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Exchanges
Athens Derivative Exchange
(ADEX)-Greece
Greek Futures and Options
Exchange. Clears Stock, Bond
and FX contracts
The derivative products
which are being gradually
introduced, are contracts
based on various financial
assets such as stocks, stock
indices, interest rates and
bonds. Their value,
performance and return
depend upon the underlying
asset on which they are
based. In Derivatives
Market, three types of
contracts are traded:
Futures and Options on the
FTSE/ASE-20 and FTSE/ASE Mid
40 indices, Futures on the
10-year Hellenic Republic
Bond, Stock Futures and
Stock Lending contracts.
Amsterdam Exchanges
(AEX)-The Netherlands
The Netherlands arm of
EURONEXT formally the AEX.
Euronext N.V. is the world's
first cross border exchange
business. It provides
services for cash markets in
Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, and Portugal,
and for derivatives in the
UK. Euronext's services
range from public offerings
to trading facilities for
cash instruments and
derivatives. They also
include clearing and
netting, settlement through
its partnership with
Euroclear, IT solutions, and
market data.
American Stock Exchange
(AMEX)-United States
The American Stock Exchange
has been a pioneer in market
innovation for more than a
century and remains
committed to developing
successful new investment
products and innovative
services for companies and
investors. As the nation's
most diversified financial
marketplace, the American
Stock Exchange conducts
trading through an advanced
centralized specialist
system and is committed to
providing a superior
marketplace for the
investing public and its
members.
Alberta Stock Exchange
(ASE)-Canada
Alberta Stock Exchange and
Vancouver Stock Exchange
have merged to form Canadian
Venture Exchange. TSX
Venture Exchange, Canada's
venture capital marketplace,
provides emerging companies
with access to capital,
while offering investors a
well-regulated market for
making venture investments.
TSX Venture listed companies
are active in mining, oil
and gas, manufacturing,
technology, financial
services and other sectors.
Athens Stock Exchange
(ATH)-Greece
The Athens Stock Exchange
(ASE), is the sole official
market of shares trading in
the Greek capital market.
The site can inform you
about the way trading is
conducted in ASE, the
brokerage members -
companies of the ASE, the
IPO and rights issues
requirements, the
obligations of listed
companies and other issues
concerning the products and
the ASE market.
Australian Stock Exchange
(ASX)-Australia
The Australian Stock
Exchange Limited (ASX) was
formed in 1987 through the
amalgamation of six
independent stock exchanges
that formerly operated in
the state capital cities.
ASX operates Australia’s
primary national stock
exchange for equities,
derivatives and fixed
interest securities. It also
provides comprehensive
market data and information
to a range of users. All
these operations are
underpinned by comprehensive
high-quality information
technology systems.
Bolsa de Derivados do
Portugal (BDP)-Portugal
The Portuguese arm of the
EURONEXT, formally the BDP.
Euronext Lisbon is committed
to providing the tools and
the environment for access
to capital and investment
opportunities. Euronext
Lisbon provides the
leadership that is bringing
the Portuguese financial
market into into the 21st
century, building the
foundations of a future with
locally provided services
for Portuguese, European and
world-wide financial
investors. Euronext Lisbon
has an eye on the world
market, a hand on Portugal's
pulse and a team with its
feet on the ground. By
actively processing
information on market
trends, Euronext Lisbon
constantly innovates to
offer financial products
that provide timely
strategic answers to
pressing market
requirements. Euronext
Lisbon is now the managing
body for both the spot
market and the derivatives
market as well as renders
services to the repo and
securities lending market.
Belgian Futures & Options
Exchange (BELFOX)-Belgium
The Belgium Derivatives arm
of the EURONEXT, formally
the BELFOX.
Euronext N.V. is the world's
first cross border exchange
business. It provides
services for cash markets in
Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, and Portugal,
and for derivatives in the
UK. Euronext's services
range from public offerings
to trading facilities for
cash instruments and
derivatives. They also
include clearing and
netting, settlement through
its partnership with
Euroclear, IT solutions, and
market data.
Brussels Exchange (BXS)
The Belgium arm of the
EURONEXT, formally the BXS.
Euronext N.V. is the world's
first cross border exchange
business. It provides
services for cash markets in
Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, and Portugal,
and for derivatives in the
UK. Euronext's services
range from public offerings
to trading facilities for
cash instruments and
derivatives. They also
include clearing and
netting, settlement through
its partnership with
Euroclear, IT solutions, and
market data.
Bolsa de Mercadorias &
Futuros (Sao Paulo)
(BMF)-Brazil
On August 29, 2002, BM&F
launched the Brazilian
Commodities Exchange, which
unites the commodity
exchanges of Goiás, Mato
Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais,
Rio Grande do Sul and
Uberlândia. BM&F renders
clearing and settlement
services to the new
exchange. The aim is to
create an integrated
domestic market for
agricultural commodities
with modern price discovery
mechanisms and an organized
marketing structure. The
Brazilian Commodities
Exchange started trading on
October 22, 2002.
