The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the MSCI EAFE Index.

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 31, 2008.

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its segment for exchange-traded index funds on the pan-European Xetra trading platform and has admitted a new ETF issued by iShares to trading.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on AB Svensk Ekportkredit's (Swedish Export Credit Corporation) Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the Russell 2000 Index.

BlueNext is pleased to announce that it has transacted its first trade of Certified Emissions Reductions Spot contract. The trade took place today at a price of 19.34 €/t, with STX SERVICES and AGACARBON as counterparties. So far thirty four companies have signed up as members of the CERs Spot contract.

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX) today announced that the closing date of their merger is anticipated to be August 22, 2008, assuming stockholder and member approval on Monday, August 18, 2008. In the merger, NYMEX Holdings will merge with and into CMEG NY Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CME Group.

Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. (BMD: TSX and AMEX) received notice on August 12, 2008 from the Staff of the American Stock Exchange LLC that the AMEX intends to strike the common stock of the Company from Exchange listing by filing a delisting application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 1009(d) of the AMEX Company Guide.

In July 2008, the value of assets under custody on behalf of customers registered a 1 percent rise at € 10.8 trillion (compared to € 10.6 trillion from July 2007). Securities held under custody in Clearstream's international business experienced a rise of 6 percent from € 4.8 to € 5.2 trillion and domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 2 percent from € 5.7 trillion to € 5.6 trillion.

Trading activity across the London Stock Exchange Group remained resilient during July 2008, driven by strong trading in UK equities. A total of 24.3 million equity trades were carried out across the Group, with a combined value of ?263.5 billion (€333.9 billion).

Rackspace Hosting, Inc., a recognized leader in the hosting market headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "RAX " after its successful initial public offering in which it raised $187.5 million.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on AB Svensk Ekportkredit's (Swedish Export Credit Corporation) Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the S&P 500 Index.

On August 5th, 2008 a new record was set on FORTS, RTS derivatives section. During the daily trading session the trading volume in the RTS Index futures contract reached 578,518 contracts. The previous record trading volume in this futures contract was reported on January 17th, 2008 when the trading volume in this instrument hit 576,929 contracts.