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MGEX Sets New Monthly Electronic Volume Record

Date 25/02/2011

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced preliminary February monthly electronic trading volume of 190,639 contracts, eclipsing the previous record set in June 2010. 

Equinix And Carpathia Hosting Announce Global Alliance - Strategic Alliance Delivers Data Protection And Privacy Through A Combination Of Data Centers And Complex, Compliant Hosting Services

Date 25/02/2011

Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), a global data center services provider, and Carpathia Hosting, a provider of complex, compliant managed hosting services for government agencies and enterprises, yesterday announced that they will jointly sell and market to federal agencies, financial and healthcare enterprises with high security and data protection needs. The services offered by Equinix and Carpathia will enable organizations to deploy colocation, managed services and cloud solutions in a secure, compliant environment that meets stringent requirements and prevents the risk of data loss or privacy breaches.

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 25/02/2011

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 15, 2011.

NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date February 15, 2011

Date 25/02/2011

At the end of the settlement date of February 15, 2011, short interest in 2,359 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 6,215,782,911 shares compared with 6,147,830,374 shares in 2,356 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of January 31, 2011. The mid-February short interest represents 2.99 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.94 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

Date 25/02/2011

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 15, 2011.

Program Trading Averaged 29.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 14-18

Date 25/02/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database.   The report includes trading on the NYSE for Feb. 14-18.

Japan's Commodity Exchanges To Jointly Teach University Students

Date 25/02/2011

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc. and Kansai Commodities Exchange announced today that the three commodities exchanges of Japan will jointly provide a series of lectures on commodity and derivatives trading at six universities around the country in the school year starting in April, 2011. This is a part of a joint effort to promote the understanding of commodity trading through education.

ISE Launches Qualified Contingent Cross Order Type

Date 25/02/2011

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that it will introduce the Qualified Contingent Cross (QCC) order type on Monday, February 28, 2011, bringing important crossing functionality for large institutional orders to an all-electronic environment.

BATS Global Markets CEO Joe Ratterman On The BATS/Chi-X Europe Agreement

Date 25/02/2011

Dear BATS Customers and Members of the European and Global Trading Communities,

Last Friday, BATS Global Markets announced a definitive agreement to acquire Chi-X Europe. We are extremely excited about a BATS Europe / Chi-X Europe combination for many reasons, including our shared history of promoting innovation, transparency and competition in the European market. 

ICE Futures Europe Sets Daily Volume, Brent Crude And Gasoil Futures Records

Date 25/02/2011

IntercontinentalExchange, a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that ICE Futures Europe set an exchange-wide daily volume record of 1,698,258 contracts on 24 February, surpassing the previous record of 1,626,277 set on 23 February. New daily volume records for the benchmark ICE Brent Crude futures contract and the ICE Gasoil futures contract were also set on 24 February.