The new unit class "1D" of the db x-trackers II EONIA TRI ETF (ISIN LU0335044896) has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Friday. The new unit class is similar to the already tradable class "1C" in that it participates in the performance of the underlying EONIA Total Return Index.

Deutsche Börse has expanded its index offering further. The DAXglobal Water Index is the first index launched by the company to track the world's largest and most liquid companies from the water industry. Deutsche Börse has also launched seven new short indices, which investors can use as a hedge against falling prices in the emerging markets.

In March the number of daily average trades executed on Xetra was up by 34.5 percent reaching roughly 0.9 million transactions – compared to March 2007 with 0.6 million and three additional trading days. Orderbook turnover on Xetra decreased by 22 percent year-on-year to €185 billion (March 2007: €239 billion). On Xetra and the Frankfurt floor €182 billion were turned over in German equities and €8.5 billion in foreign shares.

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, reported a total of 183 million contracts traded in March 2008. Compared year-on-year the volume stood at 199 million contracts. The daily average volume was 9.6 million in March; in the first quarter 2008 daily average volume was 9.1 million contracts. Compared to Q1 in 2007 this is a rise of 26 percent (Q1 2007: 7.3 million).

Seven leading Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) – Clearstream Banking AG Frankfurt (Germany), Hellenic Exchanges S.A. (Greece), IBERCLEAR (Spain), Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Austria), SIS SegaInterSettle AG (Switzerland), VP Securities Services (Denmark) and VPS (Norway) – signed today an agreement in order to establish Link Up Markets, a joint venture to improve efficiency and reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities transactions in Europe.

Five Exchange Traded Funds from the new provider ETFlab Investment GmbH have been tradable on Xetra since Monday. The DEKA subsidiary is the ninth ETF provider in the XTF segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, boosting its position as Europe's leading trading venue for exchange-traded index funds.

Two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have been tradable on the electronic trading platform Xetra since Thursday. The two new index funds were issued by AXA Investment Managers and BNP Paribas under the EasyETF brand, and offer investors targeted participation in the performance of global and European infrastructure companies.

The Central Facility for Funds (CFF), the innovative post trade solution for off shore investment funds, launched in 2007 by Clearstream, counts 21 members and offers access to more than 15,000 fund classes one year after its launch in March 2007.

Effective 25 March, new index weights will apply for companies in equity indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the preliminary weighting figures on Tuesday. An update of the preliminary weighting will be published on Thursday. The preliminary data can be downloaded from the Deutsche Börse website. The final figures based on Thursday’s Xetra closing prices will be published on the Deutsche Börse website on Friday.

As of Friday, a new ETF on a European money market index will be tradable on Xetra. This Lyxor fund (ISIN: FR0010510800) tracks the performance of the EuroMTS EONIA Investable Index. The index charts the average interest rate charged among European banks for short-term borrowing.

Eurex, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), and The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) today announced they plan to create a transatlantic trading and clearing link that will allow Eurex customers to access ISE’s options market using their existing Eurex connections. Through this link, Eurex members will have access to the full suite of options products available at ISE and be able to execute orders in the ISE order book using their existing connectivity to Eurex.

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced the upcoming launch of ISE Alternative Markets with the introduction of derivatives auctions based on the ReXX Commercial Property Indices. These auctions will enable market participants to take positions on the total return and changes in rent of commercial property for individual U.S. cities and an All Market Composite.