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Warsaw Stock Exchange: Summary Of Work Of The Trading Session Schedule & Evening Trading Launch Working Group

Date 04/03/2013

• The working group for the trading session schedule and launch of evening trading presented the conclusions of the prepared analytical material on 2 March 2013.
• The WSE will receive additional analyses performed by an international consultancy which specialises in capital markets by 15 March 2013.
• Following the distribution of the complete set of analyses to the stakeholder community, a decision on the trading session schedule will be made in the latter half of March 2013.

ICE Reports February Futures Volume

Date 04/03/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for February 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options was 3,640,377 contracts, a decline of 10% from the prior February. Total contract volume in February 2013 was 69 million. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the transitioned futures contracts, which previously traded in ICE's OTC markets.

Moscow Exchange Indices Weekly Review: February 25 - March 1, 2013

Date 04/03/2013

Weekly Review: February 25 - March 1, 2013 (pdf, 648 Kb)

CME Group Volume Averaged 13.7 Million Contracts Per Day In February 2013, Up 7 Percent From February 2012 And Up 20 Percent From January 2013

Date 04/03/2013

• Treasury futures volume up 33 percent, a record
• Treasury options volume up 71 percent, second-highest monthly record
• Foreign exchange (FX) volume up 26 percent
• Metals volume up 11 percent
• Agricultural commodities volume up 6 percent

European Power Exchange: Power Trading Results In February 2013 - New Record On French Markets

Date 04/03/2013

In February 2013, a total volume of 26.8 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday markets (February 2012: 26.2 TWh). The French Day-Ahead and Intraday markets displayed particularly good results, with all-time records in trading volumes on both market segments despite the shorter month. Together, they accounted for roughly 6 TWh.

Boerse Stuttgart Reports Monthly Turnover Of Around EUR 7.7 Billion - Leverage Products Up - Surge In Demand For Index And Participation Certificates

Date 04/03/2013

According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.7 billion in February 2013, slightly down on the figure for January.

Trading On The Warsaw Stock Exchange - February 2013

Date 04/03/2013

• The value of total trading on the Main Market was PLN 16.6 billion in February 2013, a decrease of 22.2% year on year.
• Total trading on the Main Market year to date in 2013 increased by 19.1% year on year.
• The volume of trading in WIG20 options increased by 44.6% year on year in February 2013 (from 43.1 thousand to 62.4 thousand).
• The volume of trading in single-stock futures increased by 50.9% year on year in February 2013 (from 43.2 thousand to 65.2 thousand).
• The volume of forward transactions on the WSE Group electricity markets reached 12.1 TWh in February 2013, more than a five-fold increase compared to 2.1 TWh in February 2012.
• The monthly volume of trading in property rights increased by 70.5% year on year in February 2013 from 9.0 TWh to 15.3 TWh.

Kingsman Launches New Outright Price Assessments For Raw And White Sugar - Now One-Stop Source For Outright Physical Assessments And Futures Differentials

Date 04/03/2013

Kingsman, a specialist provider of sugar and biofuels information and analytics and a unit of Platts, today announced the expansion of its suite of price references for the global sugar market to include nearly a dozen outright price assessments for raw and white sugar exported from Brazil, Thailand and the European Union.

Fidessa Wins Best Buy-Side OMS At Markets Media Awards

Date 04/03/2013

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today announced that its buy-side order management system (OMS), has been named as the best in its category at the inaugural Markets’ Choice Awards for excellence in the U.S. financial markets, presented by Markets Media.

FOA Launches Netting Analyser - New Legal Opinions Library Helps Firms Satisfy Prudential Regulatory Capital Requirements

Date 04/03/2013

The Futures and Options Association has launched its new legal opinions library – Netting Analyser - which will help subscribing firms to satisfy certain prudential regulatory requirements and reduce the increasing cost of regulatory capital.