Additionally, a random cutoff mechanism is set to be introduced to the POS and pre-open allocation session to all relevant products in the derivatives market. This will include both morning and afternoon sessions. These changes will be implemented in order to prevent the chances of gaming strategies occurring when manipulating the Calculated Opening Price at…
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The exchange also reported a jump in FTSE China A50 Index Futures DAV and FTSE Taiwan Index Futures DAV with 485,141 contracts and 104,415 contracts in February, respectively. SGX also registered a surge in its commodities business. Forward freight agreement (FFA) traded volume surged 80% YoY with 150,601 contracts. Petrochemical derivatives and Paraxylene traded volumes…
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Eurex Repo posted a 29.8% MoM rise in GC Pooling, and 47.3% MoM increase in Repo markets. Feb-21 Jan-21 MoM Change Financial derivatives: Traded contracts Eurex Exchange European equity index derivatives (million) 61.7 61.8 -0.16% European interest rate derivatives (million) 55.5 43.6 27.29% European equity derivatives (million) 24.5 23.9 2.51% Total (million) 142.0 129.5 9.65%…
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Dividend distribution saw a full-year increase of 7%, reaching 75.0 pence per share. This reflects a positive performance and poised position for LSEG, although total revenue from capital markets remained constant at £427 million, and technology sales decreased by 7% to £61 million. Operating profits on an adjusted basis reached a 5% annual increase to…
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Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, commented: Despite the pandemic, the last year was a very successful one for Moscow Exchange and the Russian financial market as a whole. Russian businesses raised in excess of RUB 4 trillion from institutional and private investors via the issuance of equities and bonds on MOEX. By…
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Trading Volume for Current Month Year-To-Date February February % January % % 2021 2020 Chg 2021 Chg 2021 2020 Chg OPTIONS VOLUME (contracts, thousands) Year-To-Date Trading Days 19 19 19 38 40 Total Volume 249,325 209,552 19.0% 257,900 -3.3% 507,225 401,970 26.2% Total ADV 13,122 11,029 19.0% 13,574 -3.3% 13,348 10,049 32.8% FUTURES VOLUME…
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Derivatives Market Derivatives Market volumes increased by 3.5% MoM to RUB 12.0 trillion (January 2021: RUB 11.6 trillion) or 162.2 million contracts (January 2021: 158.8 million), of which 158.3 million contracts were futures and 3.9 million contracts were options. ADTV was RUB 599.9 billion (January 2021: RUB 612.5 billion). Open interest at the end of…
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Divided by class of asset, equities generated around €142.1 billion. Trading ETFs/ETCs/ETNs earned €22.8 billion. The trading volume in bonds was €0.5 billion, in certificates €1.6 billion and in funds €0.4 billion. SAP SE achieved the highest volume from the DAX stock on Xetra in February with €5.3 billion. VARTA AG led the MDAX equities…
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The ten-millionth account was opened by Tinkoff Bank in the Irkutsk Region. The exchange noted that the most active banks in opening retail investment accounts are Sberbank (4.20 million), Tinkoff Bank (4.19 million), VTB (1.23 million), BCS (0.63 million) and Alfa Bank (0.56 million). The Russian exchange said that its retail client base is mostly…
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Having drawn data from Inrate, SIX has now announced its offering of two SPI ESG indices for equities and 20 new SBI ESG indices available for bonds, all based on the Swiss Performance Index. For a company to fall within the indices, it must have an ESG Impact Rating of a minimum of a C+,…
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