Category: Exchanges

December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSE welcomes Indian Railway Finance Corporation’s First Green Bond

London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced that it welcomes Indian Railway Finance Corporation’s (IRFC) first green bond. The ten year dated green bond raised $500 million with an annual yield of 3.835 per cent and listed on London Stock Exchange’s new International Securities Market. The bond was more than three times oversubscribed and received strong international…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EEX total volume in November down 35% YoY

In November 2017, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 276.6 TWh on its power derivatives markets (November 2016: 423.2 TWh). The November volume comprised 163.8 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and settlement of all exchange transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC). For the…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group shows good results in November volumes report

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has released November 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. Toronto Stock Exchange's results jumped with 25% MoM, but were slightly lower than the same period last year. TSX Venture Exchange results rose to 6,258,523,551. Alpha…

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Eurex volumes
December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex reaching major milestones in 2017

2017 has been an important year for Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group. After seeing challenging market conditions as a consequence of an election cycle in Europe, shortly before year-end, all eyes are now on MiFID II. Eurex is ready and is supporting the transition of markets”, said Randolf Roth,…

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December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX FX Market turnover grows by 6% YoY in November

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of November. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange`s markets in November was RUB 70.4 trln. The Bond Market posted the strongest volume growth (+43.3% YoY). Turnover also grew on the Equity Market (+9.1% YoY) and FX Market (+6.2% YoY). Equity and Bond Market…

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ASEAN Exchanges
December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Borsa Italiana launches FTSE Italia PIR Mid Cap Futures

Borsa Italiana today announced that its Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) has further extended its product range with the launch of FTSE Italia PIR Mid Cap Futures. The innovative products were launched in response to strong and growing demand from global trading firms and asset managers looking to access an efficient financial instrument for directional trading…

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CFTC rule enforcement
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC issues recommendations to CBOT, CME, COMEX and NYMEX on rule enforcement

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) has issued the results of a rule enforcement review at the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, Inc. and New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. that recommends the exchanges reviewed make certain improvements as noted below. The Division reviewed the Chicago Board…

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December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Six Swiss Exchange reports higher trading activity in November

Six Swiss Exchange announced that trading activity has risen sharply in the year to date compared with the same period of 2016. Highlights include: Trading turnover in the year to date: CHF 1,245.1 billion (+6.3% YoY) Number of trades 47,453,956 (+8.4% YoY) All-time record annual ETF turnover achieved in 2016 already broken in November 2017…

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First Republic Bank joins S&P 500 index, replaces Scana Corporation
December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

DCE launches 24 Commodity Futures Indexes

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) informed that it has launched 24 commodity futures indexes, and so far DCE has published a total of 36 indexes of the commodity futures. According to the sources, the newly launched 24 indexes are all the single commodity indexes, including the 2 series: the price indexes of single commodity futures and…

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