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Eurex US trading volume surpasses 100,000 contracts for the first time

Trading volume on Eurex US, the fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, surpassed 100,000 contracts for the first time on Friday. Total trading volume in U.S. Treasury products set a new record of 107,510 contracts on November 19, capping off the strongest trading week ever on the exchange, with 356,422 contracts traded.

22 November 2004

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Swapstream launches futures crossing platform

Swapstream, the only operational multilateral electronic trading platform for medium and long term interest rate swaps (IRS), announced today that it has added futures crossing functionality to its market leading platform.

10 November 2004

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Eurex release 7.0 launched

The international derivatives exchange Eurex today announced the successful completion of the launch of the new Eurex 7.0 software release. Release 7.0 provides Eurex participants with addtional features and functionalities that improve options trading, expand basis trading of OTC-traded contracts and further increase the update rate of Eurex price information. The new funtionalities are available to market participants from November 1, after an initial successful software rollout on October 25.

02 November 2004

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Eurex US trades over one million contracts in a month for the first time

Trading volume on Eurex US, the fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, continues to grow, with monthly trading volume in August reaching over one million contracts for the first time.

01 September 2004

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Eurex US lowers minimum thresholds for wholesale futures trading

Eurex US, the fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, announced today that the exchange would make modifications to its wholesale trading facility effective August 16. These modifications are designed to stimulate trading activity in over-the-counter (OTC) wholesale trades on the exchange and to further increase the diversity of trading on Eurex US.

13 August 2004

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Eurex eases access for Gibraltar trading members

The international derivatives market Eurex eases access to its global liquidity network for member firms trading out of Gibraltar. Eurex opened its new Access Point in Gibraltar on Monday and connected its first local trading member thus increasing the number of access points to 10 globally.

02 August 2004

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Eurex US receives approval from French regulatory authorities

French market participants can now trade directly on the new fully electronic U.S. futures and options exchange Eurex US, following approval from French regulatory authorities. Eurex US was recognized as a foreign exchange pursuant to a Decree of the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, after prior clearance by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).

28 July 2004

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Spanish and Italian traders can now access Eurex US

Spanish and Italian market participants can now trade directly on the new fully electronic U.S. futures and options exchange Eurex US following regulatory clearance from the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) and the Italian regulator CONSOB.

02 July 2004

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Dutch traders can now access Eurex US

Dutch participants can now trade directly on Eurex US following approval for the new fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange by that country's financial services supervisory authority in the Netherlands.

20 April 2004

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Eurex Bonds to introduce order book; add HSBC as participant

The electronic trading platform Eurex Bonds, operated by the Eurex derivatives exchange together with leading global bond-trading houses, is introducing an order book on May 3. The electronic order book will enable the input of single-sided, limited buy- or sell-orders, which are not executed immediately due to their limit. Up until now, participants could only quote - i.e. set buy and sell prices at the same time - or trade in placed quotes. The order book will simplify order- and position-keeping for participants and will facilitate new trading strategies, thus producing further increases in liquidity and turnover on this trading platform.

15 April 2004

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RTS customers ready for Eurex US launch

RTS Realtime Systems Group is pleased to announce its readiness for the launch of Eurex US.

20 January 2004

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