Chicago Board Options
Exchange (CBOE)-United
States
The CBOE is the premier
option exchange and provides
a global marketplace for
financial and index products
including futures and/or
options for its Volatility
Index, equity options, index
options, exchange traded
funds, HOLDRS and LEAPS,
interest rate options, FLEX
and structured products.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBT)
)-United States
The Chicago Board of Trade
(CBOT®),
established in 1848, is a
leading futures and options
on futures exchange. More
than 3,600 CBOT members
trade 50 different futures
and options products at the
exchange through open
auction and/or
electronically. Volume at
the exchange in 2003 was a
record breaking 454 million
contracts.
Chubu Commodity Exchange
(CCX)-Japan
At the time of the merger on
October 1,1996, commodities
listed and traded on Central
Japan Commodity Exchange
included agricultural
products (imported soybeans
and red beans) etc. on a
physical delivery future
basis. Added subsequently as
new commodities were, from
November 1,1999, Japan's
first cash settlement of
livestock product (shell
eggs) futures, from January
12, 2000, physical delivery
futures transactions of oil
products (gasoline and
kerosene), and then from May
23, 2000, physical delivery
futures transactions of
NON-GMO (non genetically
modified organisms)
Soybeans. And on January 9,
2004, Gasoil was launched.
Tradings of all commodities
on the Exchange is brisk.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
(CME) )-United States
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Inc. is the largest futures
exchange in the United
States and the second
largest exchange in the
world for the trading of
futures and options on
futures. As a marketplace
for global risk management,
our exchange brings together
buyers and sellers of
derivatives products, which
trade on our trading floors,
on our GLOBEX® electronic
trading platform and through
privately negotiated
transactions. Futures and
options provide a way to
protect against — and profit
from — price changes in
financial instruments and
physical commodities. In
addition, we own our own
clearing house and are able
to guarantee, clear and
settle every contract traded
through our exchange.
Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa
Exchange (New York) (CSCE)
)-United States
The NYBOT provides a global
marketplace for
agricultural, financial and
index products including
futures and options for
Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton,
Frozen Concentrated Orange
Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE
Composite Index®,
Russell 1000 Index®,
Russell 2000®,Russell
3000®, Reuters
CRB Index®, US
Dollar Index®
(USDX) and 29 currency
pairs.
Commodity Exchange Inc. (New
York) (COMEX) )-United
States
The New York Mercantile
Exchange, Inc., is the
world's largest physical
commodity futures exchange
and the preeminent trading
forum for energy and
precious metals. The
Exchange has stood for
market integrity and price
transparency throughout its
132-year history.
Transactions executed on the
Exchange avoid the risk of
counterparty default because
the Exchange clearinghouse
acts as the counterparty to
every trade. Trading is
conducted through two
divisions, the NYMEX
Division, home to the
energy, platinum, and
palladium markets; and the
COMEX Division, on which all
other metals trade. The wide
array of trading markets
provided by the Exchange
include futures and options
contracts for crude oil,
gasoline, heating oil,
natural gas, electricity,
gold, silver, copper,
aluminum, and platinum;
futures contracts for coal,
propane, and palladium; and
options contracts on the
price differentials between
crude oil and gasoline,
crude oil and heating oil,
Brent and West Texas
Intermediate crude oil, and
various futures contract
months (calendar spreads)
for light, sweet crude;
Brent crude; gasoline;
heating oil; and natural
gas.
Dalian Commodity Exchange
(DCE)-China
The DCE provides a
marketplace for Chinese
agricultural products
including futures for
soybeans and soybean meal.
Deutsche Terminbourse
(DTB)-Germany
Formerly the DTB, now known
as the Eurex is the world’s
largest futures and options
exchange and is jointly
operated by Deutsche Börse
AG and SWX Swiss Exchange.
The Exchange is the market
place of choice for trading
and clearing of derivatives.
Eurex has been a pioneer in
electronic trading of
derivative products for more
than a decade, and it offers
its customers open,
democratic, simple, and
cost-effective access from
any point around the globe.
The trading participants are
connected to the Eurex
system via a communications
network; at present, some
700 locations worldwide are
connected to Eurex.
European Electricity
Exchange (EEX)
European Energy Exchange
Germany's energy exchange
and is located in Leipzig.
Preceding companies were LPX
Leipzig Power Exchange,
located in Leipzig and
European Energy Exchange,
located in Frankfurt. Both
exchanges and their
supporting associations
merged within the year 2002.
The objective of European
Energy Exchange is to become
the leading energy exchange
in Central Europe. In future
power, gas and other energy
sources are to be tradable
at EEX. This range is to be
completed by services
related to the exchange,
such as Clearing of
transactions outside the
exchange (OTC Clearing).
European Options Exchange
(Amsterdam) (EOE)-The
Netherlands
The Netherlands arm of
EURONEXT formally the AEX.
Euronext N.V. is the world's
first cross border exchange
business. It provides
services for cash markets in
Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, and Portugal,
and for derivatives in the
UK. Euronext's services
range from public offerings
to trading facilities for
cash instruments and
derivatives. They also
include clearing and
netting, settlement through
its partnership with
Euroclear, IT solutions, and
market data.
Germany's Option's and
Futures Exchange
(EUREX)-Germany
Eurex is the world’s largest
futures and options exchange
and is jointly operated by
Deutsche Börse AG and SWX
Swiss Exchange. The Exchange
is the market place of
choice for trading and
clearing of derivatives.
Eurex has been a pioneer in
electronic trading of
derivative products for more
than a decade, and it offers
its customers open,
democratic, simple, and
cost-effective access from
any point around the globe.
