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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces January Volume - PHLX Posts Record Volume For Equity Options And World Currency Options - Gains Made In All Product Classes

Date 06/02/2008

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that equity option volume in January nearly doubled when 53,023,914 contracts compared to the same year-ago period when 27,620,859 contracts traded. This represented a 91.97% increase. Equity option volume in January increased 32.49% compared to the previous month when 40,020,981 contracts traded.
Standard & Poor’s ESG India Index Launched - IFC-backed Index Provides Avenue To Invest In Leaders In Environmental, Social And Corporate Governance Issues

Date 06/02/2008

Standard & Poor’s, CRISIL and KLD Research & Analytics, the social and environmental research firm, today announced the launch of the S&P ESG India Index, the first investable index of companies whose business strategies and performance demonstrate a high level of commitment to meeting environmental, social and governance [ESG] standards. The index provides investors with an instrument to incorporate sustainability measures into their investment decisions and will provide a model for the launch
January 2008 On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 06/02/2008

There were no new entrants on the WSE Main List in January, but the early days of the year brought very good news on the WSE primary market. In early January, the international consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers published statistics on stock market listings in Europe in 2007. Among regulated markets, the WSE with 81 new listings ranked number two in Europe, second only to the London Stock Exchange with its 99 new listings. The third position in Europe went to NYSE-Euronext w
Initial Public Offering On Tehran Stock Exchange

Date 06/02/2008

On 3 Feb 2008, five percent of equity shares of Fanavran Petrochemical Co. has been floated in the Exchange through an initial public offering (IPO). This IPO exercise would be continued; another eleven percent of Fanavran stock is going to be offered by National Petrochemical Industries Co. in coming days.
EEX And Eurex Launch CER Futures

Date 06/02/2008

European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and the derivatives exchange Eurex are expanding their cooperation in CO2 trading. As of 26 March 2008, it will be possible to trade in futures on CERs (Certified Emission Reductions), global emission credits in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol, on the EEX. To incentivise trading, trading fees (exchange trading and OTC-registry) will be waived for the entire year 2008.

IntercontinentalExchange CEO To Present At Credit Suisse 2008 Financial Services Forum

Date 06/02/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey C. Sprecher, will speak at the Credit Suisse 2008 Financial Services Forum in Naples, FL on Thursday, February 7, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the Investors & Media page of the company's website at www.theice.com.
RTS Realtime Systems Group Provides High-Speed Connectivity To ICE

Date 06/02/2008

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading independent software vendor, announced that it is offering proximity services to IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), after the exchange relocated its primary data center to Chicago.
The Second Central & Eastern European Market Forum 2008

Date 06/02/2008

On 31 January 2008 the Warsaw Stock Exchange opened the second Central & Eastern European Market Forum (CEE Market Forum). The CEE Market Forum is the largest event in Eastern and Central Europe dedicated to investors, companies and institutions related to the capital market.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-Month Euroyen Futures (Effective From 5 February 2008)

Date 06/02/2008

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current June 2008 contracts to the September 2008 contracts, effective from 5 February 2008.
Electronic Equity Trading Up 85 Per Cent To Record Levels On London Stock Exchange And Borsa Italiana

Date 06/02/2008

New records were achieved in trading on the equity order books of Borsa Italiana and the London Stock Exchange during January 2008. The average daily number of electronic equity trades carried out across the two exchanges increased 85 per cent on January last year to 1.3 million, while the average daily value traded grew 45 per cent to £15.3 billion (€20.5billion). The total number of electronic equity trades during the month was 27.7 million, and the total value traded amounted to £337.5 bil