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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report - Week Ending 30 December 2016

Date 30/12/2016

It was a brief trading week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of December, 2016 as Public Holiday to mark the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations.

Meanwhile, a total turnover of 405.939 million shares worth N3.724 billion in 6,363 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.261 billion shares valued at N17.520 billion that exchanged hands last week in 14,861 deals.

December MNI Chicago Business Barometer Down 3.0 Points To 54.6 - New Orders Retreats From November High

Date 30/12/2016

The MNI Chicago Business Barometer fell 3.0 points to 54.6 in December from 57.6 in November, led by declines in both New Orders and Order Backlogs.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Market Misconduct Tribunal Finds Greencool’s Former Chairman And Senior Executives Culpable Of Market Misconduct

Date 30/12/2016

The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) has found that the former chairman and chief executive officer of Greencool Technology Holdings Limited (Greencool), Mr Gu Chujun, and four former senior executives (including its former financial controller) disclosed false or misleading information inducing transactions and so engaged in market misconduct under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) following proceedings brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

Börse Berlin Reaches A Turnover Of More Than €63 Billion In 2016

Date 30/12/2016

Boerse Berlin’s two Market places, Equiduct and Xontro, achieved a combined turnover of €63.7 billion in 2016. While the turnover was shy of last year’s figures, the number of trades increased by 6%, from 9.7 million in 2015 to 10.3 million in 2016.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs/ETPs Listed In Canada Reached A New Record High Of 83 Billion US Dollars At The End Of November 2016

Date 30/12/2016

ETFGI, the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada are US$83.40 billion at the end of November 2016. Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in November were US$1.95 Bn of net new assets gathered during the month, according to data from ETFGI’s November 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report (click here to view the ETFGI global asset growth chart for ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada).

FTSE 100 Ends 2016 At Record Closing High

Date 30/12/2016

The UK's blue-chip FTSE 100 index posted its highest-ever closing level on Friday ending the last trading day of 2016 at 7,142.83 points on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 7,129.83 set in October of this year.

Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Determined For Brent Futures (Brent-1.17)

Date 30/12/2016

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In Year 2016 & December 2016

Date 30/12/2016

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in Year 2016 & December 2016.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Total Futures And Options Volume Surpassed That Of The Previous Year, And Dubai Crude Oil Volume Renewed Annual Records For Two Consecutive Years

Date 30/12/2016

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. announced today that the annual volume for all listed futures and options contracts for 2016 totaled 26,930,770 contracts, up 10.4% from the previous year. It was the second year in a row of positive growth.

TP ICAP Plc Completion Of The Acquisition Of NEX’s Global Hybrid Voice Broking And Information Business

Date 30/12/2016

TP ICAP plc (“TP ICAP” or the “Company”) is delighted to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the global hybrid voice broking and information business of NEX Group plc (“NEX”, the new ultimate holding company of the ICAP Group), including NEX's associated technology and broking platforms and certain of NEX's joint ventures and associates (“the Transaction”).