The trading participants are
connected to the Eurex
system via a communications
network; at present, some
700 locations worldwide are
connected to Eurex.
Financial Instrument
Exchange (at NYCE) (FINEX)
)-United States
The NYBOT provides a global
marketplace for
agricultural, financial and
index products including
futures and options for
Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton,
Frozen Concentrated Orange
Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE
Composite Index®,
Russell 1000 Index®,
Russell 2000®,Russell
3000®, Reuters
CRB Index®, US
Dollar Index®
(USDX) and 29 currency
pairs.
Fukuoka Futures Exchange
(FFE)-Japan
The FFE provides a global
marketplace for agricultural
including futures and
options for corn, broilers,
imported soybeans, soybean
meal, red beans and refined
sugar.
Helsinki Exchanges
(HEX)-Finland
HEX Integrated Markets,
division of OMHEX, is the
largest securities market in
northern Europe. Through its
exchange operations within
Stockholmsbörsen, HEX
Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and
HEX Riga it offers investors
access to 80 per cent of the
Nordic and Baltic equity
market and operates the
central securities
depositories in Finland,
Estonia and Latvia.
Amsterdam Financial Futures
Market (FTA)-The Netherlands
The Netherlands arm of
EURONEXT formally the FTA.
Euronext N.V. is the world's
first cross border exchange
business. It provides
services for cash markets in
Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, and Portugal,
and for derivatives in the
UK. Euronext's services
range from public offerings
to trading facilities for
cash instruments and
derivatives. They also
include clearing and
netting, settlement through
its partnership with
Euroclear, IT solutions, and
market data.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
(FUTOP)-Denmark
The FUTOP provides a global
marketplace for financial
and stock products including
equity securities,
derivatives, investment
funds, bonds and currency
trading.
Hong Kong Exchanges and
Clearing Ltd. (HKE)-Hong
Kong
The HKE and the HKFE have
been merged into one unit.
The HKE provides a global
marketplace for financial
and stock products including
equity securities,
derivative warrants,
Exchange traded funds, Unit
trusts, mutual funds, bonds
and a new pilot program to
trade U.S. securities.
The Hong Kong Futures
Exchange Ltd. (HKFE)-Hong
Kong
The HKE and the HKFE have
been merged into one unit.
The HKFE provides a global
marketplace for financial
and index products including
futures and options for Dow
Jones, Hang Seng Index,
H-shares Index, Single Stock
futures, HIBOR interest rate
futures and 3 year exchange
fund notes.
International Monetary
Market (Division of CME)
(IMM)-United States
The Financial Futures Market
that is part of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange. The IMM
provides a global
marketplace for financial
and index products of the
CME including futures and
options for the S&P 500,
currency contracts and
interest contracts.
International Petroleum
Exchange of London Ltd.
(IPE)-United Kingdom
The International Petroleum
Exchange of London Limited
is a recognized Investment
Exchange. It is Europe's
leading energy futures and
options exchange. The IPE
provides a highly regulated
marketplace where industry
participants use futures and
options to minimise their
price exposure in the
physical energy market. Over
$2 billion daily in
underlying value is traded
on the IPE. The IPE provides
a global marketplace for
energy products including
futures and options for
Brent crude oil, gas oil and
natural gas.
Italian Derivatives Market
(IDEM)-Italy
Part of the Italian Stock
Exchange, the IDEM provides
a global marketplace for
financial and stock
derivatives including
futures on indexes as well
as futures on stocks.
warrants, Exchange traded
funds, Unit trusts, mutual
funds, bonds and a new pilot
program to trade U.S.
securities.
Italian Exchange (MOT)
Part of the Italian Stock
Exchange, the MOT provides a
global marketplace for
Italian and European
financial and stock products
including stocks, warrants,
certificates, exchange
traded funds, Unit trusts,
mutual funds and bonds.
Italian Stock Exchange/Milan
Domestic Futures Exchange
(SIA)-Italy
The SIA provides a global
marketplace for financial
and stock derivatives
including futures on indexes
as well as futures on
stocks. warrants, Exchange
traded funds, Unit trusts,
mutual funds, bonds and a
new pilot program to trade
U.S. securities.
Kansas City Board of Trade
(KCBT) )-United States
The KCBOT provides a global
marketplace for agricultural
and index products that
include futures and options
for red winter wheat and the
Value Line Index.
Kansai Commodity Exchange
(KEX)
The KEX provides a global
marketplace for agricultural
products including futures
and/or options for frozen
shrimp, coffee index, corn
index, imported soybeans,
Azuki beans, raw sugar and
raw silk.
Kuala Lumpur Commodity
Exchange (KLCE)-Malaysia
The futures industry
commenced with the
establishment of the Kuala
Lumpur Commodity Exchange
(KLCE), the first futures
exchange in Southeast Asia
in July 1980. In December
15, 1995, the birth of
KLOFFE heralded a
significant event in the
development of the nation's
capital market with the
launch of KLOFFE's stock
index futures contract. With
its introduction, Malaysia
became the third Asian
economy after Hong Kong and
Japan to offer domestic
equity derivatives products.
