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NASDAQ Announces Mid-month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date August 13, 2010

Date 24/08/2010

At the end of the settlement date of August 13, 2010, short interest in 2,398 NASDAQ Global Market(SM) securities totaled 6,904,086,531 shares compared with 7,015,652,490 shares in 2,399 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 30, 2010. The mid-August short interest represents 3.48 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.35 days for the prior reporting period.
NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

Date 24/08/2010

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of August 13, 2010.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Takes Seven Measures To Crack Down On Insider Dealing

Date 24/08/2010

To strengthen the supervision over insider dealing, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has recently held a special meeting on supervision work to study the arrangements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for cracking down on insider dealing and pledge to give its first priority in frontline market supervision to deterring insider dealing and take several measures to strengthen the supervision over insider dealing.
PAVE - Plataforma Alternativa De Valores Españoles – The First Trading Platform (MTF) In Spain For Spanish Securities Alternative To Traditional Exchanges - Launch Expected For First Quarter 2011

Date 24/08/2010

PAVE, which in Spanish stands for ALTERNATIVE TRADING PLATORM FOR SPANISH SECURITIES, is the project name and first Spanish MTF platform to be launched in the first quarter of 2011 which will enable banks, hedge funds managers and investment funds to directly trade locally and internationally Spanish stocks in a much more liquid, inexpensive, ultra fast and efficient manner than the current traditional exchanges where the Spanish shares currently are traded.
UK's Financial Services Authority Fines Zurich Insurance £2,275,000 Following The Loss Of 46,000 Policy Holders' Personal Details

Date 24/08/2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined the UK branch of Zurich Insurance Plc (Zurich UK) £2,275,000 for failing to have adequate systems and controls in place to prevent the loss of customers’ confidential information. The fine is the highest levied to date on a single firm for data security failings.

August 2010 “Market’s Measure” Preliminary Report - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes On The Performance Of U.S., European, Asia And Other Global Stock Market Indexes

Date 24/08/2010

Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 2.79% Loss in August, European Stocks Lose 3.46%, Asia Falls 1.43% and World Equities Fall by 2.41% Health Care Sector Posts Biggest Gain for August in Europe Financials Sector Takes the Hardest Hit for August in U.S.
UK's Financial Services Authority Grants Application For UBS MTF

Date 24/08/2010

UBS Investment Bank today announced that it received notice from the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) granting permission to operate UBS MTF, effective 17 August, 2010. This approval is a significant milestone in the process of launching the firm's new European multilateral trading facility for crossing securities.
CME Group Announces Launch Of Coal Contracts Settled Against Indexes Published By Argus And IHS McCloskey

Date 24/08/2010

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for four new swap futures and options on swap futures contracts (http://www.cmegroup.com/coal). These new contracts are settled against the API 2* and API 4* indexes published in the Argus/McCloskey's Coal Price Index Report. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and CME ClearPort(R) (http://www.cmegroup.com/clearport), a set of flexible
Record Trading Day For Green Exchange As Daily Volume Surpasses 5,000 Contracts And Open Interest Reaches New High

Date 24/08/2010

End of day volume in Green Exchange products traded on NYMEX for the first time surpassed 5,000 contracts yesterday, registering a new daily record of 5,290 contracts traded. (1) This milestone is more than double the previous Green Exchange product daily volume record of 2,630 contracts traded last Tuesday, August 17. (1) Yesterday’s trading volume
Eurex To Launch Options On Six Lyxor ETFs - New Listings To Expand Successful ETF Derivatives Segment

Date 24/08/2010

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, announced today that it will list six new options based on the Lyxor ETFs on the indices DJ Russia Titans, DJ Turkey Titans, Hang Seng China Enterprise Index (HSCEI), Hang Seng Index (HSI), CECE Eastern Europe (CECE EUR) and MSCI Emerging Markets. Launch date will be 20 September 2010. Since the launch of the ETF options product suite in May 2010, more than 70,000 contracts have been traded.