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KCBT November Volume And Open Interest, Holiday Schedules - KCBT Releases Schedule For Days Surrounding Christmas And New Years Holidays

Date 01/12/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade trading volume for the month of November totaled 279,779 contracts for the exchange as a whole, an increase of .1 percent from the previous month’s tally of 279,507 contracts.
CBOE Year-To-Date Volume Up 28 Percent With Adv Of 4.85 Million Contracts - November's 4.56-Million-Contract ADV Mirrors Record November 2007

Date 01/12/2008

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today reported that through November, trading reached an all-time record of 1.121 billion contracts with an average daily volume (ADV) of 4.85 million contracts. This was 28 percent higher than the same 11-month period in 2007. Year-to-date ADV showed ETF, cash-settled index and equity options all up from year-earlier figures - 61 percent, 13 percent and 22 percent, respectively.
CFE'S Year-To-Date Volume Seven Percent Ahead Of 2007 - Exchange On Pace For Fourth Consecutive Year Of Record Volume Growth

Date 01/12/2008

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that year to date, 2008 trading volume is seven percent ahead of the same period a year ago.Through the end of November, total trading volume at CFE stands at 1,119,553 contracts, compared to 1,043,652 contracts through November 2007.Year-to-date average daily volume through the end of November stands at 4,847 contracts, compared to the 4,518 contracts per day from 2007.With one month remaining in the year, the Exchange is on pace for a fourth
FlexTrade Smart Order Router Connected To Alpha Trading Systems In Canada - Accounts For Nearly 20% Of Executed Volume

Date 01/12/2008

FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in broker-neutral multi-asset algorithmic trading systems, today announced that its FlexTRADER EMS smart order router is providing full connectivity to Alpha ATS L.P. (Alpha ATS), Canada’s newest high-performance, low-cost alternative trading system, which went live on November 7.
US Treasury Secretary Paulson Remarks On The U.S. Economy And Financial System

Date 01/12/2008

Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the current state of the U.S. economy, our implementation of the financial rescue package and strategies for use of the remaining TARP funds.

KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date December 2, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 01/12/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date December 2, 2008 (effective with the December 1 evening session).
CME Group Hires Mark Thompson As Director, Hedge Funds

Date 01/12/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it has hired Mark H. Thompson Jr. as Director, Hedge Funds. Thompson, 37, will be responsible for serving as the company's primary liaison to the East Coast hedge fund community and developing hedge fund business within the region across all CME Group product lines. He will be based out of New York and will report to Tina Lemieux, Managing Director, Hedge Funds and Broker Services.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services At The Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) Of The European Parliament - Brussels, 1st December 2008

Date 01/12/2008

Madame President, Honourable Members, I shall start by apologising for a longer than usual speech. There is as you know an important exercise underway to draw the lessons from the current financial crisis and to design the appropriate response to strengthen financial stability.
Deutsche Boerse Group: 18 Million Trades Executed On Xetra In November - Total Volume Of €137 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 01/12/2008

In November 2008, the number of trades executed on Xetra reached 18.3 million transactions – down just under 5 percent compared to November 2007 with 19.3 million trades. Order book turnover on Xetra recorded €114.5 billion (November 2007: €230.4 billion), down by around 50 percent.
Eurex Trading Volume Of 140.5 Million Contracts In November - Equity Index Derivatives As Largest Segment Traded 79.7 Million Contracts - Eurex Repo Again With Two-Digit Growth

Date 01/12/2008

The international derivatives exchange Eurex traded a total of 140.5 million contracts in November (excluding ISE volume), compared with 171.6 million contracts in November 2007 and 130.0 million in November 2006. Open interest currently stands at 161.7 million contracts, compared to 144.1 million in November 2007. For the first time, Eurex exceeded the threshold of 2 billion contracts year-to-date (Jan – Nov 2008: 2.05 billion contracts), an increase of 15 percent (Jan – Nov 2007: 1.78 billi