The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and Ayedh Dejem Group, a conglomerate from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced that have agreed to develop and launch the Middle East’s first-ever Sharia compliant Spot Gold contract to be traded on an international exchange. The partnership enables both entities to increase their presence in the Saudi…
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The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) just announced that the Oil & Gas Opportunity Lending Fund Ltd. (the Fund) has successfully completed the BISX Mutual Fund Listing Process. As a result, the Fund’s shares have now been added to the roster of funds listed on the Exchange. The Oil & Gas Opportunity Lending Fund Ltd.…
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Nasdaq First North has been granted UK Growth Market status, the first marketplace outside of the UK to achieve this status. The new status means that UK-based investors will receive tax exemptions on investments in UK-based companies listed on Nasdaq First North, and is yet another step towards making…
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After successfully conducting the mock trading on 5th August 2017, from its DR site, the Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited (MSE) conducted live trading in all segments of the exchange on 10th & 11th August 2017, from its New Delhi DR site. MSE has state-ofart IT infrastructure that ensures continuous availability of trading mechanism…
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Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) announced that plans to launch the new product "Gold-D" on September 4, 2017, together with the extension of trading hours of all gold products till midnight. TFEX Managing Director Rinjai Chakornpipat said TFEX will roll out Gold-D contract, a physical settlement futures contract based on gold bar with 99.99% purity,…
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Yesterday Investment Holding Group was listed on Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) to raise the number of listed companies to 45. Mr Mohamad Ghanim Al-Hodaifi,Deputy CEO of Investment Holding Group, rang the market-opening bell today to celebrate the listing on Qatar Stock Exchange. The ceremony was also attended by Mr. Misnad Abdul Latif Al-Misnad, CEO of…
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of $1.0 billion in new senior notes. The senior notes comprise $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.350% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) published its consultation conclusions today (Friday) on its proposed after-hours trading (AHT) enhancements. HKEX received a total of 53 responses from a broad spectrum of market participants including 36 Exchange Participants (EPs) and others in the market contributing 83 per cent of the volume in AHT (the T+1…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that trading volume in options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) each reached new all-time highs on Thursday, August 10. In VIX options at CBOE, a reported 2,562,477 contracts traded on Thursday, surpassing the previous single-day record of 2,382,752 contracts on February 3, 2014. Year-to-date through…
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The Board of Directors of TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) declared a dividend of $0.50 on each common share outstanding, payable on September 8, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 25, 2017. TMX Group hereby advises that this dividend is designated as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian income tax purposes.…
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