Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) announced that more than 310,000 Micro E-mini futures contracts traded yesterday across all four indices - the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes. Total cumulative volume makes Micro E-minis the most successful new product launch in CME Group's history. We are pleased to see strong…
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Euronext announced earlier this week that it has extended its Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA’s outstanding shares acquisition offer. The pan-European exchange will continue to receive and accept acceptances of the offer up to 31 May 2019. All other terms of its offer as revised remain unchanged. Back in December 2018 Euronext raised its commitment…
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Deutsche Börse just released its cash markets volumes for April. The cash markets generated a turnover of €120.9 billion, down 7% MoM (compared to €127.2b in 2018 and €130.3 billion in March 2019). €107.8 billion of which were attributable to Xetra (€117.1b in 2018), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.4b. Börse Frankfurt…
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Deutsche Börse AG has released its first quarter results for 2019. Highlights include: Net revenue of €720.8 million, up 4% YoY (Q1/2018: €691.6 million). Deutsche Börse achieved approximately 5% growth of the secular net revenue, in line with its guidance. Adjusted operating costs of €248.6 million Operating costs were adjusted for non-recurring effects totalling approximately…
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LMAX Digital, the institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Exchange Group, has just announced that it has been granted a license as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Provider from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). LeapRate reminds that LMAX Digital was launched in May 2018 as the first institutional crypto currency exchange. The final…
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The pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, Euronext, announced the rebranding of FastMatch, its Electronic Communication Network (ECN) for Foreign Exchange (FX) trading, into Euronext FX. LeapRate reminds that FastMatch has been acquired by Euronext in 2017 after buying out ex-CEO Dmitri Galinov. The FastMatch name will not disappear as it remains the brandname of the…
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Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), announced that it has just introduced real-time coverage for the BRVM Exchange (Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières) for equity and fixed income markets. BRVM is West Africa's stock market for all eight member states in WAEMU, which includes Benin, Burkino Faso, Guinea…
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Deutsche Börse Group announced today that it has launched a brand new market data product named Eurex Order by Order Futures + Options. The launch aims to make available the entire visible Eurex order book for both futures and options. So far, this depth of market data has only been available for futures. Eurex Order…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has just announced trading volumes for March 2019. Cash trading The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book dropped 13% YoY to €7,724 million, but rose 5.6% from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book for Q1 2019…
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India’s premier exchange, BSE, has announced that alongside The India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited (India INX) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Moscow Exchange (MOEX). The agreement aims to connect the investors’ community and companies both in India and Russia. BSE and India INX are the first Indian Exchanges to enter into the…
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