The following 8 products are
traded on the exchange:
Crude Palm Oil Futures,
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Composite Index Futures
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Composite Index Options,
3-Month Kuala Lumpur
Interbank Offered Rate
interest rate Futures,
Three-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Five-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Ten-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Crude Palm Kernel
Oil Futures.
Kuala Lumpur Options and
Futures Exchange
(KLOFFE)-Malaysia
The futures industry
commenced with the
establishment of the Kuala
Lumpur Commodity Exchange
(KLCE), the first futures
exchange in Southeast Asia
in July 1980. In December
15, 1995, the birth of
KLOFFE heralded a
significant event in the
development of the nation's
capital market with the
launch of KLOFFE's stock
index futures contract. With
its introduction, Malaysia
became the third Asian
economy after Hong Kong and
Japan to offer domestic
equity derivatives products.
The following 8 products are
traded on the exchange:
Crude Palm Oil Futures,
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Composite Index Futures
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Composite Index Options,
3-Month Kuala Lumpur
Interbank Offered Rate
interest rate Futures,
Three-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Five-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Ten-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Crude Palm Kernel
Oil Futures.
Korean Stock Exchange
(KSE)-Korea
The KSE is a dynamic and
reliable securities
exchange, where the cash and
derivative products,
including stocks, bonds,
stock index futures, stock
index options and equity
options are traded. In terms
of market capitalization and
trading volume the KSE ranks
10th in the
world.
Korean Options and Futures
Exchange (KOFEX)-Korea
Korea Futures Exchange is
the Nation’s only total
derivative product exchange
that trades general product
futures and diverse option
products such as Interest
futures, currency futures,
and stock-related futures.
Futures Exchange opened with
four products, American
Dollar futures, CD Interest
futures, gold futures, and
American dollar option in
Busan, April 1999 to began a
new era of Korea's futures
market. In September, 1999,
national debt futures was
listed and in January and
December of 2001, KOSDAQ 50
futures and KOSDAQ 50
options were each listed,
and in May of 2002, National
debt option was listed,
which was Korea's first
American style future
option.
Long Bulk Metals Market (now
LME) (LBM)-United Kingdom
See London Metals Exchange
London Commodity Exchange
(was FOX) (LCE)- United
Kingdom
Now part of the Euronext.
The LCE arm of EURONEXT
formally the FOX.
Euronext N.V. is the world's
first cross border exchange
business. It provides
services for cash markets in
Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, and Portugal,
and for derivatives in the
UK. Euronext's services
range from public offerings
to trading facilities for
cash instruments and
derivatives. They also
include clearing and
netting, settlement through
its partnership with
Euroclear, IT solutions, and
market data.
London International
Financial Futures Exchange
Ltd (LIFFE)- United Kingdom
Now part of the Euronext.
The London derivatives arm
of EURONEXT formally the
LIFFE. The LIFFE market
offers the most extensive
range of derivative products
of any exchange in the
world. The LIFFE market
provides futures and options
contracts across five
different currencies and
product lines: bonds, short
term interest rates, swaps,
equities and equity indices,
and commodities.
London Metals Exchange
(LME)- United Kingdom
The London Metal Exchange
(LME) is the world’s premier
non-ferrous metals market,
with highly liquid
contracts. Today the
Exchange trades in eight
metals and one index
comprising the six primary
base metals. The LME's eight
contracts are: copper grade
A, primary aluminum,
standard lead, primary
nickel, tin, special high
grade zinc, aluminum alloy
and North American Special
Aluminum Alloy (NASAAC).
London Securities and
Derivatives Exchange
(OMLX)-United Kingdom
EDX London formerly the OMLX
currently offers our
customers trading services
in derivatives products from
three Scandinavian countries
and access to efficient
trading and clearing
services.
London Stock Exchange (LSE)-
United Kingdom
The London Stock Exchange is
at the heart of global
financial markets and is
home to some of the best
companies in the world. At
the apex of the three great
financial centers of London,
New York and Tokyo, the
London Stock Exchange has
built on more than 200 years
of integrity, expertise and
market knowledge to become
the world's most global
exchange business. The
LSE provides a global
marketplace for financial
and stock products including
stocks, warrants,
certificates, exchange
traded funds, Unit trusts,
mutual funds and bonds.
Mid-America Commodity
Exchange (MACE) )-United
States
Chicago's 'third'
commodity
exchange and part of the
CBOT. Now strictly an
electronic exchange.Founded
in 1868, it is the
fourth-largest in the US,
providing
futures contracts,
mostly in agricultural
products
such as pigs,
oats
and soybeans, and also in
precious metals and some
financial products.
Marche a Terme International
de France (MATIF)-France
Marche a Terme International
de France, the Paris futures
exchange trading futures and
options
contracts
over commodities and
financial instruments.
Now part of the Euronext
system.
Montreal Exchange (MX/MSX)
–Canada
The MX is Canada’s premier
derivatives exchange
providing a global
marketplace for Canadian
financial and stock products
including equity
derivatives, interest rate
derivatives, index
derivatives and sponsored
options.
Mercado Espanol de Futuros
Financieros (MEFF)-Spain
MEFF is the futures and
options Spanish official
market. MEFF clears and
trades Options and Futures
on Bonds, Interest rates,
and the IBEX-35 index and
Futures and Options on the
leading Spanish Stocks.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
(MGE) )-United States
Since 1881 the Minneapolis
Grain Exchange has
facilitated price discovery
in the volatile commodities
markets, providing a
valuable risk management
service to producers and
consumers around the world.
