The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 4-8.
The Chicago Board of Trade announced that trading of its 5,000 oz. silver futures contract reached a new daily volume record on December 15, 2006, hitting 14,409 contracts. This new record surpasses the previous record of 14,217 contracts set on November 29, 2006.
The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that it has successfully launched clearing services for two new over-the-counter (OTC) Ethanol Calendar Swap contracts with the clearing of 60 contracts last week. The new products, forward and previous month calendar swaps, are based on the price of CBOT Ethanol futures contracts and are the first exchange-cleared OTC products to be specifically tailored for use in the ethanol industry.
In 2003, China's online advertisement market scale reached RMB1.08 billion, increasing by over 100% compared to RMB490 million in 2002. In 2004, online advertisement market in China (except search engine) has increased from RMB1.08 billion to RMB1.9 billion with a growth rate of 75.9%, indicating that whole online advertisement market maintains a high-speed growth trend.
The production and sales of China's battery industry maintained a high-speed growth in 2004. With the recovery of the world economy, the import and export of our battery products has increased, but the international competition in battery market has also become more intense.
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and Brut trading platforms for the month of November.
Fitch Ratings says European manufacturers enjoy stronger credit profiles and higher ratings than their US counterparts but remains concerned that the downtrend in the US may be replicated in Europe. Although the outlook for the auto industry is stable in Europe, this stability is fragile. The main common themes and differences between the western European and US automotive industries are reviewed in a special report issued today.
China's demand for steel and steel products has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow.
