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NYMEX Reports February 2007 Volume Averages 1.55 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 34 Percent From Year Ago Period

Date 05/03/2007

Increases In Electronic Volumes versus Same Period the Previous Year NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 448% COMEX Electronic Trading Volume Rises 685%
SEC Conducts Major Securities Market Oversight Training Program in East Africa

Date 05/03/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has completed its first major Capital Market Development and Oversight Training Program in East Africa, held in Kampala, Uganda, from February 26-March 2. The week long program included intensive training on methods for conducting investigations of market misconduct, insider trading financial fraud, and market manipulation. The training also focused on corporate governance and disclosure, market regulation, and broker-dealer inspecti
American Stock Exchange’s New Electronic Trading Platform Compliant With Regulation NMS

Date 05/03/2007

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today announced that AEMISM, its new state-of-the-art trading platform, which launched November 6, is fully rolled out and compliant with the “Trading Phase” of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation NMS, which begins today.
OMX Offers Continued Trading In Nokia In SEK

Date 05/03/2007

In relation to the launch of the Nordic Exchange, Nokia decided to be listed on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki, traded in EUR. Together with market participants, OMX has decided to offer trading in Nokia in SEK during a transitional period.
Katten Muchin Rosenman Continues To Expand Financial Services Practice With Addition Of The Former General Counsel Of NYSE Arca - Janet Angstadt Will Be Based In The Firm’s Chicago Office

Date 05/03/2007

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Janet Angstadt, former General Counsel of NYSE Arca Inc., the New York Stock Exchange’s all electronic exchange for trading equities and options (formerly Archipelago), has joined the Firm as a partner in its Financial Services Practice. Ms. Angstadt will be based in the Firm’s Chicago office.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces February Volume

Date 05/03/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that equity option volume in February rose 41.02% when 24,124,606 contracts compared to the same year-ago period when 17,107,136 contracts traded. Equity option volume in February decreased 12.66% when compared to the previous month when 27,620,859 contracts traded. Market share for equity options in February was 14.48% when 24,124,606 contracts traded. PHLX market share in February without ex-dividend volume was 12.59 % when 20,975,150 contracts
Performance Of Listed Exchanges And The FTSE/Mondo Visione Exchanges Index To End February 2007

Date 05/03/2007

Click here to download analysis of the performance of the FTSE/MV Exchange Index to end February 2007.
David Boone Joins The Philadelphia Stock Exchange’s Marketing Department

Date 05/03/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that David Boone has recently joined the Marketing Department. He will hold the position of Business Development Manager for Equities.
Eurex Repo Sets New Record

Date 05/03/2007

Eurex Repo, the electronic repo market of the international derivatives exchange Eurex, reached a new peak on 23 February: The daily outstanding volume in the Euro repo market totaled € 57.5 billion (previous record at €55 billion on 10 November 2006).
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China To Be Taken Into Shanghai Stock Exchange Constituent Indices On March.15

Date 05/03/2007

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An of China) was listed yesterday on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), with the total market capitalization of A shares reaching RMB161.8 billion. It has met the conditions for large-cap stocks' IPO speedy entry into indices. According to the announcement by the SSE and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI), Ping An of China will be included on March 15 in the SSE 180 Index, SSE 50 Index, Shanghai Shenzhen 300 Index (SHSE-SZSE300 Index), C