In February 2017, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) reached a volume of 200.8 TWh on its power derivatives markets (February 2016: 300.3 TWh). In a shrinking overall market, EEX reached a volume of 22.1 TWh in Italy (previous year: 44.0 TWh) and 12.3 TWh in France (previous year: 32.6 TWh). Furthermore, 151.0 TWh were traded…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index. Effective as of the…
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Continuing the decline we have already seen in February forex volumes from leading institutional eFX venues Hotspot FX, FastMatch and GTX, the Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) just announced that the total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) in February was 2,402,878 ( - 24.2% MoM / - 46.2% YoY) and its average…
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Deutsche Börse successfully launched its new segment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) named Scale. As of the start of trading 46 equities and corporate bonds had listed on Scale and further issuers are expected in the next few days, based on applications already received. To mark the launch of the new segment, Christine Bortenlänger…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Hatten Land to Catalist under the stock code “PH0”. Hatten Land is a property developer with an established reputation in developing premium integrated residential, hotel and commercial developments in Malaysia. Hatten Land is the property development arm of Hatten Group, a leading brand in Malaysia with core businesses across property…
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The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT and European Commodity Clearing (ECC) have been chosen by the Irish transmission system operators EirGrid and SONI as service providers for the Integrated Single Electricity Market in Ireland (I-SEM). Together, they will support EirGrid and SONI to set up the new local power exchange SEMOpx which will operate the…
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The Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) just announced that has censured Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 991) for breaching Rules 14A.35, 14A.36, 14A.46 and 14A.49 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (and the corresponding provisions in…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced that it will join the S&P 500®, effective at the open of trading on Wednesday, March 1. Edward Tilly, CEO of CBOE Holdings, commented: We are honored to join ranks with other great blue chip companies listed in the S&P 500. This recognition highlights our company's continued strong growth…
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the independent carbon trading company Belektron have signed a cooperation agreement to further facilitate access to the primary market auctions at EEX. The cooperation aims at opening the emissions auctions to a wider customer base, in particular, for smaller and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Belektron will act as an intermediary…
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) just released a presentation by HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy on 2016 Final Results Announcement. Here are the highlights: Political and economic uncertainties continue to impact investment sentiment Increase in futures volumes and strict cost control lessened impact of fall…
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