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A/S Aktieselskabet - Danish stock company AA Against Actuals AAPP Average All-Pig Price AB Aktiebolag - Swedish company ABI Association of Italian Bankers ABS Automated Bond System ABS Asset-Backed Security ACCESS American-Canadian Connection for Efficient Securities Settlement ACE AIBD, Cedel, Euroclear ACES Advanced Computerised Execution Service ACT Automated Confirmation Transaction Service ADP Alternative Delivery Procedure ADR American Depository Receipt ADS American Depository Shares AE Account Executive AFC Agence Française de Codification AFFM Australian Financial Futures Market AFM Amman Financial Market AFMA Australian Financial Markets Association AFV Advantage Fiscal Voordelen AG Aktiengesellschaft - German, Swiss or Austrian stock company AIBD Association of International Bond Dealers AIDA Automatic Interprofessional Dealing System AIM Amsterdam Interprofessional Market AIM Alternative Investment Market AIMS Automated International Market System ALPS Adjustable Long-term Puttable Security AMEX American Stock Exchange AMOS AMEX Options Switching System AMS Automatic Order Matching and Execution System ANA Aviso de Negociação de Ações ANNA Association of National Numbering Agencies AODB American Stock Exchange Options AOM Australian Options Market AON All Or None APCIMS Association of Private Client Investment API American Petroleum Institute APT Automated Pit Trading System Arb Arbitrageur

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A/S Aktieselskabet - Danish stock company AA Against Actuals AAPP Average All-Pig Price AB Aktiebolag - Swedish company ABI Association of Italian Bankers ABS Automated Bond System ABS Asset-Backed Security ACCESS American-Canadian Connection for Efficient

Securities Settlement ACE AIBD, Cedel, Euroclear ACES Advanced Computerised Execution Service ACT Automated Confirmation Transaction Service ADP Alternative Delivery Procedure ADR American Depository Receipt ADS American Depository Shares AE Account Executive AFC Agence Française de Codification AFFM Australian Financial Futures Market AFM Amman Financial Market AFMA Australian Financial Markets Association AFV Advantage Fiscal Voordelen AG Aktiengesellschaft - German, Swiss or Austrian

stock company AIBD Association of International Bond Dealers AIDA Automatic Interprofessional Dealing System AIM Amsterdam Interprofessional Market AIM Alternative Investment Market AIMS Automated International Market System ALPS Adjustable Long-term Puttable Security AMEX American Stock Exchange AMOS AMEX Options Switching System AMS Automatic Order Matching and Execution

System ANA Aviso de Negociação de Ações ANNA Association of National Numbering Agencies AODB American Stock Exchange Options AOM Australian Options Market AON All Or None APCIMS Association of Private Client Investment API American Petroleum Institute APT Automated Pit Trading System Arb Arbitrageur ASAS Amsterdam Security Account System ASE American Stock Exchange ASE Association of Swiss Exchanges ASE Amsterdam Stock Exchange ASSET ASE trading system ASTM American Society for Testing Materials ASX Australian Stock Exchange ATA Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam BV

(Agricultural Futures Market Amsterdam) ATB Association Tripartite Bourses ATES Automated Trade Execution System

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ATM Amsterdam Treasury Bond Market ATS Automated Trading System ATS Alternative Trading Systems ATU Annual Tax Unit ATX Austrian Traded Index

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BA Banker's Acceptances BACS Bankers' Automated Clearing Services BAN Bond Anticipation Note BAPEPAM Baden Pelaksana Pasar Modal BBA Broker Accounting System of Settlement BBAISR British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement

Rate BBF Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros BBO Best Bid/Best Offer BBV Bolivian Stock Exchange BCE Beijing Commodity Exchange BEACON Boston Stock Exchange Automated

Communication and Order-routing Network BELFOX Belgian Futures and Options Exchange BES Business Expansion Scheme BFE Baltic Futures Exchange Bhd Berhad – Malaysian company BIFFEX Baltic International Freight Futures Market BIS Stock Exchange International System BM&F Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros BMA Bond Market Association BMC Basic Minimum Capital BMV Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (Mexican Stock

Exchange) BNV Bolsa Nacional de Valores BOB Bratislava Options Exchange BOBC Bank of Botswana Certificate BOBL Bundesobligationen BOLT BSE On-Line Trading BOM Branch Office Manager BOOM Buying-in, Odd-lot, Off-market and Married BOSS Börsen Order Service System BOT Buono Ordinario del Tesoro BOT Bought BOVESPA Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (São Paulo Stock

