More trading; more Duncan

By: Ray Pellecchia

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More, more, more. Just call me the Andrea True Connection.

On second thought, forget I said that.

NYSE Euronext's Europe volumes hit daily record (Reuters) -- "The European exchanges run by transatlantic bourse operator NYSE Euronext had their busiest day ever on Friday, as markets first fell then, in the wake of a U.S. Federal Reserve discount rate cut, sharply recovered."

NYSE Euronext Markets Report Record Transaction Volumes for Week Ending 17 August (NYSE.com) -- New daily records for our European (17 August) and U.S. (16 August) cash equities trading. European equities trading also had a record week.

U.S. cash equities trading operations --NYSE and NYSE Arca -- reported combined volume of more than 20.3 billion shares traded this week, the second highest ever.

Liffe recorded its busiest week ever with more than 30 million futures and options contracts traded in the week ending 17 August. Short-term interest-rate products also had their busiest week ever, with more than 18 million contracts traded this week; the previous record was 13 million for the week ending 10 August.

NYSE Euronext to Present at Lehman Brothers 2007 Financial Services Conference (NYSE.com) -- Duncan L. Niederauer, our president and co-chief operating officer, will present at the Lehman Brothers 2007 Financial Services Conference in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 7:45 a.m. ET.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the NYSE Euronext Investor Relations page: http://ir.nyse.com/. A replay will be available at the same Web site approximately 24 hours after the conference.

Have a great weekend, folks!

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