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To Promote Securities Investment Practices And Introduce New Analytical Techniques On Traded Products - Qatar Exchange Signs MoU With QFIS – Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Date 30/12/2012

Qatar Exchange and the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies - Hamad Bin Khalifa University today signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the two sides in the field of education, training and consultation in terms of investment products traded on Qatar Exchange and global financial markets.  This MoU is part of QE’s ongoing efforts to promote and strengthen the culture of securities investments among citizens and expatriates in the State of Qatar.

BATS 1000 Index Drops 2.0% This Week

Date 28/12/2012

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) slid 324.54 points, or 2.0%, this week to close at 15,782.06 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close today. 

Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-64: EDGA And EDGX Behavior During Locked And Crossed Markets

Date 28/12/2012

Please be advised that EDGA Exchange, Inc. (EDGA^®) and EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX^®) have discovered two separate discrepancies between their order priority rules, EDGA Rule 11.8(a) andEDGX Rule 11.8(a), and existing functionality on their respective Matching Engines that may occur during locked or crossed markets.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 28/12/2012

The current reports for the week of December 24, 2012 are now available.

Egyptian Exchange Market Holiday

Date 28/12/2012

EGX will be closed on Tuesday 01 January 2013, for the New Year bank holiday. Trading will be resumed effective Wednesday 02 January 2013.

BM&FBOVESPA: The Exchange At New Year´s Day

Date 28/12/2012

There will be no trading on the equity, corporate securities and derivatives markets on December 31 and January 1st .

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices: Revision - A Share Distribution And Price Adjustment In The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 28/12/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

On December 17, 2012, shareholders of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (TSX:PBG) and PetroBakken Energy Ltd. (TSX:PBN) confirmed the arrangement agreement between the companies announced on October 29, 2012. All shares of PetroBakken Energy currently held by Petrobank will effectively be spun out to shareholders, including currently unlisted Class B shares which will convert to Class A common shares on a 1-for-1 basis. As a result of the increase in the number of float shares of the company, the relative weight of PetroBakken Energy will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX Capped Energy, the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend and the S&P/TSX Equity Income Indices. There will be no weight change effective in the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight or the S&P/TSX Composite High Beta Indices. The close price of Petrobank will decrease by 1.1 times the close price of PetroBakken and new divisors will be generated for all indices where Petrobank is a constituent. These changes will be effective after close on Monday, December 31, 2012. 

Oslo Børs 2012 – Yet Another Turbulent Year

Date 28/12/2012

2012 was yet another turbulent year for the stock market. Even though the Oslo market rose over the course of the year, with the OBX Index (which comprises the 25 most traded shares listed on Oslo Børs) up by 14.74% per cent by the end of the year, this was not enough to encourage investors to fully return to investing in shares. Investors have turned to asset classes other than shares, and trading volume in the stock market was sharply lower. This means that many investors have missed out on the upturn seen in the stock market in 2012.

Program Trading Averaged 44.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 17-21

Date 28/12/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Dec. 17-21.

Vienna Stock Exchange: ATX And Top Performers 2012

Date 28/12/2012

The Austrian Traded Index (ATX) achieved a performance of 26.94% in 2012, while the broader ATX Prime went up by 25.82% during the same period.