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Strict Precautionary Measures For The Safety Of Clients And Employees: Dubai Financial Market Reopens Its Trading Floor For Investors As Of Tuesday 7th July 2020

Date 05/07/2020

The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that it is reopening its Trading Floor and Customer Affairs counters for investors as of Tuesday 7th July 2020, with the strict implementation of precautionary measures for the safety of clients and employees.

Cyprus Securities And Exchange Commission Fines Commerzbank AG

Date 03/07/2020

The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to inform the public that it has completed its investigation regarding the compliance of the Cyprus Popular Bank (“CPB”) and Commerzbank AG with section 19 of the Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation (Market Abuse) Law of 2005 in relation to structured bonds ISIN XS0345364227 and XS0345364656 for the period between 1 January 2008 – 15 March 2013.

Exchange Council Welcomes EEX’s Entry Into The Japanese Power Market

Date 03/07/2020

On Wednesday 24th June 2020, the Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) held its first meeting of 2020, chaired by Dr Michael Redanz, Managing Director of EWE Trading GmbH. In the course of the meeting, the Exchange Council discussed a number of topics including the recent introduction of EEX Japan Power Futures, the necessary measures to maintain all operations and secure market continuity in times of crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic, and the nomination of a Data Protection Officer.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Update - June 2020

Date 03/07/2020

Click here to download Borsa Italiana's monthly update.

Athens Stock Exchange: Main Market Stock Liquidity Class Assessment Results, Effective As Of, July 06, 2020

Date 03/07/2020

Athens Stock Exchange announces the Main Market stock liquidity class assessment results, effective as of July 06, 2020 (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3).

EEX Group Monthly Report - Freight Achieves Another Milestone With New Monthly Record

Date 03/07/2020

Key achievements in June

Power

• On the Power Spot segment, the Intraday markets continued their growth trend and increased by 15% year-on-year to 9.1 TWh. A volume of 874 GWh has been traded in the new Nordic intraday and day-ahead markets (covering Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway) which are now available alongside the EPEX SPOT continental and UK products.
• The European Power Derivatives Markets increased by 46% year-on-year, driven by double-digit growth in the German (+57%), French (+55%) and Spanish (+59%) Power Futures and triple-digit growth in Hungarian Power Futures (+120%). Belonging to the smaller yet emerging Power Derivatives markets, the Dutch Power Futures achieved a new monthly record in June at 5.5 TWh (previous record: 4.1 TWh in March 2020).
• The recently launched Japanese Power Derivatives products recorded a total volume of 104,520 MWh in its first full month of trading and in doing so, has exceeded the volume achieved on the domestic power futures exchange in Japan. Since launching on 18th May 2020, the number of market participants, both domestically in Japan and internationally, has increased steadily resulting in healthy trading activity throughout the month.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For July 3rd 2020

Date 03/07/2020

A total turnover of 961.833 million shares worth N9.181 billion in 20,058 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 739.375 million shares valued at N8.563 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,248 deals.

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In June 2020

Date 03/07/2020

In June 2020, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange’s markets grew by 10.3% to reach RUB 72.9 trln.

BIS: International Spillovers Of Forward Guidance Shocks

Date 03/07/2020

Focus

Central banks whose policy rates have reached their effective lower bound have turned to unconventional policies, including forward guidance, to stimulate their economies. These policies have international ramifications. We explore how forward guidance policy in large economies, such as the United States, affects smaller economies, such as Canada.

Increasing Presence Of High Frequency Trading In Crypto

Date 03/07/2020

Bitcoin’s 30-day volatility has fallen to 27.6% over the past 30 days, according to data from blockchain analytics firm intoTheBlock.  "The cryptocurrency markets continue to stay eerily calm as volatility drops and traders continue to expect a big move," wrote Zack Voell in yesterday's market report for Coindesk. The prolonged period of low volatility price consolidation in bitcoin that we’ve witnessed in recent months is a result of an increasing presence of HFT firms in crypto in recent months as Bitcoin demonstrates increasing maturity as an asset class, according to James Banister, CEO, Market Synergy, a Zug-based infrastructure provider.