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HKEx To Introduce Three New Stock Option Classes On 21 November

Date 04/11/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce three new stock option classes on Monday, 21 November: Anhui Conch Cement, Belle International and China National Building Material.

BSE Derivatives Trading Volume Rs. 901.79 Crores On 4th November

Date 04/11/2011

1. Volume: Rs. 901.79 Cr.
2. Participation: 121 broker members 
3. Trading Summary:

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - October 2011

Date 04/11/2011

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first 10 months of 2011 was $73,063 million, an increase of 10 per cent when compared with $66,564 million for the same period last year. 
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first 10 months of 2011 was $11,272 million, an increase of 11 per cent when compared with $10,198 million for the same period last year. 

McGraw-Hill And CME Group To Partner In Index Services Business - Will Contribute Complementary S&P Indices And Dow Jones Indexes Businesses Into Joint Venture - S&P/Dow Jones Indices Will Be A Leading Global Index Company Providing New Products To Clients And Generating Growth For Shareholders Of Both Companies

Date 04/11/2011

McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP), one of the world's foremost financial information companies and owner of S&P Indices, and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace and 90-percent owner of the CME Group/Dow Jones joint venture, announced today an agreement to establish a new joint venture in the rapidly growing index business.  Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by the Boards of both companies, McGraw-Hill will contribute its S&P Indices business and the CME Group/Dow Jones joint venture will contribute the Dow Jones Indexes business to create S&P/Dow Jones Indices, a global leader in index services with annual revenue of more than $400 million.  Approximately $6 trillion in assets are benchmarked against these leading indices.

Interview Of European Commission President Barroso With BBC Today Programme

Date 04/11/2011

BBC: What is going to happen if the Greek government collapses some time today or over the weekend. Will the money that is meant to be paid to Greece to tidy it over will be paid?

JMB: What we expect to happen is to have a government of national unity and that government will conclude the agreement with us for the new programme – an EU and IMF programme. So I believe that all the problems will be solved.

HKEx Trading Statistics: On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 04/11/2011

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor

Thai Capital Market Gears Up To Aid Flood Victims

Date 04/11/2011

Thailand’s capital market, led by The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), is gearing up to assist flood victims through “Thai Stock Market Flood Relief Fund,” aiming to restore the livelihoods, especially immediate needs, of flood victims.

London Metal Exchange MF Global UK Ltd Update - Transfer Of Segregated Client Positions

Date 04/11/2011

• LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet) is working with the LME and the administrators of MF Global UK Limited to facilitate the transfer of client positions held within LCH.Clearnet from MF Global UK Limited to other clearing members. 
• All clients wishing to transfer positions, should visit the LCH.Clearnet website, follow the instructions and complete and return the documentation found at http://www.lchclearnet.com/mf_global_uk_limited_client_information.asp.
• Clients should be made aware that positions are being transferred without collateral (any surplus collateral will be returned to the administrator in due course).  Clients that wish to transfer will need to make arrangements to post collateral with their replacement clearing member. Clients which do not elect to transfer positions will be closed out.
• LCH.Clearnet intends to continue to transfer clients during Friday 4 November and will reassess the position at the end of the day.
• As of today, LCH.Clearnet will be rolling all LME contracts for TOM/Next delivery to the 9th Nov-11 prompt date.  This will continue until Tuesday 8th Nov-11. The situation will then be reassessed.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report - Week Ending 4 November 2011

Date 04/11/2011

Eight New UBS ETFs Launched On Xetra - First ETF On STOXX Global Rare Earth Index

Date 04/11/2011

Eight new exchange-traded index funds from the issuer UBS ETF SICAV have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Friday.