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Singapore Exchange Announcement Pursuant To Rule 703(4) Of The Listing Manual - Clarification Pertaining To Bloomberg’s Report “Singapore Bourse Plans Thai, Philippine Futures” On 8 March 2013

Date 11/03/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) wishes to make a clarification pertaining to Bloomberg’s report “Singapore Bourse Plans Thai, Philippine Futures” on 8 March 2013. The statement “SGX will increase revenue from derivatives 10 percent to 15 percent this year as the operator of Southeast Asia's biggest bourse introduces more products linked to benchmark stock indexes in the region” was an explanation of the general growth trends of SGX’s derivatives business should there be a continuation of past trends. As announced in SGX’s February report, SGX’s derivatives daily average volume (DDAV) grew 59% year-on-year and 11% month-on-month to a third straight record one-month high of 512,551 contracts. The Bloomberg report is not to be misconstrued as a forecast of SGX’s revenue.

NASDAQ Dubai: Sheikh Maktoum Rings Bell To Welcome DEWA Sukuk Listing On NASDAQ Dubai

Date 11/03/2013

H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre, rang a bell to welcome the listing by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) of a one billion dollar Sukuk on NASDAQ Dubai.

Osaka Securities Exchange: SPAN Parameter Updated - March 18, 2013 - March 22, 2013

Date 11/03/2013

SPAN Parameter is the fundamental data for calculating margin requirements and is used for calculating "SPAN Risk Parameter Files" which are distributed on a daily basis.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For March 2013 Rubber Contract

Date 11/03/2013

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the March 2013 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Rubber Delivery Detailed Rules, the price differential between the Good Delivery materials RSS No.3 and the non-standard grade RSS No.4 for the March 2013 contract month shall be -3.0 yen/kg.

Palestine Exchange Monthly Investor Newsletter - February 2013

Date 10/03/2013

Click here to download the February 2013 edition of the PEX Monthly Investor Newsletter.

Lahore Stock Exchange Becomes The First Exchange Of The Country That Declared Cash Dividend After Demutualization

Date 10/03/2013

The Board of Directors of Lahore Stock Exchange Ltd. (LSE) in its meeting has declared an Interim Cash Dividend for the second quarter ended December 31, 2012 @ Rs. 0.25 per share i.e. 2.5%. The book closure for this entitlement shall be announced separately. In this way, an amount of Rs. 32,071,050/- shall be distributed to the shareholders of the Exchange holding 128,284,200 ordinary shares of LSE. It is pertinent to note that the total Income of the Exchange after tax for the period from July to December 2012 was Rs. 33,534,000/-.

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. To Join The NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning March 18, 2013

Date 09/03/2013

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:KRFT) will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index^® (Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE), and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index (NDXX) prior to market open on Monday, March 18, 2013. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. will replace STARZ (Nasdaq:STRZA).

MIAX Options Exchange Penny Pilot Classes For Option Classes To Start Trading On March 11, 2013

Date 08/03/2013

This Regulatory Circular replaces the previously released Regulatory Circular 2013-10 from March 6, 2013.

MIAX Regulatory Circular 2013-10 identifies options classes to start trading on March 11, 2013 to be included in the MIAX Penny Pilot Program.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces The Results Of March 2013 Canadian Index Reviews

Date 08/03/2013

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review.

BATS 1000 Index Gains 2.3% This Week

Date 08/03/2013

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 386.13 points, or 2.3%, this week to close at 17,525.08 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close today.