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The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €67.75 Billion In January

Date 01/02/2013

• In January the trading volume in ETFs was up 70% from the previous  month
• Derivatives trading in January was 4.8 million contracts, down 13.4%  from the same month in 2012
• The trading volume in the warrants and certificates market in  January was up 40% from the preceding month
• Corporate Debt trading reached €153.41 billion in January, down 61%  from January 2012.

SGX Welcomes Halcyon Agri To Catalist

Date 01/02/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome  the listing of Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited on Catalist, under the stock  code of “5VJ”.

Xetra/FWB: First IPO In Prime Standard In 2013: LEG Immobilien AG

Date 01/02/2013

LEG Immobilien AG (ISIN: DE000LEG1110) became the first company to join the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange this year on 1 February. The placement volume in shares at the IPO totalled 26,481,722. The placement price was €44.00 and the initial listing price €44.50. With an issuing volume of €1.34 billion LEG Immobilien is, after Telefònica Deutschland, the biggest IPO in the last 5 years.

Russell Eurozone Index Indicates A Dynamic Start For Eurozone Markets YTD As Of January 30th

Date 01/02/2013

Eurozone equity markets have had a dynamic start to the year, showing positive returns year-to-date as of Wednesday 30^th January, as reflected by the Russell Eurozone Index returning +4.2%. In addition, Dynamic-oriented stocks have outperformed Defensive-oriented stocks for this same time period, with the Russell Eurozone Dynamic Index returning 5.1% and the Russell Eurozone Defensive Index returning 3.0%. This follows a similar pattern from 2012, in which the Russell Eurozone Dynamic Index (+21.5%) also outperformed the Russell Eurozone Defensive Index (+15.7%). 

Tokyo Grain Exchange Monthly Trading Report January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

Click here to download Tokyo Grain Exchange's monthly trading report for January 2013.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Trading Overview In January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

This report contains ｔrading overview and preliminary figures of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for January 2013.

Osaka Securities Exchange Trading Overview In January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

OSE announced a trading overview (preliminary estimates) in  January 2013.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report - Week Ending 1st February, 2013

Date 01/02/2013

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly report for the week ending 1st February, 2013.

Burgundy Aggregated Market Shares – Finnish Equities, January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

In cooperation with SIX Telekurs, Burgundy publishes aggregated market shares in Finnish equities on a monthly basis, in order to provide a better picture of the market.

EDHEC-Risk Institute Reiterates Its Warnings To The European Commission On The Inadvisability Of Imposing A Tobin Tax

Date 01/02/2013

In an open letter to European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso on January 30, 2013, Professor Noël Amenc, Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute and Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, has reiterated EDHEC-Risk Institute’s opposition to a ‘Tobin’ or financial transactions tax (FTT). Research findings from EDHEC-Risk Institute and other academic institutions show that the theoretical arguments in support of the FTT as a measure to reduce volatility are, at best, mixed; the empirical evidence, on the other hand, indicates that a FTT has either no effect on volatility or it actually increases volatility; and, introducing an FTT faces serious implementation challenges.