Futures and options
contracts in hard red
spring wheat,
Hard Winter Wheat Index
(HWI),
National Corn Index (NCI)
and
National Soybean Index (NSI)
comprise the Exchange. The
hard winter wheat, corn and
soybean futures and options
are financially settled
against the spot Hard Winter
Wheat Index, the National
Corn Index and National
Soybean Index, calculated by
DTN.
Milan Domestic Futures
Exchange (MIF)-Italy
No longer active-see Italian
Derivatives Market
Malaysian Monetary Market
(MME)-Malaysia
See Malaysian Derivatives
Exchange (MDEX)
Malaysia Derivatives
Exchange (MDEX)-Malaysia
The futures industry
commenced with the
establishment of the Kuala
Lumpur Commodity Exchange
(KLCE), the first futures
exchange in Southeast Asia
in July 1980. In December
15, 1995, the birth of
KLOFFE heralded a
significant event in the
development of the nation's
capital market with the
launch of KLOFFE's stock
index futures contract. With
its introduction, Malaysia
became the third Asian
economy after Hong Kong and
Japan to offer domestic
equity derivatives products.
The following 8 products are
traded on the exchange:
Crude Palm Oil Futures,
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Composite Index Futures
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Composite Index Options,
3-Month Kuala Lumpur
Interbank Offered Rate
interest rate Futures,
Three-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Five-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Ten-Year Malaysian
Government Securities
Futures, Crude Palm Kernel
Oil Futures.
Montreal Stock Exchange
(MSE/MX) –Canada
The MX is Canada’s premier
derivatives exchange
providing a global
marketplace for Canadian
financial and stock products
including equity
derivatives, interest rate
derivatives, index
derivatives and sponsored
options.
National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations(NASDAQ) )-United
States
Created in 1971, the Nasdaq
was the world's first
electronic stock market. The
Nasdaq is a computerized
system that facilitates
trading and provides price
quotations on some 5,000 of
the more actively traded
over-the-counter stocks. The
Nasdaq is traditionally home
to many high-tech stocks.
The big ones include
Microsoft, Intel, Dell, and
Cisco.
NASDAQ National Market
(Large Cap) (NASNM) )-United
States
The Nasdaq National Market
consists of over 3000
companies that have a
national or international
shareholder base, meet
stringent financial
requirements, and agree to
specific corporate
governance standards. This
is what most people are
referring to when they talk
about the Nasdaq. The larger
companies trade on the
Nasdaq. National Market,
while the smaller companies
trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market. To list initially,
companies are required to
have significant net
tangible assets or operating
income, a minimum public
float of 500,000 shares, at
least 400 shareholders, and
a bid price of at least $5.
NASDAQ Small Cap Market
(NASSC) )-United States
The Nasdaq National Market
consists of over 3000
companies that have a
national or international
shareholder base, meet
stringent financial
requirements, and agree to
specific corporate
governance standards. This
is what most people are
referring to when they talk
about the Nasdaq. The larger
companies trade on the
Nasdaq. National Market,
while the smaller companies
trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market. To list initially,
companies are required to
have significant net
tangible assets or operating
income, a minimum public
float of 500,000 shares, at
least 400 shareholders, and
a bid price of at least $5.
National Stock Exchange of
India (NSE)-India
The NSE is India’s premier
exchange providing a global
marketplace for financial
and stock products including
eguities, futures and
options, retail debt market,
wholesale debt market,
IPO’s, indices, exchange
traded funds and
derivatives.
New York Board of Trade
(NYBOT)-United States
The NYBOT provides a global
marketplace for
agricultural, financial and
index products including
futures and options for
Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton,
Frozen Concentrated Orange
Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE
Composite Index®,
Russell 1000 Index®,
Russell 2000®,Russell
3000®, Reuters
CRB Index®, US
Dollar Index®
(USDX) and 29 currency
pairs.
New York Cotton Exchange
(NYCE) )-United States
The NYBOT provides a global
marketplace for
agricultural, financial and
index products including
futures and options for
Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton,
Frozen Concentrated Orange
Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE
Composite Index®,
Russell 1000 Index®,
Russell 2000®,Russell
3000®, Reuters
CRB Index®, US
Dollar Index®
(USDX) and 29 currency
pairs.
New York Futures Exchange
(NYFE) )-United States
A division of the NYBOT. The
NYBOT provides a global
marketplace for
agricultural, financial and
index products including
futures and options for
Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton,
Frozen Concentrated Orange
Juice (FCOJ), Sugar, NYSE
Composite Index®,
Russell 1000 Index®,
Russell 2000®,Russell
3000®, Reuters
CRB Index®, US
Dollar Index®
(USDX) and 29 currency
pairs.
New York Mercantile Exchange
(NYMEX) )-United States
The New York Mercantile
Exchange, Inc., is the
world's largest physical
commodity futures exchange
and the preeminent trading
forum for energy and
precious metals. The
Exchange has stood for
market integrity and price
transparency throughout its
132-year history.
