Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) has reminded investors of the recent QFMA mechanism approved by Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) with regards the mechanism to not suspend trading of the shares of the companies listed on QSE on AGM days as of January 1st, 2018. The QFMA approval included a set of procedures to be followed…
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Thailand Futures Exchange PCL’s (TFEX) 2017 derivatives trading volume continued to increase to 79 million contracts, or an average of 324,217 contracts per day, a 13.7 percent increase from the previous year, while investor trading accounts rose by 17,275. For 2018, TFEX focuses on improving quality of products and services and developing channels to serve…
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Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that the shares of EMAAR DEVELOPMENT will be added to its general index (DFMGI) and to sector indices as of Sunday January 7, 2018 lifting the number of companies included in the index to 37 companies. Shares of EMAAR DEVELOPMENT have been added to the DFM General Index and Real…
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SIX Swiss Exchange announced that it has welcomed Gair Loch Enterprises Ltd as its first new trading participant in 2018. SIX Swiss Exchange offers excellent trading conditions as well as premium products and services. We are happy that Gair Loch Enterprises has joined our exchange and wish them successful trading," commented Gregor Braun, Head Member…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has released its annual report for 2017. Details can be seen in the tables below. Interest Rate Futures contracts The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 138,573 (+ 54.1% MoM / - 18.9% YoY) and its average daily volume was 6,599. 項目 December 2017 Trading Volume Daily Average Change…
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In 2018, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group, announced that it will continue to focus on helping its clients to navigate the regulatory changes ahead. The introduction of MiFID II, rising capital requirements and Brexit pose challenges to the whole market,” said CEO Thomas Book. “In this environment, we gather our…
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Based on the order book statistics, turnover from all trading activities at Boerse Stuttgart amounted to around EUR 80.6 billion in 2017. As such the turnover across every asset class at Germany’s leading floor-trading exchange was slightly above the previous year’s level. In 2017, Boerse Stuttgart set a new record of EUR 17.8 billion for…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s main index hit a new record high in the first trading day of 2018 by closing at 1,778.53 points, the highest closing level since its inception in 1975, while gaining 24.82 points or 1.42 percent from end-2017. Combined market capitalization of SET and Market for Alternative Investment (mai) rose…
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The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has published and ‘goes live’ with a number of enhancements to its “Prudential – Investment, Insurance Intermediation and Banking” (PRU) Rulebook. This follows a successful public consultation which completed on 7 December 2017. The new enhancements cover the prudential supervision of banks, insurance…
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Germans continue investing heavily in gold / Increase of 57 tonnes over previous year / Europe's largest physically-backed gold security The gold holdings of the Xetra-Gold physically-backed bearer note of 175.04 tonnes at the end of 2017 marks a new all-time high. That figure stood at just 117.59 at the end of 2016. The reserve…
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