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BOX Breaks 1 Million Mark For First Time

Date 27/07/2007

On July 26, 2007, BOX traded 1,223,666 contracts, setting a new historic high and breaking the 1 million mark for first time in its history. On a month-to-month basis, BOX has averaged over 600,000 contracts per day, making the current month BOX's best by far since its launch in February 2004.
SIMA: SEC’s Approval Of NASD-NYSE Regulation Merger Is Good For Investors, Markets

Date 27/07/2007

Marc Lackritz, president and CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), said the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval last night of the merger between NASD and NYSE Regulation is good news for investors, issuers and the industry.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records, Including Total Volume Traded On CME Globex®

Date 27/07/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced that it set a number of daily volume records, including total futures and options contracts traded on the CME Globex electronic trading platform, as well as gold futures and crude oil options contracts traded on CME Globex yesterday. The gold futures contract also reached a total volume record of combined contracts traded via electronic and open outcry.
Daily Turnover For MICEX Stock Exchange Reaches 226.59 Billion Rubles, The Market’s Historical Maximum

Date 27/07/2007

As a result of trading held on the MICEX Stock Exchange on 26 July 2007, the volume of transactions in securities amounted to 226.59 billion rubles (8.92 billion US dollars). The main trading mode accounted for 85.12 billion rubles, the negotiated deals mode accounted for 18.88 billion rubles, repos accounted for 114.59 billion rubles, while placements accounted for 8.0 billion rubles. The volume of transactions in stocks (without repos) amounted to 89.54 billion rubles, the volume of transac
SGX Appoints SEVP Seck Wai Kwong As CFO And Promotes EVP YEO Lian Sim To SEVP

Date 27/07/2007

Appointment of CFO Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is pleased to announce today the appointment of Mr Seck Wai Kwong, Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) and Head of Post Trade and Retail, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 1 August 2007. Mr Seck, a member of the SGX Executive Committee, replaces the current CFO, Mr Linus Koh, who has decided to pursue career opportunities outside the Exchange.

MCX Weekly Market Report - Metals In The Red, Turmeric For August Delivery Gains Over 3%

Date 27/07/2007

MCX – COMDEX Open: 2196.50 High: 2210.65
SGX Posts Record Gains For Fy2007 Full Year Earnings

Date 27/07/2007

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that it has achieved record net profit, return on equity and operating revenue for the financial year ended 30 June 2007. This is the second consecutive year that SGX has registered new high in its earnings.
Two New Deutsche Bank ETFs Launched In The XTF Segment On Xetra - Index Funds Track The Korean And Indian Equity Market

Date 27/07/2007

Two new exchange traded funds issued by db x-trackers, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Friday. The db x-trackers MSCI Korea TRN Index ETF (ISIN: LU0292100046) allows investors to participate in the performance of the MSCI Total Return Net Korea Index, which is calculated by Morgan Stanley Capital International BARRA (SM). The index is a free-float adjusted performance index weighted by market capitalization, which tracks the performance
HKEx Proposes A Second Board Model For GEM

Date 27/07/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Friday) released a Consultation Paper on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). The paper puts forward HKEx's proposals for further developing GEM as a second board and invites comments from interested parties on the proposals.
BME’S Net Profit In The First Half Increased 66.1% From A Year Earlier, To 102.98 Million Euros - Net Profit In The Second Quarter Stood At € 52.83 Million, Up 79.9% From The Same Year-Earlier Period

Date 27/07/2007

Revenues in the first half came in at €191.17 million, up 38.9% from a year earlier. EBITDA grew 58.1% in the first half to € 145.28 million. Operating costs rose 0.4% in the first half. The efficiency ratio ended the period at 24%, a sharp improvement over the year-earlier figure of 33.2%.