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Shanghai Stock Exchange Medium Enterprise Composite Index To Be Launched In May

Date 17/04/2008

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that the SSE Medium Enterprise Composite Index, with the code of 000020, will be officially launched on May 12, 2008. The index will reflect the overall performance of medium companies listed on the SSE. The base day of the index is December 28, 2007 and the base point is 1,000.
The Trading Volume Of White Sugar Futures Contracts On Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Hits A New High

Date 17/04/2008

On Apr. 16, 2008, the trading volume of white sugar futures contracts on Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) hit a new high at 2758044 contracts, exceeding the last record of 2466578 contracts set on Feb. 25, 2008.
NASDAQ OMX Signs Contract With The Tokyo Commodity Exchange - First Technology Contract As Combined Company

Date 17/04/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced it has signed a contract with the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) and NTT Data to provide an integrated trading and clearing system for commodity derivatives. The contract with TOCOM represents NASDAQ OMX's first technology customer in Japan and its first major technology contract win since its merger.
Dubai Financial Market Sharia Board Announces Percentage Of Dividends That Is Non- Sharia Compliant Of Cash Distributions 2007

Date 17/04/2008

DFM Sharia Board finds 3.66 per cent of 2007 cash dividend to be non-Sharia compliant Total cash dividend of DFM shares is 10 per cent of share value
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit At 60 Cents

Date 16/04/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures remain at 60 cents for trade date April 17, 2008 (effective with the April 16 evening session).

TABB Group Says Over 50% Of All Exchange Revenues Are Exposed To Latency Risk, Up From 22% In 2003 - Research Firm Claims 16% Of All US Institutional Equity Commissions Affected By Latency Risk, Totaling $2 Billion In Annual Revenue

Date 16/04/2008

According to TABB Group in a new research note issued today, “The Value of a Millisecond: Finding the Optimal Speed of a Trading Infrastructure,” the ability to quickly receive, manage and relay order book information has become critically important to the competitiveness of exchanges and electronic communication networks (ECNs). This has lead exchanges to evolve toward the newer ECN model, which is why TABB Group estimates that 56% of all exchange revenues are exposed in 2008 to latency ri
Börse Berlin Equiduct Trading Announces Attractive Model – Lowest Costs In Europe With HybridBook

Date 16/04/2008

Börse Berlin Equiduct Trading is targeting the highly competitive equity trading market with low and transparent charges. The price model has been announced for Equiduct Trading, which will be launched in the middle of the year. In contrast to other trading platforms, Equiduct Trading will dispense with percentage based calculations and will instead be offering a very clear and simple fee model with fixed sums for trade value bands.
NYSE Welcomes H.E. Lee Myung-bak, President Of The Republic Of Korea

Date 16/04/2008

His Excellency Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea, today visited the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s leading equities market and a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), where he rang the opening bell.
Seventeenth Anniversary Of The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 16/04/2008

It was exactly 17 years ago, on 16 April 1991, that the first trading session took place at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. At the launch of WSE, investors could choose among shares of five companies (Tonsil, Próchnik, Krosno, Exbud and Kable), the turnover value on the first session was PLN 1,900 and a total of 112 orders were executed. Currently, there are 358 companies listed on the WSE Main List (including 24 foreign ones) and the average daily equity turnover value is PLN 1.6 bln. There have
SuperDerivatives Names Chris Zingo VP Sales And Support, Americas

Date 16/04/2008

SuperDerivatives®, the benchmark for derivatives pricing and the leading provider of multi-asset front-office systems, risk management, revaluation and online options trading solutions, today announced the appointment of Chris Zingo as vice president sales and support for the Americas. Mr. Zingo will be based in the company’s Americas headquarters in New York.