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ISE Reports Business Activity For May 2011

Date 01/06/2011

• Dividend trades made up 6.3% of industry volume in May 2011.
• ISE is the third largest equity options exchange in May with market share of 19.0%, excluding dividend trades.

Average Daily Volume Of 13 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In May - Eurex Exchange: Growing Volume Of Interest Rate Derivatives Segment - Eurex Repo: Continues To Grow In All Markets Year-On-Year

Date 01/06/2011

In May 2011, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 12.9 million contracts (May 2010: 16.2 million). Of those, 10.0 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (May 2010: 12.2 million), and 2.9 million contracts (May 2010: 4.0 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). The decline of Eurex Exchange volume y-o-y – which peaked in May 2010 – is due to the lower volatility compared with May 2010 and the adjustment of contract specification of equity derivatives. In total, 219.7 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 60.6 million at ISE.

Corporate Board Member Hires Senior Vice President & Managing Director Of Board Services - Michael J. Ryan, Jr. To Head NYSE Board Education Program

Date 01/06/2011

Corporate Board Member, a wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), has named Michael J. Ryan, Jr. as Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Board Services. Ryan will be responsible for heading the recently launched NYSE Board Education Program and other board service offerings.

Cinnober Adds Ulf Axman As Sales Executive

Date 01/06/2011

With a large number of successful sales projects in financial technology to his credit, London-based but Swedish-born Ulf Axman has come home at last – to Cinnober.

Trading Volume On The Spanish Exchange Reached €82.78 Bn In May On 3.4 Million Trades - Monthly Trading Statements For BME Markets

Date 01/06/2011

• Between January and May trading in Equities on the Spanish Stock market amounted to €411.53bn
• The number of trades to the end of May reached 19.9 million, up 15.7%  from the same period a year earlier 
• Trading in Futures on Stocks in May was up 73.2% 
• Corporate Debt trading to May exceeded €2.5 trillion

NYSE Technologies Introduces The World’s First Capital Markets Community Platform - Cloud Platform Built In Collaboration With Industry Leaders VMware And EMC - Secure Cloud Provides On-Demand Services For Increased Business Agility, Simplified Market Access And Reduced Trading Friction - Turn-Key Solution Utilizing NYSE Technologies’ Global Connectivity

Date 01/06/2011

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, today announced the launch of the financial services industry’s first cloud platform, the Capital Markets Community Platform.  Designed to increase business agility, simplify market access and reduce trading friction by utilizing rapid on-demand computing resources, this enterprise-level platform was developed in partnership with cloud computing experts VMware (NYSE: VMW) and EMC (NYSE: EMC) to address the unique performance and security requirements of financial services firms. 

American Jim Kern To Head ITRS Expansion In The US

Date 01/06/2011

ITRS Group plc, the leading global provider of predictive, real-time monitoring and proactive application performance management products to the world’s financial community, announced today the appointment of Jim Kern as managing director of ITRS Americas.

ICE Futures U.S. Announces June 6 Launch of 10 New FX Futures Contracts; Adds FX Futures to Member Firm Fee Program

Date 01/06/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 10 new foreign exchange futures contracts on ICE Futures U.S. The currency pair contracts feature new contract sizes and will be available for the trade date of Monday, June 6, 2011. With the products announced today, ICE will offer more than 60 FX futures contracts, including the industry benchmark ICE U.S. Dollar Index.

Deutsche Börse And NYSE Euronext Highlight Benefits Of Strategic Combination At Investor Day In Germany

Date 01/06/2011

Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext today reiterated the benefits of the planned business combination for all capital market participants. In a joint presentation at the german “Investor Day” both companies highlighted the compelling value of the strategic combination.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For May 2011 Contract

Date 01/06/2011

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for May 2011 contract is 55,500 yen.