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PowerShares® Launches PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders Portfolio ETF To Track The Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders Index On The NYSE - 2nd PowerShares ETF Listing On The NYSE - First ETF Based On Tools Used In Technical Analysis

Date 01/03/2007

The New York Stock Exchange announced the PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders™ Portfolio listed on the NYSE and began trading under the ticker symbol PDP.  Tracking the performance of approximately 100 U.S.-listed securities, the new ETF offered by PowerShares is the first ETF based on technical analysis pioneered in the Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders™ Index. 

RBC Capital Markets Expands Global Futures Team

Date 01/03/2007

RBC Capital Markets today announced the continued expansion of its 24-hour global futures business with the addition of Alex Wilkinson, Managing Director, who will co-lead the business with Richard Hall-Reppen, Managing Director. Both men report to Harry Samuel, head of Global Treasury Services. Mr. Wilkinson is based in London; Mr. Hall-Reppen in Chicago.

Euronext: Expert Commission, Indices Committee

Date 01/03/2007

The Expert Commission, Indices Committee, meeting today, took the following decisions: CAC Next20 index

ICE Futures Announces Record Monthly And Daily Volume For UK Natural Gas Futures Contract

Date 01/03/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its U.K. based regulated futures subsidiary, ICE Futures, established new monthly and daily volume records in the ICE UK Natural Gas futures contract.

GL TRADE, The London Stock Exchange And EDX London Hold Their First Trading Forum In Moscow, March 29, 2007 - Marriott Grand Hotel Moscow

Date 01/03/2007

GL TRADE, global provider of integrated solutions for financial institutions, working in partnership with the London Stock Exchange and its derivatives business EDX London, will hold its first joint Trading Forum in Moscow on 29 March. The Forum will give an overview of the London Stock Exchange’s International Order Book (IOB) and the newly-launched EDX Russian IOB Equity Derivatives Services.

Nordic Derivatives Exchange Monthly Statistics February 2007

Date 01/03/2007

To download Nordic Derivatives Exchange’s monthly statistics for February 2007, click here.

NASDAQ Lowers Top Tier Pricing For Routing And For Removing Liquidity

Date 01/03/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today lowered transaction pricing for the top tiers for removing liquidity in all securities and for routing all securities, excluding non-ETFs routed to the NYSE. These pricing changes have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on an immediately effective basis.

SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #8 For Fiscal Year 2007

Date 01/03/2007

Pursuant to Section 31(j)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Commission determined that a mid-year adjustment to the Section 31 fee rate for FY 2007 is not required. As a result, the Section 31 fee rate of $15.30 per million dollars that will take effect on March 17 will remain at that level through the end of the fiscal year. The Section 31 assessment on round turn transactions in security futures also will remain at $0.0042 per transaction after March 17.

CME Reports February 2007 Volume Averaged 6.0 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 27 Percent From Year-Ago Period

Date 01/03/2007

Delivers second highest month ever in average daily volume Averages a record 4.6 million contracts per day on CME Globex, accounting for 76 percent of monthly volume Achieves record transaction processing month, with 4.5 million CBOT contracts cleared per day and 688,000 NYMEX contracts matched per day on CME Globex Sets monthly records in CME Eurodollar futures, electronic commodities futures and options, E-mini options products Records highest non-roll month

ISE Reports Monthly Volume For February 2007 - Average Daily Volume Of 2.7 Million Contracts

Date 01/03/2007

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) today reported that average daily trading volume for equity and index options contracts for February 2007 increased 14.2% to 2.7 million contracts as compared to 2.4 million contracts during the same period in 2006. Total equity and index options volume for the month increased 14.2% to 51.1 million contracts from 44.8 million contracts in the same year-ago period.