Exchange) BSE Bangkok Stock Exchange BSE Budapest Stock Exchange BSE Botswana Stock Exchange BSE Boston Stock Exchange BSE Bombay Stock Exchange BSECC Boston Stock Exchange Clearing Corporation BSM Botswana Share Market BSSE Bratislava Stock Exchange BTAN Bons du Trésor à Intérêt Annuel Normalisé BTP Buono del Tesoro Poliennale BTU British Thermal Unit BUND Bundesanleihen BUX Budapest Stock Exchange Index BVA Bourse de Valeurs d’Abidjan BVL Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa BVM Bourse de Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis BVRJ Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro

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CAC Compagnie des Agents de Change CAD Capital Adequacy Directive CAES Computer-Assisted Execution System CATS Certificates of Accrual on Treasury Securities CATS Computer-Assisted Trading System CBB Chicago Board Brokerage CBOE Chicago Board Options Exchange CBOT Chicago Board Of Trade CBS Central Bureau for Statistics CBV Conseil des Bourses de Valeurs CCASS Central Clearing And Settlement System CCC Commodity Credit Corporation CCFE China-Commodity Futures Exchange CCHD Central Clearing House and Depository CCIFP Chambre de Compensation des Instruments

Financiers de Paris CCM Computerised Call Market CCOS Clearing Corporation for Options and Services CCS Central Certificate Service CCT Certificato di Credito del Tesoro CD Certificates of Deposit CDS Central Depository System CDS Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd CDT Certificats de Trésorerie CEA Commodity Exchange Authority CEC Commodities Exchange Center, Inc CEDEL Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilières,

Luxembourg CEG Canadian Exchange Group CEO Chief Executive Officer CET Central European Time CETIP Centre for Custody and Financial Settlement of

Certificates and Bonds CFO Cancel Former Order CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission CGO Central Gilts Office CGT Capital Gains Tax CHAPS Clearing House Automated Payments Service CHESS Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System CHIPS Clearing House Interbank Payment Service CHX Chicago Stock Exchange CI Certificate of Indebtedness Cia Compagnia – Spanish company CIBOR Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate Cie Compagnie – French company CIF Cost, Insurance, Freight CIK Caisse Interprofessionnelle de Dépôts et de

Virement de Titres CINS CUSIP International Numbering System CIPF Canada Investor Protection Fund CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CIYB Collateralised Increasable Yield Bond CLASS Canada–London Automated Settlement Service CLC Câmara de Liquidação e Custódia

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CLOB Central Limit Order Book CLOU Currency Linked Outperformance Unit CMA Capital Markets Authority CMB Capital Market Board CMC Commission for the Development of Capital in

Honduras CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange CMN Conselo Monetário Nacional (National Monetary

Council) CMO Central Money-markets Office CMO Collateralised Mortgage Obligation CMT Conseil du Marché à Terme CMVM Commissaõ dos Mercado de Valores CNI Certificate Not Issued CNMV Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores

(Securities Market National Council) CNS Continuous Net Settlement CNV Comisión Nacional de Valores (National

Securities Commission) COB Commission des Opérations de Bourse COD Cash on Delivery COHEP Honduran Council for Private Enterprise COMEX Commodity Exchange, Inc CONASEV Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y

Valores CONSOB Commissione Nazionale per la Societá e la Borsa COP Call Or Put Warrant CORES Computer-assisted Order Routing and Execution

System CORES–F Computer-assisted Order Routing and Execution

System for Futures CORES–O Computer-assisted Order Routing and Execution

System for Options COSI Copenhagen Stock Exchange International CP Commercial Paper CPI Consumer Price Index CPO Commodity Pool Operator CPO Certificates of Ordinary Participation CQS Consolidated Quotation System CR Counter Receipt CRCE Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange CRD Central Registration Depository CRS Computer Readable Service CSCC Slovenian Central Securities Clearing

Corporation CSCE Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange CSD Central Securities Depository CSE Casablanca Stock Exchange CSE Cincinnati Stock Exchange CSRC China Securities Regulatory Commission CSRF Central Shares Register of Finland CTA Commodity Trading Adviser CTIS Consolidated Trading and Information System CTP Continuous Tender Panel CTS Combined Trading System

