Euronext Liffe has de-listed its weather futures contracts based on monthly and winter season indices for London, Paris and Berlin, with effect from close of business on 30 September. Publication of the monthly and winter season indices will continue on the Liffe Weather website.
Liffe has also decided to extend the volume discount scheme for liquidity providers in the three-month short sterling futures contract. The Stir Liquidity Provider (SLP) scheme, which provides individual traders with transaction fee discounts on a sliding scale, was introduced in February and extended in May. The scheme has now been extended "until further notice". The exchange has also refined the volume threshold levels of the SLP scheme for both the Euribor and Sterling futures contracts.
Liffe announced a fee holiday for six months from 1 October, during which there will be no charges for the trading and clearing of Spanish-based Universal Stock Futures (USFs). Three...