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GF Futures Joins SGX As First Chinese Member

Date 22/08/2011

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomes its first Chinese member, GF Futures (Hong Kong).

Tokyo Grain Exchange Circuit Breaker Level For Rice futures For The Clearing Period Of August 23, 2011

Date 22/08/2011

Click here to download the circuit breaker for rice futures for the clearing period of August 23, 2011. 

NZX Dairy Futures Final Settlement Price Period Name Change

Date 21/08/2011

The Settlement Price1 at expiry for all NZX Dairy Futures (WMP, AMF and SMP) (“Dairy Futures Contracts”) is currently calculated by taking a simple average of the winning prices for the relevant product specifications in Contract Period 1 ("C1").

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Commentary - August 21, 2011

Date 21/08/2011

Welcome to the Weekly Market Commentary from DGCX, providing you with a snapshot of what’s happening in the energy, precious metal and currency futures markets.

Tehran Stock Exchange: Offers Bank Pasargard (BPI) To Public

Date 20/08/2011

On 16 August 2011, trading on Bank Pasargad's equity shares was started on Tehran StockExchange for first time after listing. At the first day, 122 Million equity shares of BPI (as 9th listed Bank) were traded at the price of IRR 2,106 (0.20 USD) with the total value of IRR 257 billion (24.4 USD million).

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/08/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• On August 18, 2011, the bid by Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX:CTC.A) to acquire Forzani Group Ltd. (TSX:FGL) expired. Canadian Tire will acquire Forzani Group for $CDN26.50 cash per share. Forzani Group will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Discretionary and the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend Indices effective after the close of Wednesday, August 24, 2011.

CFTC’s Office Of Chief Economist To Host Conference On Commodity Markets

Date 19/08/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of Chief Economist will host a high-level research conference on August 25-26, 2011, to discuss key issues affecting commodity markets. CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler will give opening remarks at 9 a.m. on August 25, 2011.

Component Changes Made To Dow Jones China Indexes

Date 19/08/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones China Broad Market, Dow Jones Shanghai, Dow Jones CBN China 600 and Dow Jones CBN China 600 Retail Blue-Chip Indexes.

UBS MTF Trading Notification: Addition Of Depositary Receipts

Date 19/08/2011

This notice is to inform you that UBS MTF, as of start of trading on Wednesday 24th August 2011, will be accepting orders in Depositary Receipts. Orders in these Depositary Receipts (GDRs and ADRs) will match using the price of the most relevant market, in this case the International Order Book of the London Stock Exchange.

FESE Response To IOSCO Consultation On The Impact Of Technological Changes

Date 19/08/2011

Significant technology advancements have such as high frequency trading (HFT) which allows more accurate, granular and faster pricing of securities. As pointed out in the consultation report, there is no clear evidence of consistent negative effects of HFT. Following the US Flash Crash - the roots of which are, for various reasons, specific to the US - the focus has shifted to HFT and the potentially detrimental effects it may have on already volatile markets. In this regard, FESE welcomes this opportunity to outline the provisions taken by its members to foresee such problems and the tools that they have put in place to safeguard against this.