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  • NYBOT Softs Exceed 64,000 Contracts In Electronic Trading On February 7 - New Daily Volume And Sugar Futures Records Also Set

    Date 07/02/2007

    Electronic soft commodity futures trading at the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), reached a new high of 64,042 contracts today, or more than 19% of overall daily volume in the listed products. Additionally, today’s total volume of 340,190 contracts set a new daily volume record, replacing the previous high of 315,390 contracts set on April 13, 2006. The World Sugar futures contract also set a new volume record with 155,727 con

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 07/02/2007

  • Electronic Trading Hours For NYBOT Softs To Be Extended As Of February 20

    Date 07/02/2007

    IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced today new electronic trading hours for its regulated subsidiary the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), the leading soft commodity exchange. Effective February 20, 2007, the electronic trading hours will be extended to operate from 1:30 a.m. ET to 3:15 p.m. ET for NYBOT’s Sugar No. 11SM (SB), Sugar No.14SM (SE), Cotton No. 2SM (CT), Coffee “C”® (KC), and Cocoa (CC) products. Electronic trading hours for t

  • Merck KGaA replaces Merck Serono SA In The S&P European Indices

    Date 07/02/2007

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading on Friday 09 February 2007: Merck KGaA (Germany, SEDOL: 4741844, GICS: Health Care, GICS Code: 35202010) will replace Merck Serono SA (Switzerland, SEDOL: 4981070, GICS: Health Care, GICS Code: 35201010) in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, and will be added to the S&P Euro index, following its acquisition of 97% of Merck Serono sha

  • IntercontinentalExchange Chairman And CEO To Appear At Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum On February 9

    Date 07/02/2007

    IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey C. Sprecher will speak at the 2007 Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum on Friday, February 9, at 10:30 AM ET. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the company’s website at www.theice.com in the Investor Relations section, or:

  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eleven New Options On Thursday, February 8

    Date 07/02/2007

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eleven new options on February 8, 2007. Eight of the following options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Prod. LLC: Cbeyond, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QYN/CBEY) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, June

  • NYMEX To Change Margins For Asian Metals Futures Contracts

    Date 07/02/2007

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its Asian gold, palladium, and platinum futures contracts, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.

  • CBOT Announces Presidents’ Day Holiday Trading Schedule

    Date 07/02/2007

    CHICAGO, February 7, 2007 – The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOTâ) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Presidents’ Day holiday: Friday, Feb. 16: Open auction:  Financial contracts will close at 12:00 noon.  Metals contracts will close at 12:30 p.m.  All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times. Electroni

  • CBOE To List Quarterly Index Options On SPX, XSP And XEO Beginning February 21st

    Date 07/02/2007

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced plans to launch Quarterly Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) options, Quarterly Mini-SPX Index (XSP) options and Quarterly Standard & Poor's 100 Index with European-style exercise (XEO) options beginning Wednesday, February 21, 2007.

  • CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records for Tuesday, February 6

    Date 07/02/2007

    Daily: Soybeans - Futures and Options Electronic Volume Record New Record: 75,208  Feb 6, 2007 Old Record: 71,901  Jan 16, 2007 Daily: Soybeans - Futures Electronic Volume Record New Record: 75,205  Feb 6, 2007 Old Record: 71,749  Jan 16, 2007 Daily: Agricultural - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 5,622,279  Feb 6, 2007 Old Record: 5,595