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CUPID Computer Updated International Database CUSIP Committee on Uniform Securities Identification

Procedures CV Convertible CVM Comissaõ de Valores Mobiliários CVSA Caja de Valores SA CX Cantor Exchange CZCE China Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

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DATS Derivatives Automated Trading System DAX Deutscher Aktienindex DBL Debentures, Bonds and Loan stock DCM Direct Clearing Members DGFT Director General of Fair Trading DIBOR Dublin Interbank Offer Rate DIE Designated Investment Exchange DJIA Dow-Jones Industrial Average DK Don’t Know DKV Deutscher Kassenverein DNR Do Not Reduce DOT Designated Order Turn-around DOTS Delhi On-line Trading System DSE Dhaka Stock Exchange DSS Dividend Settlement Service DTC Depository Trust Company DTI Department of Trade and Industry DTM Decentralised Trade Management DTS Daily Transaction Statements DVP Delivery Versus Payment DWZ Deutsche Wertpapierdaten-Zentrale

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E&OE Errors and Omissions Excepted EASD European Assocation of Securities Dealers EASDAQ European Assocation of Securities Dealers

Automated Quotation EBS Electro Broker System EBS Elecktronischen Börse Schweiz ECH Equity Clearing House ECM Emerging Company Marketplace ECN Electronic Communications Network ECP Euro-Commercial Paper ECU European Currency Unit EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and

Retrieval System EDP Electronic Data Processing EDR European Depository Receipt EDSP Exchange Delivery Settlement Price EEA European Economic Area EFCC European Futures Clearing Corporation EFMA European Financial Management and Marketing

Association EFP Exchange of Futures for Physicals EFTA European Free Trade Area EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer Point Of Sale EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System eGmbH eingetragene Genossenschaft mit beschränkter

Haftpflicht – German-registered limited-liability co-operative

eGmuH eingetragene Genossenschaft mit unbeschränkter Haftpflicht – German-registered co-operative with unlimited liability

EHS Elektronisches Handelssystem ELECTRA Copenhagen Stock Exchange's electronic trading

system EMDX Emerging Market Debt Index EMS European Monetary System EMU Economic and Monetary Union EOCC European Options Clearing Corporation EOE European Options Exchange EOS Electronic Order Delivery System EPS Earnings Per Share EQOS Electronic Quote and Order-driven System ERA Exchange Rate Agreement ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism ESETS Electronic Stock Exchange Trading System ESIS Electronic Securities and Information System ESOP Employee Stock Ownership Plan ESP Exchange Stock Portfolio EST Eastern Standard Time ETF Exchange Traded Funds ETH Electronic Trading Hours EU European Union EXTRA POINT Exchange Traded Automatic Pricing Order

Improvement

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FACTS Fully Automated Computer Trading System FANS Free Account Net Settlement FAST Flexible Accelerated Securities Transfer FAST Fast Automated Screen Trading FASTER Fast Allocation of Securities Through Electronic

Registration FBE Fédération Bancaire De L'Union Européenne FBES Finnish Book-Entry System FBSE First Bulgarian Stock Exchange FCM Futures Commission Merchant FCM Futuros de Citrieos y Mercaderias de Valencia FCP Fonds Communs de Placement FCSD Finnish Central Securities Ltd FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FEAS Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges FEBC Foreign Exchange Bearer Certificate FESE Federation of European Stock Exchanges FEX First European Exchange FFA Free Fatty Acids FIA Futures Industry Act FIA Futures Industry Association FIABV Federation of Ibero-American Stock Exchanges FIBOR Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate FIBV Fédération Internationale des Bourses de

Valeurs FIC Foreign Investment Committee FIDE Foundation for Investment and Development FIFO First In/First Out FIMBRA Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers

Regulatory Association FIPS Foreign Interest Payment Security FISD Financial Information Services Division FIX Financial Information eXchange FIXML Financial Information eXchange Extensible

Markup Language FLEX FLexible EXchange Option FMA France Matif Automatique FMCA Financial Markets Control Area FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association FOB Free On Board FOM Finnish Options Market FOSS Funds Only Settlement Service FOX Finnish Options Index FRA Forward-Rate Agreement FRB Federal Reserve Board FRN Floating-Rate Note FRNCD Floating-Rate Negotiable Certificate of Deposit FSA Financial Services Act FSA Financial Services Authority FSE Frankfurt Stock Exchange FTA Financial Futures Market Amsterdam FTSE 100 Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100 Share Index

