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Nymex To Change Margins For Copper, Aluminum Futures Contracts

Date 29/08/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its copper and aluminum futures contracts, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.
Nyenburgh Beheer B.V. extends its membership of the Nordic Exchange to include Helsinki

Date 29/08/2006

Nyenburgh Beheer B.V. has been approved as a member of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Nyenburgh, which is already a member of the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen and Stockholm, will gain trading access to the equity market on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki as of August 29, 2006.
LCH.Clearnet Group Limited - Interim Results Announcement

Date 29/08/2006

LCH.Clearnet today announced its results for the half year ended 30 June 2006. Financial highlights Organic growth in turnover of 63.2%1 to €608.7m; 639.3 million trades cleared, an increase of 28.6% 2; Operating profit increased by 238.4% to €71.4m, despite the write off of the Generic Clearing System related asset of €47.8m.
IOSCO: Joint Forum Issues Paper On Business Continuity

Date 29/08/2006

The Joint Forum released a paper today entitled High-Level Principles for Business Continuity . The paper is a revised version of the draft issued for consultation in December 2005 (the comments received on the consultative paper are summarised in a separate document ).
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/08/2006

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 1 September 2006, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining metho

Hellenic Exchanges Holding S.A.: Consolidated Net Profits EUR 30.6 Mln

Date 29/08/2006

The consolidated net profits of the Group in the 1st half of 2006 amounted to 30.6 mln vs. 13.1 mln in the corresponding period last year, increased by 133%.
GL TRADE Reports Turnover Growth Of Over 3% And An Operating Profit In Line With Projections

Date 29/08/2006

The Board of Directors, chaired by Pierre Gatignol, has approved the financial statements for the first half of 2006.
Euronext: Alternext® All-Share Index Set For Launch On 4 September 2006

Date 29/08/2006

As announced in June, Alternext will be launching its All-Share index on 4 September, confirming its continued growth momentum.
EEX: Polish BOT 150th Trading Member

Date 29/08/2006

The Polish utility BOT GIE SA is the 150th company to be admitted as trading member to the European Energy Exchange (EEX). Since the beginning of this year the number of members has risen by 18.
EEX Achieves Doubling Of Earnings During First Half Of 2006 - Sales Revenue Of More Than EUR 20 Million – Strong Growth Confirms Corporate Strategy – Derivatives Market Mainstay Of Turnover – EBIT Almost Tripled – Number Of Trading Participants Continues

Date 29/08/2006

During the first half of the year 2006, European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) has considerably increased the speed of its growth. During the first six months of the current year, the Leipzig-based energy exchange managed to achieve considerable increases both in the trade volumes and in the sales revenue compared with the values achieved during the previous year and to improve the earnings situation sustainably. “From today’s perspective we have a particularly strong volume growth, an especially