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BATS 1000 Index Flat On Week - Consumer Goods Sector Leads Gains, Up 1.3%

Date 17/06/2011

BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000^SM Index (Ticker: BATSK) was mostly unchanged for the trading week ending June 17. The S&P 500 Index was also nearly flat on the week, up just 0.04%.

TMX Group Offers Condolences On The Passing Of Jacques O. Nadeau

Date 17/06/2011

TMX Group Inc. and Montreal Exchange today offered their sympathies on the passing of Jacques O. Nadeau. Mr. Nadeau served Montreal Exchange as a member of the Governing Committee from 1997 to 2000 and then as member of the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2006, acting as its Chairman from 2000 to 2004.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/06/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, June 17, 2011:

• iWeb Group Inc. (TSXVN:IWB) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange following the completion of a going-private transaction.

ROFEX Launched Its Oil Futures Contract - ROFEX Launched Its New Oil Futures Contract That Can Be Traded In Its Financial Derivatives Division - This New Hedging Tool Is The Only One Of Its Kind In Latin America

Date 17/06/2011

On June 14, ROFEX launched the trading of oil futures contracts in a ceremony headed by Luis B. Ossola, the Market’s president, in the Amerian Buenos Aires Park Hotel. Alejandro Vanoli, president of the National Securities Commission (CNV), attended the event together with the economist Miguel Kiguel and ROFEX´s general manager, Diego Fernández, who made presentations.

LME Expands Steel Delivery To Italy

Date 17/06/2011

• Ravenna approved as point of good delivery for LME Steel Billet
• LME Steel Billet average daily volume in 2011 up 46% compared with 2010
• 352,044 lots of LME Steel Billet has traded since launch, the equivalent of 22.9 million tonnes and $11.1 billion 

Platts Diesel Price Benchmarks Selected By CME Clearing Europe

Date 17/06/2011

Platts physical price data have been selected as the basis for new diesel and ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) over-the-counter (OTC) contracts by CME Clearing Europe, a London-based subsidiary of CME Group. Platts is a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a top publisher of benchmark price references.

CME Group Inc. Announces Date Of Second-Quarter 2011 Earnings Release, Conference Call

Date 17/06/2011

CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the second quarter of 2011 before the financial markets open on Thursday, July 28, 2011.  The company has scheduled an investor conference call that day at 7:30 a.m. Central time.  

TOM MTF Statistics Week 24

Date 17/06/2011

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 24 - 2011.

Maple Group Comments On Glass Lewis & Co. Report

Date 17/06/2011

Maple Group Acquisition Corporation ("Maple"), a corporation whose investors comprise 13 of Canada’s leading financial institutions and pension funds, today commented on the report issued on June 16, 2011 by Glass Lewis & Co., a proxy advisory firm based in San Francisco, California.

Remarks By European Commission President Barroso On The Recent Political Developments In Greece

Date 17/06/2011

President Barroso made the following remarks on today's political developments in Greece in response to a question during his press point with the President of Croatia:

"I hope the new government can be approved rapidly, so that the process for continuation of financial assistance to Greece may continue smoothly. I call on all political forces to put all their energy into securing broad political support for the economic reform that Greece needs – reform for the benefit of the people and for the benefit of Greece."