Category: Exchanges

April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group announces consolidated trading statistics for March, MX with another interest record for options

TMX Group Limited (TSX: X) today announced March 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. MX achieved another open interest record for Options on Three-Month Canadian Bankers' Acceptance Futures (OBX) of 315,645 contracts on March 7, 2017 (315,410 contracts on…

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April 04, 2017 BY admin

CME Group announces first successful trades of Monday Weekly S&P 500 options

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the successful launch of S&P 500 and E-mini S&P 500 Monday Weekly options on futures. The total volume through the first two trading days was 5,490 contracts with participation from 10 firms. Open interest reached 5,319 as of today, April 4th. Launched in…

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April 04, 2017 BY admin

CME March Forex volumes up 28% MoM and 7% YoY to 978K

Forex volume on CME Group it was announced earlier averaged 978,000 contracts per day in March 2017, up 7% from March 2016 and up 28% from February 2017. Last month Brazilian real currency contracts helped drive volume, as the Latin American country's currency has come back after being battered over the past few years. Highlights for March…

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Eurex volumes
April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex March report sees strong volumes with 11% rise YoY in contracts traded

Rate hike expectations support trading volumes With the release of March's turnover on Deutsche Börse’s cash markets also comes the first quarter report of derivatives exchange Eurex. With further US interest rate hikes on the horizon and a looming end to Quantitative Easing, demand for market instruments to hedge risk has been growing strongly in the first quarter. Hedging…

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Deutsche Börse
April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse Cash Market sees significant rise in March

Turnover on Deutsche Börse's cash markets totalled €135.7 billion in March, a significant increase on the €120.9 billion seen in the same month of 2016. This increase was largely driven by the daily auctions in Xetra trading, which are held at opening, midday and end of trading. Order book turnover in auctions provided 52% of…

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MOEX launches trading in sunflower seed futures
April 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX announces Index Committee decisions

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that on 24 March 2017, the Index Committee of Moscow Exchange decided to recommend that the Exchange set the following free float coefficients: Ticker Issuer Free float DSKY Detsky mir, ordinary shares 34% EPLN Europlan, ordinary shares 35% FTRE FG FUTURE, ordinary shares 20% The Committee also proposed to consider…

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April 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

European Trade Repository REGIS-TR receives formal recognition as foreign trade repository in Switzerland

The European Trade Repository REGIS-TR has been formally recognized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA on 1 April 2017, Deutsche Börse announced. REGIS-TR is now officially a foreign trade repository in Switzerland, enabling market participants to meet their transaction reporting obligations under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA). Under the terms of the…

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