Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx): LME will cut fees on certain trades to levels last seen in 2010, as LME acknowledge high trading fees contributed to lower volumes. Reported by the Metal Bulletin.
Nairobi SE: trading on Kenya’s stock exchange was halted on Friday following the Supreme Court’s decision to annul the Aug. 8 presidential election and repeat it.
NSE and BSE proposed to extend the stock trading session up to 7:30 p.m. to align Indian markets with global ones.
London Stock Exchange (LSE) purchased 55k shares at 3,949 per share. LSE has 3.14m shares held in treasury.
SEC: The Trump Administration is expected to nominate Columbia University law professor Robert Jackson to a vacant slot on the SEC.According to WSJ.
SEC named Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris as Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) to replace Mark Flannery. Dalia Blass has been named Director of the agency’s Division of Investment Management.
India plans to create an exchange for spot gold. A panel formed by the finance ministry, trade ministry officials, refiners, jewelry associations and export and import firms will meet in November to define contract sizes, delivery rules, trading specifications and other organizational aspects.