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Nymex To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 01/08/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas, Henry Hub swaps, NYMEX miNYTM natural gas, Henry Hub swing swap, Henry Hub penultimate swap, and the natural gas penultimate and last day futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
NYMEX to Change Margins For Financially Settled Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 01/08/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced today announced margin changes its financially settled electricity futures contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®, beginning at the close of business on Thursday.
NYBOT Announces Synthetic Prices Used To Margin FCOJ Positions

Date 01/08/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, announced today that in accordance with its New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) rules, it will utilize an alternate price for purposes of margining outstanding positions at the clearing member level for today, August 1, 2006.
NASDAQ Becomes Operational As A National Securities Exchange

Date 01/08/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has become operational as an exchange in NASDAQ-listed securities, effective today.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Successfully Launches Side-By-Side Trading

Date 01/08/2006

Today marked the first day of side-by-side trading of spring wheat futures at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX or Exchange). The Exchange’s flagship contract, Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRS), can now be traded electronically or through open outcry during daytime trading hours of 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Central Time. According to James D. Facente, MGEX Director of Operations and IT, it was business as usual with all systems operating according to plan in both the electronic and open outcry mark

MCX Announces Agreement With Euronext.liffe

Date 01/08/2006

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) and Euronext.liffe announced today that they have signed a licensing agreement for MCX to use Euronext.liffe’s futures prices.
KCBT Sets New July Volume Records - Wheat Futures And Exchange Sets New Records For Month Of July

Date 01/08/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade has set new monthly trading volume records for the wheat futures contract and for the exchange as a whole for the calendar month of July.
July 2006 Statistics From OMX, The Nordic Exchange

Date 01/08/2006

July saw the highest equity trading activity at the OMX exchanges ever. Summer months are usually characterized by a low trading activity, but this July was very active compared to the same period of previous years. The number of trades increased by 18 percent to 93,000 trades per day compared to last July (79,000). The daily turnover also increased by EUR 30 million amounting to EUR 2,812 million.
July 2006 - Euronext Key Indicators: 15.1 Million Cash Transactions Completed In July, Up 44.5% Year-To-Date - Busiest July Ever - 18 IPOs On Euronext’s Markets In July 2006, 80 Since The Beginning Of The Year - Euronext.liffe Up 24% Year-To-Date

Date 01/08/2006

Cash products 15.1 million transactions have been completed on Euronext’s cash markets in July 2006, up 5.1% on July 2005, making this month the busiest July ever. In total, 131 million cash transactions have been registered since the beginning of the year – a record level at this time of the year, up 44.5% compared to the same period in 2005. This represents a daily average of 888,000. Shares 14.4 million transactions were completed in shares
Japan's Financial Services Agency: Towards The International Convergence Of Accounting Standards

Date 01/08/2006

The Business Accounting Council -advisory panel of experts to the Financial Services Agency(FSA)- announced yesterday a report entitled ''Towards the International Convergence of Accounting Standards (Tentative Translation)''.