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Abu Dhabi Securites Extends Trading Hours By One Additional Hour Starting From 2 January 2008

Date 26/12/2007

According to Securities & Commodities Authority decision, kindly be advised that trading hours will be extended for one extra hour starting from Wednesday, January 2, 2008 to be as follows: Pre Opening 09:30 – 10:00 Trading 10:00 – 14:00 Closing 14:00 <
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Year-End Summary - Record Trading Volumes And Capital Raised - New Financial Instruments Developed - Becoming Part Of The International Market

Date 26/12/2007

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange management convened its annual press conference today (Wed., 26th Dec.) to review 2007, and to present the trends observed in the economy as well as in the stock exchange.
Thai Bourse Establishes Venture Capital Subsidiary

Date 26/12/2007

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Board of Governors (BoG) resolved today (Dec. 26) to establish the mai Matching Fund Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary, operating as a venture capitalist with an initial fund of THB 10 million, derived from the initial budget of THB1,000 million (approx. USD 29.58 million) approved in 2006. The mai Matching Fund will establish an investment committee to choose which businesses to invest in. The new firm will be set up by Q1/2008 and begin investing in Q2/2008, SET
RTS "Stock Exchange": Number Of Issuers Reaches 1000 On RTS Board

Date 26/12/2007

On December 25th, 2007 the number of issuers, stocks of which are admitted to trading on Informational system of indicative quotation of OJSC “RTS” – RTS Board, reached the mark of 1000.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposes Penalty On Maruhachi Securities Co., Ltd.

Date 26/12/2007

The TSE imposed a fine of JPY 30 million on Maruhachi Securities Co., Ltd. (“Maruhachi Securities”) for creating discretionary transaction account contracts. The TSE also requested Maruhachi Securities to submit a business improvement report that includes (i) implementation of a plan to prevent a recurrence for the purpose of eliminating violations (including implementation of compliance training for all executives and staff); (ii) clarification of locus of responsibility for the violation; and(

Singapore Exchange: Trading On New Year's Eve

Date 26/12/2007

Trading on New Year's Eve (31 December 2007) will be from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Price Limit And Margin For January 2008

Date 26/12/2007

Margins and Price limits to be applied for the trades in January 2008 are as follows: (Unit: JPY)
New Year's Market Holidays In China - 2008

Date 26/12/2007

Stock and derivative markets will close from Dec. 29, 2007 (which falls on Saturday, a regular weekend close) to Jan. 1 (Tuesday), 2008, and open again on Jan. 2 (Wednesday), 2008.
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Set PTA Futures Trading Volume Record

Date 26/12/2007

On Dec. 25, 2007, the trading volume in the Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA) futures contract on ZCE (Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange) peaked at 233998 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 225980 contracts set on Oct. 18, 2007.
FORTS Membership List Changed

Date 25/12/2007

System Technologies of Hedging and RAB are approved as specialized clearing firms in commodity section of the RTS derivatives market. This decision was taken by the RTS Derivatives market committee on December 18th, 2007. At the moment 132 clearing members are working on FORTS market. Derivatives market of RTS – FORTS is a leading trading ground for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001.