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CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has named Harriet Hunnable as Managing Director, Metals Products. Hunnable, 44, will be responsible for developing and executing the company's global metals business strategy. She will be based in London and will report to Joe Raia, Managing Director, Energy and Metals Products.

NYSE Euronext announced today that in light of the decision by the European Commission to prohibit its proposed combination with Deutsche Boerse, the companies are in discussions to terminate their merger agreement. 

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Clear Credit now offers portfolio margining benefits for clearing participants' proprietary positions, allowing for more efficient collateralization of opposite positions in index and correlated single-name credit default swap (CDS) instruments.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that the benchmark ICE Brent Crude futures contract reached a new record open interest level of 1,001,286 contracts on 26 January, 2012.

Introduced in 1988, the ICE Brent Crude futures contract is the leading benchmark for light sweet crude oil, including grades in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

On 24 January 2012, the international derivatives market Eurex Exchange exceeded five million contracts traded in the BTP derivatives segment since trading began in September 2009. The segment comprises three futures based on notional short-, medium- and long-term bonds issued by the Republic of Italy (Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali – BTP). 

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading volume for its benchmark Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

Henry Hub Natural Gas trading volumes surged yesterday to 824,316 contracts, a 48 percent increase over the previous record of 557,179 set on January 17, 2012, and a 170 percent increase over the average daily volume of 305,017 contracts in 2011.

ICE Futures Canada, Canada's leading agricultural exchange and a subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced the successful introduction of its new milling wheat futures contract, which began trading today.

ICE Futures Canada, Canada's leading agricultural exchange and a subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced the successful introduction of its new milling wheat futures contract, which began trading today.

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it has expanded its centrally cleared, over-the-counter (OTC) agricultural swap offering through the introduction of eight new grain and oilseed swaps. The new swaps will be available for clearing on February 13, pending regulatory review. Among the offering are five new bullet swaps and three additional calendar swaps, which are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Mysteel, China's leading provider of ferrous price and indexing services, today announced they have signed an agreement to develop risk management products for the ferrous industry based on Mysteel's market-leading price data services. The products will be listed by NYMEX and cleared by CME Clearing.