Transactions executed on the
Exchange avoid the risk of
counterparty default because
the Exchange clearinghouse
acts as the counterparty to
every trade. Trading is
conducted through two
divisions, the NYMEX
Division, home to the
energy, platinum, and
palladium markets; and the
COMEX Division, on which all
other metals trade. The wide
array of trading markets
provided by the Exchange
include futures and options
contracts for crude oil,
gasoline, heating oil,
natural gas, electricity,
gold, silver, copper,
aluminum, and platinum;
futures contracts for coal,
propane, and palladium; and
options contracts on the
price differentials between
crude oil and gasoline,
crude oil and heating oil,
Brent and West Texas
Intermediate crude oil, and
various futures.
New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) )-United States
The world’s leading
securities market. More than
2800 companies are listed on
the NYSE, with their
combined shares worth more
than $10 trillion. These
companies span the global
economy.
On an average day, more than
1.2 billion shares, valued
at more than $43 billion,
change hands at the NYSE.
New Zealand Futures Exchange
(NZFE)-New Zealand
NZFOX products are New
Zealand futures and options
contracts which will be
listed and traded on the
Sydney Futures Exchange. The
NZFOX products will be based
on securities listed on
NZX's markets. New Zealand
investors will be able to
purchase them through
authorized NZX Firms and
accredited NZX Futures
Advisors or NZX Futures
Traders.
Osaka Securities Exchange
(OSE)-Japan
The Osaka Securities
Exchange ("OSE") provides a
marketplace for transactions
of securities, securities
related futures and options
with the aim of maintaining
fair and smooth transactions
so as to serve the public
interest and protect
investors. The primary
markets are futures and
options on equity indexes.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange
(OME)-Japan
The OME provides a global
marketplace for agricultural
products including futures
and/or options for textiles,
aluminum, nickel, rubber and
cotton.
Oslo Stock Exchange
(OSLO)-Norway
Oslo Børs ASA operates a
regulated market for trading
in various types of
securities. The market is
known as Oslo Børs both
domestically and
internationally, although it
is sometimes still referred
to as the Oslo stock
exchange. Buyers and sellers
of securities meet and trade
through the market on the
simple principles of
matching supply and demand.
The product areas offered by
Oslo Børs are:
Shares and primary capital
certificates,
Bonds and other fixed income
instruments,
Derivatives
and Warrants
NASDAQ Over The Counter
(OTC) )-United States
A security which is not
traded on an exchange,
usually due to an inability
to meet listing requirements
trades OTC. For such
securities, brokers/dealers
negotiate directly with one
another over computer
networks and by phone. The
NASD carefully monitors
their activities. The Nasdaq
is considered to be an OTC
market, with the tier 1
being represented by
companies such as Microsoft,
Dell, and Intel. Be very
wary of some OTC stocks, the
OTC:BB (Bulletin Board)
stocks are either penny
stocks or hold bad credit
records.
NASDAQ Bulletin Board
(OTCBB) )-United States
The OTC Bulletin Board®
(OTCBB) is a regulated
quotation service that
displays real-time quotes,
last-sale prices, and volume
information in
over-the-counter (OTC)
equity securities. An OTC
equity security generally is
any equity that is not
listed or traded on Nasdaq®
or a national securities
exchange. OTCBB securities
include national, regional,
and foreign equity issues,
warrants, units, American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs),
and Direct Participation
Programs (DPPs).
Austrian Futures & Options
Exchange (OTOB)-Austria
A division the WB, futures
and options are traded on
the
derivatives market.
Market participants may buy
and sell contracts on
Austrian stocks, on the ATX
(Austrian Traded Index) and
on the CECE indices.
Pacific Exchange
(PCX)-United States
The Pacific Exchange (PCX)
is a marketplace where
individual and institutional
investors, professional
broker-dealers, and
registered member firms meet
to buy and sell options on
more than 1,200 stocks. It
is one of the world's
leading derivatives markets.
The PCX is also the
regulator of the Archipelago
Exchange (ArcaEx), a fully
electronic market for
securities listed on the New
York, American stock
exchanges, the Pacific
Exchange, and the Nasdaq
Stock Market.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX)-United States
The Philadelphia Stock
Exchange (PHLX) trades
approximately 2,000 stocks,
1,200 equity options, 16
index options and 8 currency
options and 6 currency
futures. Founded in 1790,
the PHLX was the first stock
exchange to be established
in the United States and
continues in that tradition
of innovation through the
products and services it
offers today.
Philadelphia Board of Trade
(PBOT) )-United States
The Philadelphia Board of
Trade (PBOT), PHLX's futures
exchange subsidiary, has
begun trading enhanced
foreign exchange (FX)
futures, with new rules and
a low-cost fee structure.
The PBOT will trade FX
futures, initially focusing
on G-7 currencies. With the
addition of futures trading,
the PHLX now provides a
single venue to trade a full
spectrum of products
including equities, equity
options, index options,
currency options and
futures. All options and
futures traded at the PHLX
and at the PBOT will clear
at the Options Clearing
Corporation.
