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Eurex Clearing Will Extend OTC Clearing Facility To Attract Further OTC Volume - Exchange For Swaps Functionality To Be Introduced For Equity Index Derivatives

Date 06/11/2008

The international derivatives exchange Eurex today announced that it will extend its OTC Wholesale Facility. Together with the launch of Eurex Release 11, scheduled for 10 November 2008, customers will now be able to reference equity index swaps in the existing functionality Exchange for Swaps (EFS). This will allow trades which combine all available Eurex index futures with related OTC equity index swaps. As of today, the facility can be used for OTC interest rate swaps/swaptions, credit def

The London Metal Exchange Successfully Meets Record Trading - Record Volumes For Cinnober Delivered LMEselect

Date 06/11/2008

The London Metal Exchange (LME) and Cinnober have carried out a major upgrade of the commodities exchange's electronic trading platform LMEselect. Since the first delivered system version from Cinnober back in late 2003 the total number of trades per month have increased by over 30 times, from approximately 6,000 to nearly 180,000.

NASDAQ OMX Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results - Operating Income Increases 97.0% To $165.1 Million ($83.8 Million In Q307) - Philadelphia Stock Exchange Transaction Accretes In Q308 - Timetable To Achieve $100 Million OMX Expense Synergies Accelerated A

Date 06/11/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX(r)") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported third quarter 2008 net income of $60.1 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, compared with net income of $365.0 million, or $2.41 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2007. Included in third quarter 2007 results was a pre-tax gain of $431.4 million associated with NASDAQ's sale of its share capital of the London Stock Exchange Group

International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Announces New Senior Appointment To Regulatory Policy Team

Date 06/11/2008

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Hiscock to ICMA’s Regulatory Policy team as Senior Advisor.

First Internet Trading System Based On FIX Protocol Certified On FORTS

Date 06/11/2008

First Internet Trading system providing for FIX connectivity to the trading system was certified on FORTS. The system was developed by CQG, a recognized software development company specializing in the field of trading and analytics solutions.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - October 2008

Date 06/11/2008

Highlights - Securities Market The average daily turnover for the first 10 months of 2008 was $77,453 million, a decrease of 6 per cent when compared with $82,015 million for the same period last year.   The average daily turnover of CBBC for the first 10 months of 2008 was $3,848 million, an increase of 2,099 per cent when compared with

Trading On RTS Stock Market Suspended

Date 06/11/2008

At 1:35pm Moscow time trading on RTS Stock market was suspended for one hour, due to the technical index change down by more than 5%.

Eurex: New Monthly Record On European EUA Derivatives Market

Date 06/11/2008

The European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and Eurex achieved the highest monthly volume to date in October 2008 in their jointly-operated market for CO2 emission rights. EUA futures traded 16,666,000 t CO2, 17 times higher compared with October 2007 (977,000 t CO2). October volumes grew by 90 percent compared with the previous record month August 2008.

HKEx Exchange Participants Statistics - On-floor And Off-floor Trading Statistics

Date 06/11/2008

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor Main Board + Trading Only Stocks  

Tokyo Stock Exchange Board Report For October 2008

Date 06/11/2008

1. 2nd Quarter Financial Results for FY ending March 2009 The following is a breakdown of the 2nd quarter financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2009. Due to an approximately 20% decrease in stock trading value during auction trading on a year-on-year basis, etc., trading participation fees were down 16% from the corresponding period of the previous year. Listing-related revenue was down 23