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DGCX Records 15% Growth In Daily Volumes And Highest Monthly Open Interest In July

Date 03/08/2015

• Highest monthly Open Interest recorded with 78,391 contracts , growing 43% from last month average
• Newly launched Quanto products contributed to 13% of the overall monthly volumes 

Thomson Reuters Adds Foreign Exchange Trading Capability Into Eikon For Corporate Treasurers - Thomson Reuters Integrates FXall QuickTrade Into Eikon To Provide Direct Access To Fxall Liquidity And Straight-Through Processing Capabilities

Date 03/08/2015

Thomson Reuters today announced the addition of foreign exchange trading capabilities for corporate treasurers on its flagship financial markets desktop Thomson Reuters Eikon. The Company has integrated FXall QuickTrade, its state-of-the-art request for stream service, to provide corporate treasury customers trading smaller FX volumes with a complete solution that combines news, data and market analysis with direct access to 140 FXall liquidity providers.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In July 2015

Date 03/08/2015

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in July was 110,017 ( △ 40.9% MoM / △ 43.6% YoY) and its average daily volume was 5,001 . 

Athens Stock Exchange To Reopen For First Time In A Month

Date 03/08/2015

The Athens Stock Exchange is set to plunge by as much as 20% today when trading finally resumes after a five-week closure, traders have predicted.

Celoxica Announces Hardware-Accelerated OPRA Ticker Plant - The Celoxica Ticker Plant ‘CTP’ For OPRA Enables A Material Reduction In Data Centre Footprint, While Processing High Message Volumes At Ultra-Low Latency

Date 03/08/2015

Celoxica, the leading provider of accelerated market data, order entry and pre-trade risk solutions for the electronic trading community, today announced the launch of the Celoxica Ticker Plant (CTP) for OPRA.

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Economic Monitor And Amman Stock Exchange Report

Date 03/08/2015

Cairo Amman Bank has issued their Weekly Economic Monitor and Amman Stock Exchange Report.

HSBC Holdings PLC: 2015 Interim Results – Highlights - Provision Of $1.3bn In Respect Of Ongoing FX Rate Investigations And Other Actions

Date 03/08/2015

Financial performance

• Reported profit before tax (‘PBT’) up 10% in the first half of 2015 (‘1H15’) at $13,628mcompared with $12,340m in the same period in 2014 (‘1H14’).
• Adjusted PBT up 2% in 1H15 at $13,002m compared with $12,722m in 1H14, driven by a strong performance in Asia.
• Earnings per share were $0.48 and dividends per ordinary share were $0.20 (in respect of theperiod), compared with $0.50 and $0.20 respectively for the equivalent period in 2014. The second interim dividend was $0.10.
• Adjusted revenue up 4% at $30,772m driven by revenue growth in client-facing GB&M, principally in Equities and Foreign Exchange. Revenue also increased in Principal RBWM and CMB.
• Adjusted operating expenses up 7% at $17,642m reflecting investment in growth, and regulatory programmes and compliance costs.
• Strong capital base with a CRD IV end point CET1 capital ratio of 11.6%, up from 11.1% at 31 December 2014.

SGX Notes Announcement By Board Of Noble Group Limited

Date 03/08/2015

Singapore Exchange (SGX) notes the announcement today by the board of Noble Group Limited including the intention to provide additional disclosures around the Yancoal valuation and on the inventory sales.

Macquarie And TradeHero Launch “Warrant Hero” With RM100,000 In Prize Money

Date 03/08/2015

Malaysia’s largest Structured Warrants (SW) issuer, Macquarie Capital Securities (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“Macquarie”), and TradeHero, the world’s leading financial learning and stock market simulation app, have launched Warrant Hero, Malaysia’s first virtual warrant competition, with RM100,000 in prize money to be given away.

SGX introduces Evaluated Bond Prices

Date 03/08/2015

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has introduced evaluated bond prices on its website to provide public access to independent evaluations of SGX-listed debt securities. Bonds are generally traded over the counter (OTC) so there is a lack of public price information. The evaluated bond prices will provide a reference point for both bond issuers and investors, and help in their assessment of debt securities.