South African Futures
Exchange (SAFEX)-South
Africa
An informal futures market
was started in South Africa
by local merchant bank Rand
Merchant Bank (RMB) in April
1987. It was the exchange,
the clearing house and the
only market maker and
although it survived the
October1987 market crash,
volumes remained relatively
thin. In September 1988 it
was decided to broaden the
market and ensure widespread
trust in the independence of
the exchange and clearing
house by forming Safex and
the Safex Clearing Company
(Pty) Limited (Safcom). The
products listed were only
futures contracts on the
major JSE indices (All
share, Gold and Industrial),
on the most active long
-dated bond (the E168 issued
by Eskom), on the three
month liquid bankers
acceptance rate and on the
US$ price of gold.
Sydney Futures Exchange
(SFE)-Australia
Sydney Futures Exchange
Limited (SFE) is the 10th
largest financial futures
and options exchange in the
world by volume turnover and
the second largest in the
Asia Pacific region. SFE
provides futures and options
on the four most actively
traded markets - interest
rates, equities, currencies
and commodities, with a
number of its flagship
products ranked in the
world's top ten most
actively traded products in
their market sector. With 24
hour a day trading
capability, access to these
products is made possible
via a global electronic
communications network and
the world's leading futures
brokers. Regardless of
location, users can choose
between direct electronic
access, utilizing trading
software from major
Independent Software
Vendor's (ISV's), broker
proprietary systems, the
Internet or traditional
phone broking.
Shanghai Futures Exchange
(SHFE)-Shanghai
Shanghai Futures Exchange
(SHFE) is a self-regulated
non-profit organization,
providing the place,
facilities and services for
the centralized trading of
futures contracts. At
present, there are five
contracts including copper,
aluminum and natural rubber,
while plywood and
long-grained rice contracts
are under modification. SHFE
has about 219 members, of
which, 183 are brokerage
firms, and the rest are
proprietary members.
Singapore International
Monetary Exchange
(SIMEX)-Singapore
Now part of the SGX,
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is
Asia-Pacific's first
de-mutualised and integrated
securities and derivatives
exchange. SGX was
inaugurated on 1 December
1999, following the merger
of two established and
well-respected financial
institutions - the Stock
Exchange of Singapore (SES)
and the Singapore
International Monetary
Exchange (SIMEX).
Futures and options traded
on the SGX include equity
index, interest rate, energy
and single stocks.
Singapore Exchange
(SGX)-Singapore
SGX was inaugurated on 1
December 1999, following the
merger of two established
and well-respected financial
institutions - the Stock
Exchange of Singapore (SES)
and the Singapore
International Monetary
Exchange (SIMEX). The
securities division trades
bonds, debentures, loan
stocks, company warrants
structured warrants,
exchange traded funds and
REIT’s.
Swiss Option & Financial
Futures Exchange
(SOFFEX)-Switzerland
Formerly the SOFFEX, now
part of the Eurex, is the
world’s largest futures and
options exchange and is
jointly operated by Deutsche
Börse AG and SWX Swiss
Exchange. The Exchange is
the market place of choice
for trading and clearing of
derivatives. Eurex has been
a pioneer in electronic
trading of derivative
products for more than a
decade, and it offers its
customers open, democratic,
simple, and cost-effective
access from any point around
the globe. The trading
participants are connected
to the Eurex system via a
communications network; at
present, some 700 locations
worldwide are connected to
Eurex.
Singapore Commodity Exchange
(SICOM)-Singapore
Singapore Commodity Exchange
provides a centralized and
regulated marketplace for
commodity futures to be
traded in Singapore. This
paves the way for Singapore
to become a commodity
futures trading centre
complementing its
international trading
activities.
have
been traded in Singapore
since the 1920s. Clearing
facilities for the futures
transactions were then
provided by the Singapore
International Chamber of
Commerce Rubber Association.
These were subsequently
taken over by the Rubber
Association of Singapore,
which was privatized in 1992
as the RAS Commodity
Exchange. This was in turn
renamed the Singapore
Commodity Exchange in
February 1994 to better
reflect its mission to be a
broad-based commodity
exchange. Additionally,
Robusta coffee futures are
traded on the SICOM.
Stockholm Options Market
(SOM)-Sweden
Part of the OM Group, SOM,
division of OMHEX, is the
largest securities market in
northern Europe. Through its
exchange operations within
Stockholmsbörsen, HEX
Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and
HEX Riga it offers investors
access to 80 per cent of the
Nordic and Baltic equity
market and operates the
central securities
depositories in Finland,
Estonia and Latvia.
Taiwan Futures Exchange
(TAIFEX)-Taiwan
The Taiwan Futures Exchange
(TAIFEX) has been
established since 1998.
Beholding the ever-changing
global markets and the
innovation on financial
tools, the mission of TAIFEX
is to provide a safe harbor
and a leveled playing field
for the investors to meet
their needs at all times.
The objective is to make the
Exchange a marketplace with
fairness, safety,
efficiency, and easily
accessible by participants
around the world.
Futures and options traded
on the TAIFEX include equity
index contracts, interest
rate contracts and single
stocks.
