The London Stock Exchange will on Tuesday 24 April welcome five new Exchange Traded Commodities to its commodities market segment. The new commodities, which are issued by ETF Securities, include Platinum, Palladium, Silver and Gold trackers as well as a basket of the four metals. The securities will be based on a physical underlying, which is the simplest and most accurate way to track the price of a commodity, and will be eligible for inclusion in ISAs and PEPs.
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The average daily number of trades on SETS, the London Stock Exchange's electronic order book, exceeded half a million for the first time during March 2007, reaching 508,425. This was an increase of 76 per cent on March last year and reflects the fact that fourteen of the twenty busiest trading days recorded on SETS took place during the month.
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The head of the New York Stock Exchange has launched a thinly veiled attack on the London Stock Exchange over its willingness to allow Russian companies to list, the Telegraph web-site reported on Wednesday.
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The London Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. today announced details of an agreement aimed at enhancing their international presence through co-operation on access arrangements and the development of new products. This is the first time that the two exchanges have agreed to work together, and it is expected that the co-operation will bring benefits for investors, issuers and member firms.
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The London Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. today announced details of an agreement aimed at enhancing their international presence through co-operation on access arrangements and the development of new products. This is the first time that the two exchanges have agreed to work together, and it is expected that the co-operation will bring benefits for investors, issuers and member firms.
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The London Stock Exchange has started a detailed consultation on the services it plans to offer member firms to assist their compliance with the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. Built on the next-generation technology of the Exchange's new TradeElect Platform, the new services will provide member firms with a familiar market model for meeting MiFID's requirements, using proven connectivity and infrastructure.
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The London Stock Exchange today welcomed Sitronics, a leading technology group operating across 25 countries in Russia, the CIS, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and Africa to its Main Market. Sitronics is the first major international company to list on London's markets this year and takes the number of Russian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to 21.
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The Board of the London Stock Exchange welcomes the rejection by shareholders of Nasdaq's offer. The Exchange looks forward to fulfilling its vision to be the world's capital market, without the distraction of ill-considered approaches which fail to understand the value of the business.
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The London Stock Exchange made a very strong start to 2007 with record trading activity across its markets. The number of SETS trades increased 61 per cent on January 2006 to 8.7 million, the highest number of trades ever recorded on the electronic order book in a single month, while the value traded rose by 33 per cent to £156.5 billion.
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The Board of London Stock Exchange Group plc ("the Exchange Group"Â) is posting today its second shareholder circular (the "Circular"Â) in response to the final offer posted by Nasdaq on 12 December 2006.
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Senior figures from the UK property industry today opened the markets at the London Stock Exchange to celebrate the commencement of the UK REIT regime and the launch of a new UK REIT index.
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