JETRO's monthly survey of Japanese companies and affiliates operating in 12 countries/regions of East Asia revealed that overall current sentiment remained subdued in the ASEAN region for the tenth straight month in September
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that its 5-year Swap futures contracts established a new volume record on Tuesday, as trading surpassed the 20,000 contract mark for the first time. The new record, 20,360 contracts, was 52 percent greater than the previous record – 13,385 contracts set on December 2, 2005. Volume in the Exchange’s 10-year Swap futures was 22,861 contracts yesterday.
Singapore Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) are pleased to commence the first day of trade for the Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) today. JADE, a market division of SGX Derivatives Trading Ltd, launches its debut in commodities futures trading with TSR 20 Rubber Futures Contract.
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that it plans to expand the availability of its options on Full-sized Gold (100 oz.) and Silver (5,000 oz.) futures by listing the contracts on its open auction trading floor, side-by-side with the e-cbot® electronic trading platform, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2006. Currently, the contracts trade exclusively on e-cbot, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform.
For the ninth consecutive year, the World Travel Awards, the prestigious awards ceremony that acknowledges significant achievements in all areas of the travel and tourism industry, has named Visa the “World’s Leading Credit Card.”
As of mid-September, short interest in 2,730 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,209,431,128 shares compared with 7,112,973,390 shares in 2,718 Global Market issues for the month of August.
The London Stock Exchange today announced that it will launch a new market segment for Exchange Traded Commodities. The market segment, the first of its kind in the world, will contain 32 exchange traded commodities and commodity indices, including 29 issued tomorrow by ETF Securities Ltd.
From today, Jajah enables every British mobile phone user to make global calls for next to nothing, saving up to 86% on their phone bills. There are more than 60 million active mobile phones in the UK, and an estimated 3 million international calls placed each month from these handsets.
The consumer climate in Germany rose slightly in September compared with last month. This is mainly attributable to consumer propensity to make larger purchases and beat the VAT increase scheduled for next year. It has risen this year for the third time to reach a record high. Conversely, there has been a slight fall in consumer expectations in terms of income development. Consumers rate the outlook for Germany's economy similarly to last month. After the figure of 8.6 points in September, the consumer climate index is forecasting a value of 8.8 points for October.
