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KCBT Crop Tour Update - Update From The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop Tour

Date 02/05/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade is providing information from the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop Tour. Day two information from the KCBT's tour scout can be found at: Crop Tour
SEC Charges Florida Stock Scheme Mastermind And 10 Cohorts

Date 02/05/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Florida man and 10 cohorts involved in two separate schemes to illegally sell stock, including one that sought to capitalize on circumstances in Haiti following the earthquake that destroyed much of the country's infrastructure in January 2010.
Deutsche Börse: 95 Billion Euros Turnover On Xetra In April

Date 02/05/2012

Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €99.2 billion in April – a decrease by 8 percent year-on-year (April 2011: €108.3 billion). Of the €99.2 billion, €94.6 billion were attributable to Xetra – a decrease by 8 percent y-o-y (April 2011: €102.6 billion). €4.6 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading, an 18 percent decrease y-o-y (April 2011: €5.6 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.7 billion in April.
Redkite Generates World’s First ESMA Market Surveillance Alert - ‘Quote Stuffing’ ESMA Alert Generated At 9:05AM On Europe’s First Day Of Trading Under ESMA Guidelines, As Enforced From Today

Date 02/05/2012

Redkite Financial Markets, a specialist provider of market surveillance systems today announced that it generated the world’s first ever ESMA alert. The alert was generated at 9:05am this morning, on the first day of European trading, following the May 1 deadline for firms to comply with ESMA’s guidelines on systems and controls in an automated trading environment. The alert related to potential ‘quote stuffing’, a form of manipulative trading activity, that involves entering large numbers of orders and/or cancellations/updates to orders to camouflage a particular strategy, or to create uncertainty for other participants, slowing down their process.
STOXX Monthly Index Report – April 2012 In Review

Date 02/05/2012

As of April 30, 2012 stock market indices in Europe, Asia, the U.S. and globally were up as well as down in April, according to global index provider STOXX Limited. For the month of March, the Europe, Asia, global markets were down -1.88%, -2.08% and -0.48%, respectively; while the U.S. markets were up 0.47%.

Disciplinary Committee Of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Fines Transcom

Date 02/05/2012

The Disciplinary Committee of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB (“the Exchange”) has found that the company Transcom Worldwide S.A. (“Transcom”) has contravened the Exchange’s rules and regulations for issuers (3.1.1) in respect of its disclosure of information to the stock market.

Deutsche Börse Increases Security And Efficiency In German Government Bond Trading On Xetra - More Than 60 Bonds To Be Included In Settlement Via Eurex Clearing From 2 May

Date 02/05/2012

With effect from 2 May, Eurex Clearing will act as the central counterparty (CCP) for the settlement of trades in more than 60 German government bonds on Xetra. This means that counterparty risk will be reduced for all trading participants and efficiency further improved. As an incentive to all participants, Eurex Clearing will not be charging clearing fees for these bonds for the remainder of the year.

Average Daily Volume Of 10.9 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In April - Eurex Exchange: April With Highest Monthly Volume In 2012 - Eurex Repo: GC Pooling And Euro Repo Market Continued To Grow Significantly

Date 02/05/2012

In April 2012, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10.9 million contracts (April 2011: 10.5 million). Of those, 8.3 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (April 2011: 7.6 million), and 2.6 million contracts (April 2011: 2.9 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 156.9 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 52.0 million at ISE. This makes April the best month in terms of trading volumes in 2012.
NASDAQ OMX Nordic And Baltic Markets: Trading Statistics April 2012 - ETF Turnover Increases By 68 % Compared To April 2011

Date 02/05/2012

NASDAQ OMX today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets.
Deutsche Börse Makes Algo News Feed Available In New CME Co-Location Facility - New Agreement Further Expands U.S. Presence Of AlphaFlash To Four Data Centers

Date 02/05/2012

Deutsche Börse – Market Data & Analytics has made available its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash” in the CME Co-Location facility located in Chicago’s suburbs via its subsidiary Need to Know News. This is the second data center in the Chicago area that offers clients direct access to AlphaFlash. Two more access points in the U.S. are located in Secaucus (New Jersey) and Washington D.C.