Exchanges Archive

Nordic exchange operator OMX and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) have signed an agreement under which OMX will deliver trading and clearing systems to strengthen BSE’s derivatives and securities trading capabilities. read more>

Some 212 million electronic equity trades, with a combined value of £3.2 trillion (€4.7 trillion), were carried out on the cash markets of Borsa Italiana and the London Stock Exchange in 2007. read more>

US exchange CME Group has announced a raft of upcoming technology and interest rate product enhancements. read more>

Trading volume on US alternative trading system (ATS) BIDS Trading reached more than 2.34 billion shares in 2007, with average daily volume topping 17.6 million shares in the fourth quarter of the year. read more>

A consortium of 13 banks and hedge funds has agreed to buy a minority stake in Chi-X Europe, the pan-European MTF owned by Instinet Europe. Instinet retains a majority stake in the MTF. read more>

Staff at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are preparing a proposal to allow US brokers to access foreign stock exchanges directly, making it easier for US investors to trade internationally. read more>

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has reported that in December 2007, the ISE Stock Exchange traded an average daily volume of 40 million shares, up from less than 10 million shares in the second quarter of last year ISE’s options exchange traded an average daily volume of 3.1 million contracts in the same period. read more>

Investment banks Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan have each taken a minority stake in BATS Trading, the operator of the BATS ECN, an alternative trading platform for US securities. read more>

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the rules for NYSE MatchPoint, a new, portfolio-based, point-in-time electronic facility of the New York Stock Exchange that matches aggregated orders at predetermined sessions throughout regular hours and after hours of the exchange. read more>

UK stock exchange PLUS Markets has introduced liquid European stocks to its new trading platform, bringing the number of securities accessible on the platform to 7,500. read more>