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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - July 2011

Date 04/08/2011

Highlights 

- Securities Market 

• Funds raised by initial public offerings for the first seven months of 2011 was $190,369 million, an increase of 28 per cent when compared with $148,564 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for the first seven months of 2011 was $72,628 million, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with $62,318 million for the same period last year. 
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first seven months of 2011 was $11,891 million, an increase of 28 per cent when compared with $9,314 million for the same period last year.

Thai Bourse Lists First Gold-Based ETF On August 8

Date 04/08/2011

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will list KTAM Gold ETF Tracker, managed by Krung Thai Asset Management PCL (KTAM), on its main board on August 8, under the ticker “GLD.”

HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 04/08/2011

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

UK's Financial Services Authority: Investment Banker And Two Associates Charged With Insider Dealing

Date 04/08/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has charged Thomas Ammann, an investment banker, with three counts of insider dealing contrary to section 52 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993. Christina Weckwerth, who lives in Germany, has been charged with two counts of insider dealing contrary to section 52 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993, and Jessica Mang, has been charged with one count of insider dealing contrary to section 52 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Futures

Date 04/08/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 8 August 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below.

Deutsche Börse: New db X-Trackers Equity Index ETF Launched On Xetra - First ETF On MSCI BRIC TRN Index

Date 04/08/2011

A new ETF issued by db x-trackers has been tradable on Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Thursday.

SGX OTC Iron Ore Swaps Sets New Record For Cleared Volume And Open Interest

Date 04/08/2011

SGX OTC Iron Ore Swap in July 2011 saw a record monthly total of 7,845 lots (3.9 million metric tonnes) cleared and open interest standing at an all-time high of 6,255 lots (3.1 million metric tonnes). 

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – July 2011

Date 04/08/2011

This is a shortened version of ASX’s normal monthly Activity Report. Full-year results for FY11 (the 12-month period ending 30 June 2011), including the 2011 Annual Report, will be released on 18 August 2011.

Summary Of July 2011 Activities At The Tokyo Commodity Exchange - Average Daily Volume Up 5.1 % In July, Open Interest Keeps Increasing

Date 04/08/2011

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) announced today that July 2011 trading volume averaged 113,785 contracts per day, up 5.1% from June 2011 and up 16.8% from June 2010. The gold contract, TOCOM’s most traded product, increased by 20.3% to 63,342 contracts per day, and Gold mini increased by 16.4% to 10,902 contracts per day. On the other hand, the average daily volume of most of the other actively traded products decreased: platinum down 28.8% from June 2011 to 10,421 contracts and gasoline was down 18.1% to 9,914 contracts. 

Tokyo Grain Exchange Monthly Trading Report July 2011

Date 04/08/2011

Click here to download the Tokyo Grain Exchange monthly report for July.