The relationship with other indices As with all indices, market sentiment is crucial in driving the value of the ASX 200. It is important to monitor that public sentiment when trading in ASX 200 futures, with the IG online trading platform providing up-to-date analysis on whether traders are generally adopting long or short positions on the…
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iSignthis added in its letter criticism of ASX and its quiry seeking sensitive details about its partnership with Visa. iSignthis stated: The company has advised ASX that it is inappropriate for it to be requesting and releasing information regarding current negotiations and submissions, as it may compromise our ability to reach outcomes of best effect…
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Options, a global provider of colocation services and market data for trading firms, revealed that the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX – ALC Australian Liquidity Centre), the Korea Exchange (KRX) and the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) have signed up to its Managed Colocation service. Sydney’s Equinix SY2 has also joined Options as its second Australian client…
Read moreSolactive has just announced the release of the Solactive Australia 200 Index, a new benchmark tracking the performance of the 200 largest companies by market capitalization listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. With this new launch, Solactive expands its range of competitively-priced benchmarks and offers for the first time a broad-market index providing targeted exposure…
Read moreThe Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), today announced that TT has launched its new high-performance, next generation trading platform in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), Australia’s only data centre dedicated to the financial markets community. The availability of the TT platform in the ALC demonstrates the commitment of ASX and…
Read moreFollowing a robust November for futures trading activity, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) registered one more month of rising futures trading volumes. According to ASX's market activity report for December 2015, out earlier today, futures and options on futures volume amounted to 12,021,672 contracts in the last month of 2015, up 25.3% from the reading for…
Read moreAfter a challenging October for futures trading activity at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), trading volumes staged a nice rise in November 2015, as shown by ASX's latest monthly activity report. In November 2015, futures and options on futures volume rose 2.5% from October 2015 levels to 9,585,567 contracts. The result is 35% higher than the…
Read moreThe Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) registered a steep month-on-month decrease in futures trading in October 2015, with volumes down by more than 28% from September 2015 levels. In tune with what the rest of the industry has exhibited, trading volumes also failed to match the results achieved during exceptionally strong October 2014. In October 2015,…
Read moreObject Trading co-locates services in ASX data centre.
Read moreNational Australia Bank (NAB) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have today announced that nabtrade, NAB Asset Management and NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) will join the ASX mFund Settlement Service. NAB is the first major bank to commit to the mFund service, launching by the end of the year. mFund is an electronic processing service…
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