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RTS Board: February 16 – 20, 2009

Date 25/02/2009

For the week of February 16–20, 2009, 34 trades were executed. The total trading volume on the RTS Board equaled 245.4 thousand US dollars. The following stocks were in the highest demand:
Infobolsa To Disseminate Information From VDOS Stochastics - The Agreement Facilitates Infobolsa Users Better Research For Their Investment Decision

Date 25/02/2009

Infobolsa, the information dissemination company jointly owned by BME and Deutsche Börse, has reached an agreement with VDOS Stochastics whereby Infobolsa will disseminate all the information from this company. VDOS Stochastics is the leading company in the provision of information and services about Mutual Funds, Investment firms, Collective Investment firms and Pension Schemes in Spain.
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: February 16 – 20, 2009

Date 25/02/2009

For the week of February 16 – February 20, 2009 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 185.4 bln. roubles or 7.8 mln. contracts, including 33.0 bln. roubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, February 20, 2009 reached 70.3 bln. roubles or 3.3 mln. contracts.
ICMA: Survey Of European Repo Market Reflects Deleveraging By Banks

Date 25/02/2009

The European Repo Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) today released the results of its 16th semi-annual survey of the European repo market. The survey, a snapshot of the volume of repo trades outstanding on a single day in December 2008, based on returns from 61 financial institutions, sets the baseline figure for market size at EUR 4,633 billion, the decline, adjusted for changes in the survey sample, is 26% from the June 2008 figure of EUR 6,504 billion.
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: February 16 – 20, 2009

Date 25/02/2009

Over the week of February 16 – 20, 2009 the RTS Index went down by 17.14% to reach 517.22 points (624.21 points as of February 13, 2009). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (minus 21.08 points) and Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (minus 14.58 points).

Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 Double Short And Dow Jones STOXX 600 Double Short Indexes To Underlie Exchange-Traded Funds - Strategy Indexes Licensed To BNP Paribas Asset Management

Date 25/02/2009

STOXX Limited, the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced that the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Double Short and Dow Jones STOXX 600 Double Short indexes have been licensed to BNP Paribas Asset Management to serve as the basis for two exchange-traded funds. The EasyETF Euro Stoxx 50 Double Short and EasyETF DJ Stoxx 600 Double Short will be available on Euronext Paris today.
ASX Ltd Half-Year Results - Media Briefing Transcript

Date 25/02/2009

Click here to download the ASX Ltd Half-Year Results media briefing transcript.
Shanghai Futures Exchange To Launch Steel Futures Contracts

Date 25/02/2009

The Shanghai Futures Exchange was given permission to list steel futures contracts by China Securities Regulatory Commission lately. Two underlying products of the futures contracts are steel wire rod and rebar.
CFTC Proposes To Amend Reporting Requirements For Commodity Pool Operators

Date 24/02/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed to amend its regulations regarding periodic and annual reporting requirements applicable to commodity pool operators (CPOs). The proposed changes would: • specify detailed information that must be included in the periodic account statements and annual reports for commodity pools with more than one series or class of ownership interest; • clarify that the perio
STOXX Changes Composition Of European Benchmark Indexes - Results Of The First Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On March 23, 2009

Date 24/02/2009

STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index, Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index, Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index, Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Total Market Index, Dow Jones STOXX Eastern Europe Total Market Index, Dow Jones STOXX Eastern Europe 300 Index and their sub- and sector indexes, as well as the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index and Dow Jones STOXX Private Equity 20 Index.