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NASDAQ OMX Announces Pilot Plan For ETF Market Quality Program

Date 03/04/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that the Market Quality Program (MQP) will launch in the second quarter of 2013. MQP is an optional listing program that allows exchange traded fund (ETF) issuers to contribute funds to the Exchange that may be used to pay market makers that improve the liquidity and quality of the markets in MQP products. This groundbreaking liquidity and market quality incentive program in the U.S. will be available only on The NASDAQ Stock Market, the largest and most liquid cash equities market on the planet, and has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission on a pilot basis.

ESMA Launches Tender For IT Infrastructure Hosting

Date 03/04/2013

New call for tender for IT Infrastructure Hosting. All submissions should be received by 10 May 2013. This tender is for the provision of a fully managed service providing infrastructure and software up to the middleware level for ESMA’s applications.

BATS Chi-X Europe Sets New Monthly Spanish Market Share Record - Overall European Market Share 22.5%; U.S. Equities 10.6%; U.S. Options 3.8%

Date 03/04/2013

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, today reported March volume and activity including a new monthly market share record in Spain, where BATS Chi-X Europe earned 12.8% market share, exceeding its previous record of 8.9% set in February 2013. 

NASDAQ OMX Commodities Derivatives And N2EX Physical Power Monthly Market Report

Date 03/04/2013

In March 2013, the total volume in power derivatives cleared on NASDAQ OMX Commodities amounted to 167.5 TWh. (March 2012: 163.2 TWh) The share traded on the exchange, NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe, was 86.1 TWh. (March 2012: 86.2 TWh) The total volume includes 3.9 TWh from German Power and 0.1 TWh from UK Power (March 2012: 2.4 TWh/5.6 TWh).

Warsaw Stock Exchange Group Successfully Completes CO2 Emission Allowances Auction

Date 03/04/2013

• On 2 April 2013, WSE has provided an auction platform for the sale of 210,417 CO2 emission allowances remaining in reserve after the second trading period including years 2008 – 2012.
• Seven entities have participated in the auction which sold 191,798 emission allowances with a total value of over PLN 3.6 million.

Börse Berlin: Positive Q1/2013 Results In XONTRO Trades

Date 03/04/2013

In the first quarter of 2013 both marketplaces XONTRO and Equiduct reached a total turnover of 12.5 billion euro, a minus of 10.7 % compared to Q4/2012 (14 billion euro). At the same time the number of trades decreased by 9.8 %, from 1.94 million to 1.75 million.

ICE Reports 17% Increase In March Daily Futures Volume

Date 03/04/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for March and the first quarter of 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options for March 2013 was 3,808,927 contracts, an increase of 17% from the prior March. Total contract volume in March 2013 was 76 million. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the transitioned futures contracts, which previously traded in ICE's OTC markets.

Boerse Stuttgart Records Turnover Of Around EUR 7.8 Billion In March - Strong Growth For Equities And Investment Fund Units - Transaction Volume In Debt Instrument Trading Remains High

Date 03/04/2013

According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.8 billion in March 2013, slightly up on the figure for February. Securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of turnover, with a traded volume of around EUR 3.3 billion. The total volume of investment products traded in March was about EUR 1.9 billion.

CJSC MICEX Stock Exchange: Results Of Auction For Placement Of The Russian Federation Government Bonds, Issue No25081RMFS

Date 03/04/2013

On April 3, 2013 the auction for placement of the Russian Federation government bonds, issue No 225081 RMFS, took place in the CJSC MICEX Stock Exchange.

Trading On The Warsaw Stock Exchange: March 2013

Date 03/04/2013

• The value of total trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 24.0 billion in March 2013, an increase of 21.5% year on year.
• Total trading on the Main Market year to date in 2013 increased by 19.9% year on year.
• Average daily trading per session on the Main Market was PLN 938.2 million in March 2013, an increase of 7.6% year on year.
• The total volume of trading in index futures decreased to 900 thousand contracts in March 2013 (-5.2% YoY) but the average volume per session increased by 4.3%.
• The volume of forward transactions on the WSE Group electricity markets reached 10.5 TWh in March 2013, an increase of 118.2% year on year.
• The monthly volume of trading in property rights increased by 15.5% year on year in March 2013 from 4.4 TWh to 5.1 TWh.
• The aggregate volume of spot and forward transactions in natural gas was 156.7 GWh in March 2013 and over 191.7 GWh in Q1 2013.