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Average daily volume of 9.8 million contracts at Eurex Group in April
May 2, 2013--In April 2013, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 9.8 million contracts (April 2012: 10.9 million). Of those, 7.1 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (April 2012: 8.3 million), and 2.7 million contracts (April 2012: 2.6 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE).
In its largest segment – equity index derivatives – Eurex Exchange achieved 54.3 million contracts (April 2012: 64.6 million). Futures on the EURO STOXX 50® Index stood at 22.2 million contracts and 19.7 million on the index options. Futures on the DAX index totaled 2.7 million contracts while the DAX options reached another 3.9 million contracts. The Eurex KOSPI Product recorded approximately 1.6 million contracts.
Source: Eurex
Program Trading Averaged 24.5 Percent of NYSE Volume during Apr. 22-26
May 2, 2013-- The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Apr. 22-26.
The data indicated that during Apr. 22-26, program trading amounted to 24.5 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,461.7 million shares1, or 358.1 million program shares traded per day.
Source: NYSE Euronext
April ETF Flows Show Rising Caution: BlackRock
May 1, 2013--As the appetite for riskier investments dwindled last month, investors moved money into global stock exchange-traded funds at the slowest pace since October but stepped up their buying of bond ETFs, according to data from BlackRock Inc.
The more cautious tone was evident in demand for U.S. government bond ETFs, which took in $2.2 billion despite dwindling bond yields, the biggest inflow since November. Overall, bond ETFs attracted $9.5 billion, the most since May 2012.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Gold ETF posts record outflow in April, U.S. coin sales spike
SPDR Gold Trust lost 142 T in gold valued at $6.6 bln
American Eagle gold coins up 10 times yr/yr to 209,500 oz
Dealers report 20 pct premium per US silver coin
May 1, 2013--Gold's historic sell-off last month has intensified a disconnect between funds which sold on dissatisfaction over bullion's underperformance and individual investors who could not get enough physical gold coins and bars at bargain prices.
In April, holdings at the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) the SPDR Gold Trust posted their biggest monthly outflow in tonnage terms in 8-1/2 years.
Source: Reuters
Gold consolidates further but ETF sales continue
According to Julian Phillips, both gold and silver should continue to consolidate on US markets on Wednesday but, with a weaker bias
May 1, 2013--Gold closed in New York at $1,470.40 in New York yesterday almost unmoved on the day before. In Asia, it held its ground even though China is still on holiday, until tomorrow.
In London it was pulled back to $1,464 before recovering to fix at $1,469.5 down less than $3 and in the euro at €1,113.60 down €13 because the euro was stronger at €1: $1.3196 up 1.2 cents against the dollar. Ahead of New York’s opening it rose slightly at $1,472 and..
Source: MineWeb
IMF Working paper-The Impact of Debt Sustainability and the Level of Debt on Emerging Markets Spreads
May 1, 2013--Summary: How do financial markets respond to concerns over debt sustainability and the level of public debt in emerging markets? We introduce a measure of debt sustainability-the difference between the debt stabilizing primary balance and the primary balance-in an otherwise standard spread regression model applied to a panel of 26 emerging market economies.
We find that debt sustainability is an important determinant of spreads. In addition, using a panel smooth transition regression model, we find that the sensitivity of spreads to debt sustainability doubles as public debt increases above 45 percent of GDP. These results suggest that market interest rates react more to debt sustainability concerns in a country with a high level of debt compared to a country with a low level of debt.
Source: IMF
MSCI to Decide on Proposing Israel for Europe Basket by June
April 30, 2013--MSCI Inc. (MSCI) will decide no later than June whether to propose including Israel in its European index after receiving "mixed feedback" from investors.
“We have received mixed feedback from investors” if they see Israel as part of their European investment basket, Sebastien Lieblich, global head of index management at MSCI, said today in a phone interview with Bloomberg from Geneva.
Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
S&P BSE 500 Shariah First Index Launched by
BSE and S&P Dow Jones Indices Strategic Partnership
April 30, 2013--BSE and S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&P BSE 500 Shariah index, the first new index resulting from the strategic partnership formed between the two companies in February of this year.
The S&P BSE 500 Shariah index was designed to represent all Shariah compliant stocks of the broad based S&P BSE 500 index. The S&P BSE 500 consists of 500 of the largest, most liquid Indian stocks trading at the BSE. The S&P BSE 500 represents nearly 93% of the total market capitalization on the BSE and covers all 20 major industries of the economy.
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats licenced to State Street for new ETF
April 29, 2013--S&P Dow Jones Indices has licensed its S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats index to State Street Global Advisors for the launch of an ETF.
The index measures the performance of companies in the S&P Pan Asia Broad Market Index that have consistently increased dividends every year for at least seven years.
Source: Investment Europe
ETF Reaserch Center-Reporting Monitor-Q1 2013 Earnings Reports -Week One
April 29, 2013--HIGHLIGHTS:
With about half of S&P500 firms reporting, index earnings probably grew about 3.8% YoY in 1Q13 despite a drop in revenue. Financials (XLF), Consumer Discretionary (XLY) and Staples (XLP) were the biggest contributors to profit growth...
Sales were off about 1.2%, due to a sharp drop in revenue from the Energy (XLE) sector. Excluding Energy, sales would have posted a 2.6% increase. Most sectors managed to boost margins, but Tech (XLK) continues to struggle...
Tech fell short of profit expectations once again this quarter, while multiple sectors disappointed on the revenue front, including Health Care (XLV) and Materials (XLB)...
Source: AltaVista
