Placing Traders News

ICE U.S. Dollar Index Sets Daily Volume Record - USDX Options Now Available Electronically

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:07:48 GMT

ICE Futures U.S., a leading regulated U.S. futures exchange for global agricultural, equity index and currency markets, reported record daily volume in its U.S. Dollar Index (USDX) futures contract of 77,811 contracts on Friday, March 12. The notional value of USDX contracts traded on March 12 was $6.2 billion. The previous daily volume record of 74,562 contracts was established on December 9, 2009. Year to date, ADV in USDX futures is 27,050 contracts, up more than 320% from a year ago.

Regulatory Approval For Eurex In Québec (Canada) - Eurex Will Expand Direct Access To Its Products In A Key North American Market

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:04:57 GMT

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, today announced that it has received regulatory exemption from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) in Québec to offer its full suite of products in the province of Québec, Canada.

HKEx Publishes The Listing Committee Report 2009

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:08 GMT

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Monday) the publication of the Listing Committee's latest annual report.

EEX Launches Phelix Week Futures

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:49:02 GMT

EEX Power Derivatives supplements the product range of tradable Phelix Futures on the Power Derivatives Market. From 29 March 2010, the trading participants of EEX will also be able trade financially settled futures on a weekly basis.

MEFF Selects Markit Dividends For Settlement Prices Calculation

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:38:30 GMT

MEFF, BME's Derivatives Market, today announced it has selected Markit's dividend dataset as a key input in its equity products pricing model.

STOXX Launches New Optimised Index Series To Track European Market Quartiles - STOXX Europe 600 Optimised Market Quartile Indices Licensed To Source To Underlie Exchange-Traded Funds

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:34:56 GMT

STOXX Limited, a global index provider and creator of the leading European equity indices, today announced the launch of the STOXX Europe 600 Optimised Market Quartile Indices. The new indices are part of the STOXX Optimised Index family and classify the components of the STOXX Europe 600 Index into the four market quartiles.

London Stock Exchange Promotes Best Practice In Investor Relations - New Guide Will Help Companies Communicate Effectively With Investors - Series Of Events Planned

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:23:04 GMT

The London Stock Exchange is this week sending copies of a new edition of its guide to investor relations to the companies on its markets. "Investor Relations - A Practical Guide" provides practical assistance to companies, whether quoted or considering a stock market flotation, on best practice in investor relations, examining the key principles firms should consider when developing their investor relations strategy.

EPEX Spot Third Meeting Exchange Council Epex Spot Third Meeting Exchange Council

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:50:03 GMT

The third meeting of EPEX Spot Exchange Council chaired by Dr. Günther Rabensteiner was held on March 9, 2010 in London. Two main topics were discussed: the adaptation of the Exchange Rules in view to launching the Central Western Europe (CWE) Day Ahead price coupling and the market design and trading system for the cross-border intraday market of EPEX Spot to be launched in 2010.

PLUS Stock Exchange Launches Fixed Income Trade Reporting

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:33:25 GMT

The PLUS stock exchange is pleased to announce the launch of trade reporting for Fixed Income securities on the PLUS market.

SmartPool Launches "MatchView" - Liquidity Discovery Tool To Improve Visibility Of European Dark Trading

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:56:36 GMT

SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P.Morgan and BNP Paribas, announced today that it is launching a new service solution designed to help traders and other market users access, interpret and navigate the post trade data published by European dark trading venues.

Calastone Appoints Securities Industry Expert Terry Williams As Chairman

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:45:47 GMT

Calastone Limited, the independent cross-border transaction network for the mutual funds industry, announced today the appointment of Terry Williams as Chairman.

STOXX Europe 600 FACTOID - March 12, 2010

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:42:36 GMT

As of March 12, 2010

STOXX Europe 600, up 1.31 points this week, or 0.51%, to 258.40.

Up for two consecutive weeks.
Up 12.60 points, or 5.13%, over the last two weeks.
Up four of the past five weeks.
Today, the index is up 0.80 points, or 0.31%.
Up eight of the past eleven trading days.
Highest closing value since Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Off 36.28% from its record closing high of 405.50, hit on Monday, March 06, 2000.
Rose 53.29% from 52 weeks ago.
Off 0.71% from its 2010 closing high of 260.26, hit on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Up 8.82% from its 2010 closing low of 237.46, hit on Friday, February 05, 2010.
Year-to-date the index is up 2.07%.

Tehran Stock Exchange's Holidays

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:37:35 GMT

Tehran Stock Exchange will be closed from Thursday, March 18 to Saturday, March 27, 2010 due to Nowroz holidays, celebrating the New Iranian Year, 1389 Solar Year.

Abovenet Launches Low Latency Connectivity Between Key Financial Centres In London And New York - Leading High-Bandwidth Connectivity Provider Offers One Of The Industry's Fastest End-To-End Transatlantic Connections For Demanding Low Latency Applications

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:28:38 GMT

AboveNet, Inc. (NYSE: ABVT), a leading provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, has launched one of the industry's fastest, low latency end-to-end transatlantic connections between London and New York, reaching key financial locations in:

London: Slough, The City and Docklands
New York Metro: Manhattan and New Jersey, including:
Newark, Weehawken, Secaucus, Carteret, and Clifton

ALGO Technologies Launches Next Generation Trading Technology - Names Hirander Misra As CEO And Howard Morgan As Chairman

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:28:05 GMT

ALGO Technologies Limited is launching today to deliver next generation trading technology solutions with a particular focus on algorithmic trading, execution and market data services.