The Stock Exchange, Mumbai
(BSE)-India
The Stock Exchange, Mumbai,
popularly known as "BSE" was
established in 1875 as "The
Native Share and Stock
Brokers Association". It is
the oldest one in Asia, even
older than the Tokyo Stock
Exchange, which was
established in 1878. It is a
voluntary non-profit making
Association of Persons (AOP)
and is currently engaged in
the process of converting
itself into demutualised and
corporate entity. It has
evolved over the years into
its present status as the
premier Stock Exchange in
the country. The Exchange,
while providing an efficient
and transparent market for
trading in securities, debt
and derivatives upholds the
interests of the investors
and ensures redressal of
their grievances whether
against the companies or its
own member-brokers. It also
strives to educate and
enlighten the investors by
conducting investor
education programmes and
making available to them
necessary informative
inputs.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange
(formerly TOCOM) (TCE)-Japan
The TCE provides a global
commodity marketplace for
raw materials including
futures for gold, silver,
platinum, palladium,
aluminum, gasoline,
kerosene, crude oil, gas oil
and rubber.
Toronto Futures Exchange
(TFE) –Canada
A wholly owned subsidiary of
the TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE
(TSE), trading Toronto 35
Index and TSE 100 Index
futures, TSE 100 Index and
Toronto 35 Index options,
and Toronto 35 Index
Participation (TIPs)
options. Options are traded
on the TSE. Trading is by
open outcry.
Tokyo Grain Commodity
Exchange (TGE)-Japan
One of the leading commodity
futures exchanges in Asia,
the Tokyo Grain Exchange is
a non-profit membership
organization presently
trading corn, Non-GMO
soybean, U.S. soybean,
soybean meal, azuki (red
bean), arabica coffee,
robusta coffee and raw sugar
futures. Options on corn,
U.S. soybean and raw sugar
futures are also being
traded.
Tokyo International
Financial Futures Exchange
(TIFFE)-Japan
TIFFE stands for Tokyo
International Financial
Futures Exchange Inc.. TIFFE
was established in April
1989 under the Financial
Futures Trading Law of
Japan. The purposes of TIFFE
are to provide a financial
futures market and conduct
clearing services for its
members and their customers.
TIFFE has been constantly
characterized as the
youngest and more innovative
exchange in Japan and has
been making every effort to
strengthen its status and
role as a mother market for
Euroyen futures and
Yen-related interest-rate
derivatives and to introduce
cutting-edge technologies
and systems.
Screen-traded market for
3-month Euroyen futures and
options, and futures on the
1-year Euroyen, 3-month
Eurodollar and U.S.
dollar/Japanese yen
currency.
Tokyo Stock Exchange
(TSE)-Japan
Largest of eight stock
exchanges in Japan and one
of the largest, most
important, and most active
stock markets in the world.
TSE is a continuous auction
market, similar to open
outcry. It uses the Floor
Order-Routing and Execution
System (FORES), an
electronic system, for
trading the 150 most active
domestic stocks. Less-active
stocks are traded through
the Computer-Assisted
Order-Routing and Execution
System (CORES). The Tokyo
Stock Price Index (TOPIX) is
a composite of all stocks on
the first section of the
exchange, supplemented by
size groups that classify
first section companies as
small, medium, and large and
by sub-indices for each of
the 33 industry groups. The
NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE, known
as the Nikkei 225, and the
Nikkei 500 are the principal
indices and are calculated
by a formula similar to the
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
AVERAGE.
Toronto Stock Exchange
(TSX)-Canada
Largest stock exchange in
Canada, listing some 1200
company stocks and 33
options. Toronto Stock
Exchange provides an
efficient, liquid market for
senior equities. Listed
companies on the senior
exchange represent a broad
range of businesses from
across Canada, the United
States and other countries.
The Issuer Services group
offers a wide range of
customer-oriented products
and services.
Vancouver Stock Exchange
(VSE)-Canada
Alberta Stock Exchange and
Vancouver Stock Exchange
have merged to form Canadian
Venture Exchange. TSX
Venture Exchange, Canada's
venture capital marketplace,
provides emerging companies
with access to capital,
while offering investors a
well-regulated market for
making venture investments.
TSX Venture listed companies
are active in mining, oil
and gas, manufacturing,
technology, financial
services and other sectors.
Wiener Borse AG (WB)-Austria
The
cash market
offers investors access to
Austria’s most attractive
stocks. Apart from stocks,
the securities traded
include investment fund
certificates and index
certificates, participation
certificates, profit-sharing
certificates, and
subscription rights.
Fixed-income securities such
as bonds are also listed.
Futures and options are
traded on the
derivatives market.
Market participants may buy
and sell contracts on
Austrian stocks, on the ATX
(Austrian Traded Index) and
on the CECE indices. In
addition, a separate
Warrants Market has been
established for trading in
warrants. Another product
group is the
indices
developed, calculated and
disseminated in real time by
Wiener Börse AG. The best
known indices are the ATX
(Austrian Traded Index),
which represents the
continuously traded stocks
with the highest liquidity
and market capitalization,
the ATX Prime and the ViDX
(Vienna Dynamic Index). The
ATX Prime is a new index
with a redesigned concept
that reflects the new market
segmentation valid as of
2002 and will take effect as
of 2 January 2002. It
contains all stocks listed
on the prime market segment
and serves as a benchmark
for institutional investors.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
(WCE) -Canada
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
Inc. (WCE or the "Exchange")
is Canada’s only
agricultural futures and
options exchange. Situated
in the heart of the Canadian
Prairies, the historic
centre of North America’s
grain trade, WCE operates
under a mission to provide a
public marketplace for
responsive price discovery
and risk transfer of
commodities with efficiency
and integrity. Contracts
traded on WCE include
futures contracts for
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