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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)''.
Japan's Financial Services Agency Newsletter July 2006

Date 01/08/2006

Click here to download Japan's Financial Services Agency mewsletter for July 2006.
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For July 2006 - Average Daily Volume Of 2.3 Million Contracts, Up 32.5% From July 2005

Date 01/08/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) today reported that average daily trading volume for equity and index options contracts for July 2006 increased 32.5% to 2.3 million contracts as compared to 1.7 million contracts during the same period in 2005. Total equity and index options volume for the month increased 32.5% to 45.9 million contracts from 34.6 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
IntercontinentalExchange Exchange-wide Open Interest Hits New High July 30

Date 01/08/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that ICE Futures, its regulated futures subsidiary, set a new daily volume record in the benchmark ICE Brent Crude futures contract. On July 31, volume in ICE Brent Crude futures reached 241,114 contracts, surpassing the March 9, 2006 record of 232,995 contracts by 3.5%. On July 31, open interest stood at a record 488,736 contracts.
Eurex Trading Volume Up 16 Percent In July - 107 Million Contracts Traded On Eurex In July - Total Volume In 2006 To Date Reaches 931 Million Contracts, Up 27 Percent Year On Year

Date 01/08/2006

Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange, traded and cleared 107 million contracts in July, a 16 percent rise year-on-year (July 2005: 92 million contracts). Approximately 931 million contracts were traded in the first seven months of 2006, an increase of approximately 27 percent on the same period in 2005. Average daily trading volume at Eurex currently stands at 6.3 million contracts.