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  • ICE Futures Sets Brent Crude Futures Volume And WTI Crude Open Interest Records

    Date 11/08/2006

    IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced new daily trading records for ICE Futures, its regulated futures subsidiary. On August 10, volume in the ICE Brent Crude futures contract reached 252,296 contracts, exceeding the July 31, 2006 record of 241,114 contracts by 4.6%. Brent is a light sweet grade of crude that comes from the North Sea, and the contract serves as the price benchmark for approximately two-thirds of the world’s crude oil.

  • Company Share Changes In The S&P/CITIC 300 And 50 Indices

    Date 11/08/2006

    S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 and 50 Indices effective after the close of trading Monday August 14, 2006.

  • CME Expands Its Operations In Chicago To Accommodate Business Growth - Additional Office Space Diversifies Operations, Reduces Projected Real Estate Spending

    Date 11/08/2006

    CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today announced that it will increase its presence in Chicago to include a new operations facility at 550 W. Washington in the city's West Loop, owned by Trizec Properties, Inc. CME will maintain its lease for its headquarters at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center on Wacker Drive in Chicago. The company also will continue to maintain its trading floor facilities at that same location, pursuant to an existing long-term lease agreement

  • Bursa Malaysia Signs Agreement To Acquire 100% Equity Interest In Bursa Derivatives Clearing

    Date 11/08/2006

    Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) today announced that it has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bursa Securities Clearing Sdn Bhd to acquire 100% equity stake in Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (“Bursa Derivatives Clearing”). This SPA signifies an internal transfer within the Bursa Malaysia group.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces A Composition Change To The S&P Commodity Indices - Unleaded Gasoline

    Date 10/08/2006

    Standard & Poor’s will replace the New York Harbor Unleaded Gasoline contract (Reuters ticker HU) with the new designated Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygen Blending contract (Reuters ticker RB) in the Standard & Poor’s Commodity Indices. The transition will occur during the usually scheduled August roll period. The weight of Unleaded Gasoline and the index divisor will not change due to this transition.