CBOE today announced that Edward T. Tilly, President and Chief Operating Officer, will present at the UBS Securities 2012 Global Exchanges...
Yesterday, stocks shot higher after a favorable ISM manufacturing number. Flat results were expected and improving conditions forced shorts to cover. The rally felt a little "fluffy" and the news today was more substantial. Overnight the European PMI was released. Results were weak, but in-line. Germany's unemployment rate is creeping higher (6.7%) and almost half of the EU is officially in a recession. Spain is in focus and Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit rating by two notches (one was expected) last week. S&P followed up with a broad-based downgrade of Spanish banks this week. Spain will hold a bond auction …
Yesterday, stocks gave back some of last week's gains. The selling pressure was very light ahead of major economic releases. Overnight, China posted its official PMI. It was a little below estimates, but that did not spark selling. They will release manufacturing and nonmanufacturing data over the next three days and traders will be looking for signs of strength. The PMI's in Europe will be released tomorrow due to a holiday (May Day). Weak results are expected. Stocks were flat on the open and they spiked after ISM manufacturing and construction spending both exceeded estimates. ISM manufacturing came in at 54.8. …
CFE today announced that trading volume during April 2012 totaled 1,692,624 contracts, an increase of 103 percent...
CBOE today reported that April trading volume for options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange...