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G30 Group of 30 GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GATOR Government and Agency Term Obligatory

Receipt GCC Gulf Co-operation Council GCH Gilt Clearing House GCM General Clearing Member GCT General Consumption Tax GDR Global Depository Receipt GEM Growth and Emerging Markets GEMMs Gilt-Edged Market-Makers GLOBEX Global Electronic Exchange GmbH Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung – German

limited-liability company GMRA Global Master Repurchase Agreement GNMA Government National Mortgage Association GROI Guaranteed Return On Investment GSC Government Security Clearing Corporation GSCI Goldman Sachs Commodity Index GSE Guayaquil Stock Exchange GST Goods and Services Tax GSTPA Global Straight Through Processing Association GTC Good Till Cancelled GTX Good Till Executed GUFE Guangdong United Futures Exchange GUN Grantor Underwriting Notes

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HELIBOR Helsinki Interbank Offered Rate HETI Helsinki Stock Exchange Automated Trading and

Information Systems HIBOR Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate HKFE Hong Kong Futures Exchange HKO Hong Kong Option HKSCC Hong Kong Securities Clearing Corporation HKSE Hong Kong Stock Exchange HOS Handel Ondersteunend Systeem HSE

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IASC International Accounting Standards Committee IBIS Interbanken Informations System ICC International Chamber of Commerce ICCH International Commodities Clearing House ICEP Instituto de Comércio Externo de Portugal ICMG International Capital Markets Group ICSA International Council of Securities Associations ICSD International Central Security Depositories ID Interbank Deposit IDA Investment Dealers Association IDB Inter-American Development Bank IDB Interdealer Broker IDEM Italian Derivatives Market IDR International Depository Receipt IEM International Equity Market IFC International Finance Corporation IFOX Irish Futures and Options Exchange IGLU Index Growth Linked Unit IID International Institutional Delivery IIEDS Individual Investor Express Delivery Service IMF International Monetary Fund IMM International Monetary Market IMRO Investment Management Regulatory

Organisation Ltd INC National Continuous Index INS International Net Settlement Service INSTINET Institutional Networks Corporation IOC Immediate Or Cancel IOCC International Options Clearing Corporation IOM Index and Option Market IOS International Organisation for Standardisation IOSCO International Organisation of Securities

Commissions IPC Indice de Precios & Cotizaciones IPE International Petroleum Exchange IPMA International Primary Markets Association IPO Initial Public Offering IQMS Integrated Quotation Management Service IRC Corporate Income Tax (Portugal) IRS Personal Income Tax (Portugal) ISB Inter-Sociétés de Bourse ISCC International Securities Clearing Corporation ISD Investment Services Directive ISE Istanbul Stock Exchange ISE Islamabad Stock Exchange ISE Irish Stock Exchange ISE Iceland Stock Exchange ISEQ Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index ISG Intermarket Surveillance Group ISIN International Securities Identification Number ISM Issuer Set Margin ISMA International Securities Market Association ISO International Standardisation Organisation ISRO International Securities Regulatory Organisation

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ISSA International Securities Services Association ISSRO International Securities Self-Regulating

Organisation ISX CBOE Israel Index ITS Intermarket Trading System

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JASDAQ Japan Securities Dealers Association Quotation JASDEC Japan Securities Depository Centre JDR Japanese Deposit Receipt JET Johannesburg Equities Trading JGB Japanese Government Bond JSCC Japan Securities Clearing Corporation JSDA Japan Securities Dealers Association JSE Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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KANEX Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange KATS Kuwait Automated Trading System KATS KLOFFE Automated Trading System KCBT Kansas City Board of Trade KISS Kurs Information Service System KK Kabushiki Kaisha - Japanese stock company KLCE Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange KLCI Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Composite

Index KLIBOR Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate KLOFFE Kuala Lumpur Options and Futures Exchange KLSE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange KRE Kobe Rubber Exchange KSD Korea Securities Depository Corporation

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LAUTRO Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organisation

LBO Leveraged Buy-out LCE London Commodity Exchange LCH London Clearing House LDC Less Developed Countries LEAPS Long-term Equity Anticipation Securities LEBA London Eurodollar Banker's Acceptance LEO Long-term Equity Options LEPO Low Exercise Price Option LGFM London Grain Futures Market LIBID London Interbank Bid rate LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate LIFFE London International Financial Futures and

