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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Final Rule Prohibits Bank And Thrift Dealing And Investing In Industrial Or Commercial Metals

Date 28/12/2016

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) submitted to the Federal Register a final rule to prohibit national banks and federal savings associations (FSAs) from dealing or investing in industrial or commercial metals.
CFTC Charges Brett G. Hartshorn Of Sarasota, Florida With Soliciting At Least $906,000 In An Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Fraud Scheme - Hartshorn Allegedly Misappropriated Client Funds, Failed To Register With The CFTC, And Failed To Produce Books And Records - Hartshorn Typically Met His Victims At Church Or Socially In His Local Community

Date 28/12/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging Brett G. Hartshorn of Sarasota, Florida, with fraudulently soliciting and/or managing at least $906,000 from retail clients to invest in off-exchange foreign currency (forex), misappropriating at least $57,414 of client funds for his own personal benefit, failing to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), and failing to produce books and records to the CFTC.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Mandatory Intra-Day Variation Adjustment Call In Respect Of The Day Following The New Year Holiday

Date 28/12/2016

All markets operated by the Hong Kong Futures Exchange will be closed for business on 2 January 2017. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risks that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a mandatory intra-day variation adjustment call on Clearing Participants in the Hang Seng Index, Mini-Hang Seng Index, H-Shares Index, Mini H-Shares Index, HSCEI Dividend Point Index, USD/CNH Futures and CNH/USD Futures markets on Friday, 30 December 2016.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 28/12/2016

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Tuesday, 3 January 2017, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows:
HKEX Announces Launch Date For VCM In Derivatives Market

Date 28/12/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced it will implement the Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) in its derivatives market on 16 January 2017.

9-Month Snapshot Of Tehran Stock Exchange

Date 28/12/2016

At the end of Q3 current Iranian Year (started 20 March 2016), Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s total index closed at 80.123,around 30 percent more than the figure a year earlier. All of the Exchange’s indices closed at double-digit growth end of quarter, comparing the same period last year, including Free Float Index (32%) and 30 Largest Bluechip Index (28%).
Amman Stock Exchange: The ASE Index Quarterly Review

Date 28/12/2016

Mr. Nader Azar the CEO of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) said that the ASE has conducted the periodic quarterly review of the ASE index constituents in purpose of ensuring that the ASE General Price Index reflects the market performance and the trading activity of the listed companies. By this rebalancing, the activity of listed companies in regard to trading during the last quarter has been reviewed. After that, the ASE has conducted its screening process for all listed companies using the full market capitalization of the companies and the number of trading days during last quarter. It is worth mentioning that the criteria adopted by the ASE are similar to the international practices applied in this field. These criteria are applied by many leading international index providers.
Egyptian Exchange Holiday On Sunday 1st Of January 2017

Date 28/12/2016

EGX has decided that Sunday 01 January 2017 is a holiday due to the banks being on holiday. Trading will be resumed effective Monday 02 January 2017.
Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date December 15, 2016

Date 27/12/2016

At the end of the settlement date of December 15, 2016, short interest in 2,356 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 7,263,328,158 shares compared with 7,428,340,748 shares in 2,325 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of November 30, 2016. The mid-December short interest represents 5.11 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 5.23 days for the prior reporting period.
NYSE, NYSE Arca And NYSE MKT Short Interest Reports

Date 27/12/2016

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 15, 2016.