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BCS Global Markets Offering Free Research Until 1 July, 2020

Date 30/03/2020

Amid extreme volatility and general uncertainty in global markets, BCS Global Markets is offering free access to its high-quality research on the Russian equity and bond markets both in Russian and English until 1 July.

GPW Updates The Alert List And The Lower Liquidity Zone - On The Main Market In Equities Under The New Rules

Date 30/03/2020

• The Alert List includes six companies at the end of Q1 2020 whose average price was less than PLN 0.10 in the last three months
• The Lower Liquidity Zone includes stocks of 50 issuers
• It is the first update of the Alert List and the Lower Liquidity Zone under the new rules that took effect as of 1 January 2020
• The objective of the modifications is to improve the rules applicable to stocks trading at a low liquidity level and penny stocks and to align the rules with the new tick sizes on the equity market

Qatar Stock Exchange: QE Index, QE Al Rayan Islamic Index nd QE All Share Constituents April 1st 2020

Date 30/03/2020

Market Notice # 009 (March 11, 2020) provided constituent changes of all QSE indices effective April 1st, 2019. This notice provides the final Index Free Float number of shares and capping factors (where applicable) to be used in the QE Index and QE All Share index calculation effective April 1st, 2020. 

Amman Stock Exchange Postpones Submission Of Annual Reports

Date 30/03/2020

In light of of the Jordan Securities Commission’s (JSC) decision to suspend the filing of disclosures of entities subject to its supervision until further notice, which came in light of the conditions that the Kingdom is going through due to measures taken to fight the spread of Corona virus, the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) decided to postpone the deadline of listed companies submission of their annual reports to it until further notice. The annual report of listed company includes the report of its board of directors, its audited financial statements, and its auditor's report. The submission deadline specified in legislations was due on 31/3/2020. The new deadline will be announced as soon as it is decided by the JSC.

EGX: EGID Develops An Electronic Voting System "E-Magles" To Ensures Corporate Activities And Support Government's Efforts Related To Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Date 30/03/2020

As a continuation of The Egyptian Exchanges’s precautionary measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and in light of the Egyptian Prime Minister’s decision No. 606 for the year 2020 to temporarily suspend all events requiring gatherings and/or those requiring mobility between cities with large gatherings, Egypt for Information Dissemination Company (EGID), a subsidiary of EGX, developed a web-based E-voting solution enabling board members of a company to vote.

China’s 1st Gas Energy Derivatives “Cloud” Listed Today

Date 30/03/2020

At 9 o’clock on the morning of March 30, Standing Member of the CPC Liaoning Committee and Party Chief of Dalian Tan Zuojun together with Party Chief and Chairman of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) Li Zhengqiang jointly struck the gong for the official listing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) futures and options in the trading hall of DCE, marking the official listing of China’s first gas energy derivatives on DCE and a significant progress in the energy futures market system construction in China. The LPG futures contracts are listed for trading on that day, and the LPG options contracts will be listed and traded on the next trading day after the transaction of underlying futures contracts happened.

HKEX: Survey Finds Significant Growth In Hong Kong Derivatives Market

Date 30/03/2020

The Derivatives Market Transaction Survey 2018/19 (2018/19 Survey) conducted by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) found that Hong Kong’s derivatives market has grown significantly and continues to attract a wide range of investors.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Operating Guidelines On Rubber Market Detailed Rules

Date 30/03/2020

We hereby inform you that the Exchange has set the guideline on how to handle matters stipulated in the Rubber Market Detailed Rules as below. Please share this information with those who are involved in the matter related to this guideline. We appreciate your cooperation.

BISON Hits The 100,000 Active Users Mark - Growth Of More Than 40 Percent In 2020 - Bitcoin Is By Far The Most Frequently Traded Cryptocurrency On BISON

Date 30/03/2020

Uncomplicated and secure trading in cryptocurrencies on the smartphone: this is possible with BISON, Boerse Stuttgart Group’s crypto app. BISON has now hit the 100,000 active users mark. “The number of active users of BISON has grown by more than 40 percent since the beginning of 2020. Even in the turbulent market phases of the past few months, we have been able to offer the usual simple and reliable trading in cryptocurrencies. On this basis, we intend to increase our user numbers steadily,” said Dr Ulli Spankowski, CEO of Sowa Labs GmbH, the subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures GmbH which developed the BISON app.

China Launches LPG Futures, Options To Bebut Tuesday

Date 30/03/2020

China launched trading of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) futures contracts on the Dalian Commodity Exchange on Monday, and trading of LPG options will debut Tuesday as the country seeks to offer more effective tools for enterprises to hedge risks from drastic price fluctuations.