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ETF Securities To Offer Investors Easy Access To A Large Range Of Commodities With Exchange Traded Commodities Launch On Euronext Paris

Date 06/02/2007

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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - January 2007

Date 06/02/2007

Highlights On 24 January 2007 , the Hang Seng Index reached a record closing high of 20821.05. The securities market turnover for January 2007 reached a single-month record high of $1,266,635 million while average daily turnover at $57,574 million was the highest in history, exceeding the
Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 151, 6 February 2007

Date 06/02/2007

a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Promotes Fair Disclosure For Stocks With Abnormal Fluctuation

Date 06/02/2007

Recently, an official of the Listed Company Department of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) said that the current priority work for SSE's supervision over the listed companies is to reinforce the joint regulation on stock prices' abnormal fluctuation and information disclosure. As China's securities market is entering the all-floating era, all parties pay much attention to the stock prices, which has caused more market rumors. On the one hand, the information disclosure of the listed companies w
Boston Options Exchange Sets Record In PIP Savings To Investors, Reduces Fees For Penny Pilot Classes

Date 05/02/2007

In the month of January, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’*) averaged $3.23 per contract. A record-high average of 107,043 contracts per day received price improvement during the month. This represented savings to investors of $7 million, another record high. With this amount, BOX has reached $108 million in savings to investors since inception.

Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) Mini Futures Set A Volume Record In 2006

Date 05/02/2007

The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) traded a record-breaking 8.817 million mini futures contracts in 2006. In 2005, this total amounted to 1.013 million. For 2007, BM&F plans to launch a new mini futures contract for gold. Currently, the Exchange has a portfolio of four mini futures contracts available to its investors: Live Cattle, Coffee (launched in late 2006), US Dollar and Ibovespa Index, the first three contracts being one tenth of BM&F’s standard contract size. The Ibovesp
CFTC’s Office Of The Chief Economist Releases Study On “Market Growth, Trader Participation And Pricing In Energy Futures Markets”

Date 05/02/2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of the Chief Economist today released a study titled “Market Growth, Trader Participation and Pricing in Energy Futures Markets.” This study provides an analysis of the composition of traders across different energy futures contract maturities and addresses questions relating to price discovery in these markets. Specifically, The aut
CBOT To Launch Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Futures Feb. 21

Date 05/02/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that its new futures contract based on the Dow JonesSM U.S. Real Estate IndexSM (DJUSRE) will launch on February 21, 2007. The electronically-traded DJUSRE Index futures contract is designed to allow market participants to capitalize on changes in the real estate sector of the stock market, and better manage commercial real estate exposure.
Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) Ends 2006 With Exceptional Growth And Focuses On Globalization In 2007

Date 05/02/2007

The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) ended 2006 with an annual growth of 42.17% in traded contracts totaling 283.57 million contracts against 199.45 million traded in 2005. The average volume of contracts traded daily at the Exchange in 2006 was 1.152 million, including mini futures contracts. The news was announced at a press conference held yesterday by the chairman of BM&F’s Board of Governors, Manoel Felix Cintra Neto, reelected for another one-year term as BM&F president. Open
NYMEX to Change Margins For Brent Crude Oil, Related Futures Contracts

Date 05/02/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its Brent crude oil and related futures contracts, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.