 (1) lit. a) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Art. 2 (1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052.