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The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 26-29.

Euronext, the largest pool of liquidity in Europe - Cash trading up 35%. Record number and capital raised by Initial Public Offerings – 142 new listings, including 57 on Alternext. Diversification of the product range – ETF trading up 99%, warrant & certificate trading up 64%.

Companies have raised a record £27.9 billion through IPOs on the London Stock Exchange’s markets during 2006, with IPO fundraising by companies up 71 per cent on 2005. By the end of November, the total money raised by IPOs on the London Stock Exchange had already reached £25.8 billion. This exceeded the £18.4 billion raised during the same period through IPOs on NYSE and the £19.3 billion raised on the Hong Kong Exchange for the same period. In the period to the end of October 2006 (the latest figures available), £6.7 billion was raised through IPOs on Nasdaq.

NYSE Group, Inc. reported December 2006 transaction volume in all securities traded by NYSE Group. This report represents the NYSE Group monthly volume release issued on a combined basis for NYSE and NYSE Arca.

In the week ended Dec. 15, 2006, seven new listings joined the roster of NYSE-listed companies.

Approximately 99.7 percent of NYSE Group, Inc. shareholders who voted have approved the Exchange's proposed combination with Euronext N.V., whose shareholders yesterday approved this historic transaction that creates the first truly global exchange group.

As of mid-December, short interest in 2,742 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 6,777,076,690 shares compared with 6,864,479,290 shares in 2,753 Global Market issues for the month of November. The December short interest represents 3.71 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.46 days in November. Short interest in 546 securities on The NASDAQ Capital MarketSM totaled 147,333,047 shares for December, compared with 139,888,751 shares in 558 securities for the month of November. This represents 1.56 days average daily volume, compared with last month's figure of 1.70.

The NYSE Group, Inc. reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of Dec. 15, 2006, reflecting transactions through Dec. 12, 2006.

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 11-15.

Global Insight today released its findings showing that the healthcare, consumer staples, and select components of the financial sector hold the most promise for U.S. stock market investors in 2007. The worst sectors for investing are predicted to be energy, consumer discretionary, industrials, and real estate, according to Global Insight's latest stock sector rotation strategy advisory.