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Chi-X Europe Announces Record Q1 2010 Trading Statistics Achieving A 32 Percent Increase

Chi-X Europe had a record day exceeding EUR 10 billion; set a record in March with EUR367.5 billion value traded; reached new market share highs in leading European indices
April 19, 2010--Chi-X® Europe Limited, the largest pan-European equities exchange, today published its trading statistics for the first quarter of 2010.

While many of the European stock exchanges experienced challenging trading conditions, Chi-X Europe continues to progress towards its objective of becoming both the largest pan-European equities exchange and the largest overall by value traded. According to the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE), Chi-X Europe was ranked third largest equity exchange by value traded in February 2010.

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Source: Borsa Italiana

NASDAQ OMX Nordic Sijoittajauutiset Change in the composition of OMX Iceland 6 Index

April 16, 2010-NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group,Inc. announced today a change in the composition of the OMXIceland 6 Index, (NASDAQ OMX Iceland: OMXI6ISK), which will become effective atmarket open on April 19, 2010.

The change in the portfolio of the OMXI6 Index involves adding Icelandair Grouphf. as a new constituent, while removing Bakkavör hf. from the portfolio as aresult of the company's delisting. The OMX Iceland 6 Index is NASDAQ OMX Iceland's leading index. The indexconsists of the 6 most actively traded shares on NASDAQ OMX Iceland. The indexis suitable as underlying for structured products and as a benchmark index forfunds. The OMX Iceland 6 Index is a free float market capitalized weightedprice index.

Source: NASDAQ OMX

Start of trading of the new Future on the FTSE/ATHEX-CSE Banking Index

April 16, 2010--The trading of the new future on the FTSE/ATHEX-CSE Banking index will start on Monday 19th April.
The index FTSE/ATHEX-CSE Banking started being calculated on 3rd November 2008 and consists of:

The Greek banks of the Athens Exchange securities market which are constituents of the FTSE/ATHEX 20 and FTSE/ATHEX MID 40.

The Cypriot banks of the Cyprus Stock Exchange securities market which are constituents of the FTSE/CySE 20.

The new product is based on the long term cooperation of the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) with the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) which was strengthened with success in October 2006 when the start of the operation of the Common Platform of the securities markets of the two exchanges took place.

The launching of the Future on the FTSE/ATHEX-CSE Banking index broadens the choices of the Cypriot, Greek as well as international investment community. Simultaneously market participants are given the opportunity to invest easily and directly to the banking sector or even hedge more effectively and with less cost towards Market Risk of portfolios which consist of stocks of the banking sector.

Source: Athens Exchange

Euro-MPs propose amendments to the European Banking Authority establishment

April 16, 2010--MEPs published yesterday draft amendments to the proposal on establishing a European Banking Authority (EBA). The EBA is a part of the proposed EU institutional framework for financial supervision.

The initial legislative document was presented by the European Commission on 23 September 2009, following the experience of the financial crisis. Commission President Barroso requested a group of high level experts, chaired by Mr Jacques de Larosière, to make proposals to strengthen European supervisory arrangements, with the objective of establishing a more efficient, integrated and sustainable European system of supervision.

Based on the experts' report, the Commission proposed the establishments of a European System of Financial Supervisors (ESFS) and a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). The existing European supervisory committees are to be transformed into a European Banking Authority (EBA), a European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and a European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in order to improve the supervision system and make it more efficient.

The European Parliament published a Draft Report on 10 February 2010 and will vote on the adoption of the proposal at first reading on 4 May.

Amendments on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Banking Authority

Procedure File: European Banking Authority EBA: establishment

Source: Eurostat

February 2010 - Euro area external trade surplus 2.6 bn euro - 6.0 bn euro deficit for EU27

April 16, 2010--The first estimate for the euro area1 (EA16) trade balance with the rest of the world in February 2010 gave a 2.6 bn euro surplus, compared with -1.2 bn in February 2009. The January 20102 balance was -9.0 bn, compared with
-12.0 bn in January 2009. In February 2010 compared with January 2010, seasonally adjusted exports rose by 2.7% and imports by 1.5%.

The first estimate for the February 2010 extra-EU271 trade balance was a 6.0 bn euro deficit, compared with -10.7 bn in February 2009. In January 20102 the balance was -22.3 bn, compared with -27.8 bn in January 2009. In February 2010 compared with January 2010, seasonally adjusted exports rose by 3.9% and imports by 2.0%.

These data3 are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

EU27 January 2010 detailed results
The EU27 deficit rose for energy (-21.6 bn in January 2010 compared with ‑20.7 bn in January 2009), but decreased for other manufactured goods (-6.6 bn euro compared with -9.7 bn) and for raw materials (-2.1 bn compared with -2.8 bn). The surplus fell for machinery and vehicles (+2.4 bn compared with +2.9 bn), but rose for chemicals (+6.5 bn compared with +4.2 bn).

EU27 exports to most of its major partners grew in January 2010 compared with January 2009, except for Russia (-6%) and the USA (-2%). The most notable increases were recorded for exports to China (+49%), Turkey (+35%) and India (+29%). The largest increases were recorded for imports from Russia and South Korea (both +26%) and Turkey (+14%), and the largest falls for imports from the USA (‑12%), Norway and Japan (both -9%).

March 2010 - Euro area annual inflation up to 1.4% - EU up to 1.9%

April 16, 2010--Euro area1 annual inflation was 1.4% in March 20102, up from 0.9% in February. A year earlier the rate was 0.6%. Monthly inflation was 0.9% in March 2010.
EU3 annual inflation was 1.9% in March 2010, up from 1.5% in February. A year earlier the rate was 1.3%. Monthly inflation was 0.7% in March 2010.

These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Inflation in the EU Member States
In March 2010, the lowest annual rates were observed in Latvia (-4.0%), Ireland (-2.4%) and Lithuania (-0.4%), and the highest in Hungary (5.7%), Romania (4.2%) and Greece (3.9%). Compared with February 2010, annual inflation fell in five Member States, remained stable in two and rose in nineteen.

The lowest 12-month averages4 up to March 2010 were registered in Ireland (-2.3%), Portugal (-0.8%) and Estonia (-0.7%), and the highest in Romania (5.0%), Hungary (4.8%) and Poland (3.9%).

Euro area
The main components with the highest annual rates in March 2010 were transport (6.1%), alcohol & tobacco (4.0%), miscellaneous goods and services as well as education (both 1.8%), while the lowest annual rates were observed for food (-0.6%), communications (-0.3%) and clothing (-0.1%). Concerning the detailed sub-indices, fuels for transport (+0.76 percentage points), heating oil (+0.19) and tobacco (+0.10) had the largest upward impacts on the headline rate, while gas (-0.30) and cars (-0.10) had the biggest downward impacts.

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Source: Eurostat