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European Commission Progress Report On The Single Market In Financial Services

Date 01/03/2007

The European Commission has published its regular Progress Report on the Single Market in Financial Services, highlighting achievements made in the course of 2006. This year the promises set out in the White Paper on Financial Services (2005-2010) were delivered. Considerable achievements were also made in fighting financial crime and in improving the EU framework in company law, accounting and auditing.

HKEx To Further Strengthen Its Derivatives Market

Date 01/03/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will offer additional expiry months in selected stock option classes starting in the second quarter of this year.

FORTS: 104 811 Contracts Is A Record Trading Volume On Futures Contracts On RTS Index

Date 01/03/2007

During a trading session on February 28, 2007 on FORTS there has been set a new record on trading volume on futures contracts on RTS Index. By the end of the trading day the trading volume made 104 811 contracts, which exceeds 1,5 times more the figure, fixed on July 6, 2006 - 71 793 contracts.

Wiener Börse Today launches New Russian Index RDXxt

Date 01/03/2007

With a start date of today, Wiener Börse will be calculating the RDXxt (Russian Depositary Index Extended), which tracks the 15 largest Russian depositary receipts (DRs) traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). As announced on February 8, Wiener Börse has acquired the world’s largest futures exchange, Eurex, as a new customer for this index. Eurex will issue USD derivatives on Russian underlying instruments as of 23 April 2007. For the first time, it will be possible to trade emerging markets

Oslo Børs - Monthly Statistics For Equities 2007

Date 01/03/2007

Indices, turnover per sector, winners and losers, key figures per instrument, shareholder structure, new issues and new listings last month and year to date. The archive includes monthly statistics from May 2001.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Market Value - February 2007

Date 01/03/2007

Statistics are usually posted by 1:00 p.m. on the 1st business day of every month.

Shanghai Stock Exchange To Propel Overall Listing

Date 01/03/2007

Governor Geng Liang of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) said at the Shanghai Financial Work Meeting yesterday (February 27) that the SSE, to propel the overall listing pace of domestic companies, would tack active measures to create more favorable systems and market environment for listed companies' merger, acquisition and reorganization. All this will impel further optimization and development of the current listed companies.

Osaka Securities Exchange Trading Overview For February 2007

Date 01/03/2007

OSE announced trading overview (preliminary estimates) in February 2007.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For February 2007 Contract

Date 01/03/2007

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for February 2007 contract is 42,350 yen. On the last trading day, trading for February contract is only settled by offsetting current positions by resale or repurchase based on this final settlement price. Please also note that on the last trading day, only market orders are accepted.

Dow Jones Statement In Response To Letter From House Committee On Financial Services

Date 28/02/2007

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today issued the following statement in response to a letter from the House Committee on Financial Services to the New York Stock Exchange and Dow Jones: