Deutsche Börse launched the new ShortDAX® strategy index on Tuesday, further expanding its offering in the DAXplus® index family. The performance of the ShortDAX is directly opposed to that of the DAX® index, i.e. if the DAX rises by 5 percent, the ShortDAX falls by 5 percent, and vice versa. This makes Deutsche Börse the first index provider in Europe to develop an effective short strategy in the form of an index.

Deutsche Börse AG concluded financial year 2006 with the best result in its history. According to the preliminary figures published by the company on Wednesday, sales revenue climbed by 14 percent to €1,854.2 million in 2006 (2005: €1,631.5 million). The company earned a further €150.7 million in net interest income from banking business (2005: €112.7 million).

Deutsche Börse is making further technical improvements to Xetra trading. The measures are aimed at algorithmic trading, where computers evaluate trading signals and place buy and sell orders in the system. These adjustments will allow Deutsche Börse to reduce the access times by more than 50 percent from April onwards.

In January 2007, Deutsche Börse IT has been voted as the "Best Corporate IP Network" in Germany for the new design of its network. The award was given from the German subsidiary of Cisco International. The Cisco Networkers Innovation Awards are a major initiative honoring outstanding achievement and network designs, rewarding organizations that embrace new and advanced technology.

Leading European exchange operator and transaction services provider, Deutsche Börse, today signed a definitive agreement with BSE to invest in a 5 percent stake for Rs 189 crore at a price of Rs 5,200 per share (USD 42.7 million), and also to explore ways of strengthening their collective competencies across a broad spectrum of business areas. The transaction puts the value of BSE of Rs 3,777 crore (USD 854 million).

Deutsche Börse and the China Securities Index Company (CSI), a joint venture between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, want to cooperate in the index business. Both partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday in Shanghai. The cooperation is aimed firstly at the provision of mutual support with respect to the distribution of existing indices, and secondly at the joint development of index products.

Leading European exchange operator and transaction services provider, Deutsche Börse, today signed a definitive agreement with BSE to invest in a 5 percent stake for Rs 189 crore at a price of Rs 5,200 per share (USD 42.7 million), and also to explore ways of strengthening their collective competencies across a broad spectrum of business areas. The transaction puts the value of BSE of Rs 3,777 crore (USD 854 million).

Deutsche Börse added a new member to the DAXglobal® index family on Monday: DAXglobal Asia. It bundles the 40 largest and most liquid stocks from the Asian region (excluding Japan). The index constituents originate from China (30 percent), South Korea (19.2 percent), India (18.9 percent), Taiwan (8.4 percent), Indonesia (6.7 percent), Hong Kong (4.3 percent), Thailand (4.1 percent), Malaysia (3.2 percent), Singapore (2.8 percent) and Philippines (2.4 percent).

Clearstream processed 2.45 million international transactions in January 2007, a 15% rise over January 2006 (2.12 million). Of these transactions, 75 percent were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 25 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.

The Photographers' Gallery in London has been exhibiting works by the four finalists of the "Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2007" since Thursday. The four artists are Philippe Chancel, Anders Petersen, Fiona Tan and Walid Raad / The Atlas Group.

The SWX Group/Deutsche Börse AG structured products joint venture - which operates in Switzerland under the name SWX Quotematch AG and in Germany as Börse Frankfurt Smart Trading AG - celebrated a very successful start in January 2007.

Starting Friday a new ETF will be tradable in the XTF-segment on Xetra at Deutsche Börse which allows investors to gain exposure to 30 companies with the highest dividend payouts in Europe. The Lyxor ETF DJ STOXX Select Dividend 30 (ISIN FR0010378604) is based on the DJ STOXX 600 Index which comprises the largest companies from 18 European countries.