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Eurex Trading Volumes Of 183 Million Contracts - Average Daily Volume In Q1 At 9.1 Million Contracts (+26 Percent) - 22 Percent Rise Of Trading Volume In Q1 Compared To Q1/2007

Date 01/04/2008

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, reported a total of 183 million contracts traded in March 2008. Compared year-on-year the volume stood at 199 million contracts. The daily average volume was 9.6 million in March; in the first quarter 2008 daily average volume was 9.1 million contracts. Compared to Q1 in 2007 this is a rise of 26 percent (Q1 2007: 7.3 million). In Q1 2008 a total of 570 million contracts were traded compared to 467 million contracts in the first quarter of 2007 (+ 2
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services: Latest Developments On Policy Response To Financial Turmoil - European Parliament's Committee On Economic And Monetary Affairs, Brussels, 1st April 2008

Date 01/04/2008

Madam Chair, Honourable Members, Ahead of the latest ECOFIN Council I would like to brief you on the latest developments related to the policy response to the financial turmoil, as well as the Lamfalussy review and the issue of supervisory convergence. I welcome the opportunity to hear your views on these issues before our discussions in Ljubljana on Friday and Saturday. I will also touch upon EU/US relations.
Update On TSX Quantum™ Revolution

Date 01/04/2008

The TSX Quantum Revolution continues, bringing us one step closer to a new era in trading on Toronto Stock Exchange. Twentyfour additional symbols will be added to begin trading on TSX Quantum on Monday, April 14th 2008. These symbols include:
Deutsche Börse: Xetra Trades Up By 34 Percent In March - Total Volume Of €210 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 01/04/2008

In March the number of daily average trades executed on Xetra was up by 34.5 percent reaching roughly 0.9 million transactions – compared to March 2007 with 0.6 million and three additional trading days. Orderbook turnover on Xetra decreased by 22 percent year-on-year to €185 billion (March 2007: €239 billion). On Xetra and the Frankfurt floor €182 billion were turned over in German equities and €8.5 billion in foreign shares. Roughly 98 percent of the transaction volume with German equities was
World Federation Of Exchanges Work Conference Opened In Shenzhen

Date 01/04/2008

Under the sponsorship of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, the work conference of the World Federation of Exchanges was opened yesterday in Shenzhen, with representatives from 27 stock exchanges worldwide.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: Trading And Clearing Timetable On Tuesday, 1st April 2008

Date 01/04/2008

Further to our previous announcements and due to continuous sanctions taken by the TASE's employees, there is a concern that as well as yesterday, today, Tuesday, 1st April 2008, it will be impossible to conduct trading in accordance with the ordinary timetable.
March Record In Derivatives Trading On The OMX Nordic Exchange

Date 01/04/2008

The OMX Nordic Exchange, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) (NASDAQ OMX Group) announced a new record in Derivatives trading was set in March on the OMX Nordic Exchange. The average daily trading volume was 816,760 contracts. The previous record was 789,898 contracts per day and was set in January 2008.
CESR Publishes Responses Received To Its Consultation On The Role Of Credit Rating Agencies In Structured Finance

Date 01/04/2008

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FESE Welcomes The SEC’s Work Plan On Mutual Recognition

Date 01/04/2008

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) welcomes the SEC’s announcement on March 24th, 2008, concerning the series of actions it intends to take to further the implementation of the concept of mutual recognition for high-quality regulatory regimes in other countries.
CME Group Reports First-Quarter 2008 Volume Averaged A Record 13.7 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 32 Percent - March 2008 Volume Averaged 13.5 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 15 Percent

Date 01/04/2008

Quarterly volume records were achieved across all major product lines Record quarterly total electronic options volume was up 60 percent to average 414,000 contracts per day Record quarterly total electronic Eurodollar options nearly doubled from first-quarter 2007, representing a record 14 percent of total traded Legacy e-CBOT products reached a record 3.9 million total contracts per day during first quarter after transitioning to CME Globex platform A recor