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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For February 2nd 2018

Date 02/02/2018

A total turnover of 3.268 billion shares worth N28.123 billion in 35,761 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 7.157 billion shares valued at N42.545 billion that exchanged hands last week in 39,037 deals.   

GPW Ranks Third By Number Of IPOs On European Exchanges

Date 02/02/2018

• GPW was Europe’s third biggest market by the number of IPOs in 2017 (on a par with the Spanish exchange BME)
• The total value of IPOs on GPW was over EUR 1.8 billion in 2017, the highest since 2011
• The IPO of Play Communications SA on GPW was the eighth biggest European IPO in 2017

OTC Markets Group Reports 2017 Trading Statistics And Highlights

Date 02/02/2018

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced its trading statistics and news highlights for 2017.

EPEX SPOT SE: Growth Trend Continues On Day-Ahead Market - Dutch Intraday More Than Doubles Last Year’s Trading Volumes

Date 02/02/2018

In January 2018, a total volume of 48.8 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (January 2017: 43.0 TWh).

Bourse Shares Leap As Activist Investor TCI Says Consolidation In Exchanges Sector Inevitable - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Up By 10 Per Cent In January 2018 – Index Sets New Closing All-Time High For First Time Since Financial Crisis - 25 Of 28 Listed Exchanges See Increase In Share Value

Date 02/02/2018

Closing at 52,239.63 on 31 January 2018, the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, which aims to reflect market sentiment and is a key indicator of exchanges performance, has climbed back to a level not seen since early December 2007. A new closing all-time high of 52,919.7 was set on 26 January 2018.

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In January 2018

Date 02/02/2018

Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange`s markets in January 2018  was RUB 58.0 trln.

SEC: Alleged Perpetrator Of Ski Slope Investment Scheme Agrees To Pay Back Investor Money, Surrender Properties

Date 02/02/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Miami-based businessman behind an alleged scheme involving investments in a Vermont-based ski resort has agreed to pay back more than $81 million of investor money that he used illegally.

PEGAS Reports Strong Spot Volumes In January And A Monthly Record On GASPOOL

Date 02/02/2018

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, reports strong overall volumes on its spot segment with 90.7 TWh in January 2018. A monthly record was established on the German hub GASPOOL with 13.5 TWh (previous record: 12.7 TWh in January 2017). The total monthly traded volume amounted to 162.9 TWh (January 2017: 165.7 TWh).

BETTER FINANCE Welcomes EC Roadmap Towards A More Sustainable Economy But Once Again Deplores Failure To Take The Interests Of EU Citizens As Pension Savers And Individual Investors Into Account

Date 02/02/2018

Whereas BETTER FINANCE welcomes the report of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance as a step in the right direction to promote a cleaner and fairer economy, it is also disappointed in the fact that the report essentially fails to address information and governance issues for sustainable finance products.

European Commission Letter On Money Market Fund Regulation

Date 02/02/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a reply received on 19 January from the European Commission (EC).