Options Exchange LIFO Last In/First Out LME London Metal Exchange LOTS Limit Order Trading System LOX Large Order Execution Rule LSE London Stock Exchange Ltd Limited - British corporation LTO Long-Term Option LTOM London Traded Options Market LTX Latin 15 Index LYON Liquid Yield Option Note

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions MACE MidAmerica Commodity Exchange MAE Mercado Abierto Electrónico SA MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries MAOF Futures and Derivatives Market, Tel-Aviv MATIF Marché à Terme International de France MATIS Makler Tele Information System MAX Midwest Automated Execution system MBB Malayan Banking Berhad MBO Management Buy-out MBS Mortgage-Backed Security MCSE Moscow Central Stock Exchange ME Montreal Exchange MEC Mercado Electrónico Continuo MEFF Mercado de Futuros Financieros MERFOX Mercado de Futuros y Opciónes SA MEX CBOE Mexico Index MGE Minneapolis Grain Exchange MGF Minimum Guarantee Fill MGOP Maximum Gross Outstanding Position MIB Indice Borsa Valori di Milano MIBOR Madrid Interbank Offered Rate MICEX Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange MID S&P MidCap 400 Index MidAm MidAmerica Commodity Exchange MIDAS Market-maker Information and Dealing System MIF Mercato Italiano Futures MISE Moscow International Stock Exchange MIT Market If Touched MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry MITTS Merrill Lynch Market Index Target Term

Securities MKSE Makati Stock Exchange MMB Medium-sized Corporate Market Bremen MMBtu Million British Thermal Units MME Malaysian Monetary Exchange MOC Market On Close MOFEX Mercado de Opciones Financieras Español MONEP Marché des Options Négociables de la Bourse de

Paris MORRE Montreal Exchange Registered-Representative

Order-routing and Execution System MOS Mutual Offset System MOST Market Order System of Trading MPL Maximum On-line Publication Level MQP Mandatory Quotation Period MQS Minimum Quote Size MSCI Morgan Stanley Capital International MSE Midwest Stock Exchange MSE Manila Stock Exchange MSRB Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board MSS Maximum SAEF Size MST Marketable Securities Tax MTN Medium-Term Note

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MVBA Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Stock Market)

MXY Mexico Index

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NAFINSA Nacional Financiera NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NANPEX Nanjing Petroleum Exchange Co Ltd NASD National Association of Securities Dealers Nasdaq National Association of Securities Dealers

Automated Quotation NAV Net Asset Value NBBO National best bid and offer NBSC Comisión Nacional Bancaria de Valores NBSC National Banking and Securities Commission NCC Norsk Clearing Central NCC National Clearing Corporation NCD Negotiable Certificate of Deposit NCSC National Companies and Securities Commission NCSD National Central Securities Depositories NDS National Depository for Securities NDX Nasdaq 100 Index NEAT Network Execution And Transfer System NECIGEF Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor Giraal

Effectenverkeer (National Securities Giro System)

NGF National Guarantee Fund NH Not Held NIDS National Institutional Delivery System NIEC Netherlands' Interprofessional Securities Centre NIF Note Issuance Facility NIF National Investment Fund NIIDS National and International Institutional Delivery

System NIK Nikkei 300 Index NLKKAS Nederlandse Liquidatiekas NMS National Market System NMS Normal Market Size NOB Notes Over Bonds NOREX Nordic Securities Market NOS Norsk Opsjonssentral NPV No Par Value NQB National Quotation Bureau, Inc NRST Non-Resident Shareholders Tax NRWT Non-Resident Withholding Tax NSC National Securities Commission NSC Nouvelle Systeme de Cotation NSCC National Securities Clearing Corporation NSE Namibian Stock Exchange NSE Nairobi Stock Exchange NSEL National Stock Exchange of Lithuania NSMS National Stock Market System NSTS National Securities Trading System NTS New Trading System NYBOT New York Board of Trade NYCE New York Cotton Exchange NYFE New York Futures Exchange NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange NYSE New York Stock Exchange

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NZFOE New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange NZSE New Zealand Stock Exchange

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OARS Opening Automated Report Service OATS Options Automated Trading System OATS Obligations Assimilables du Trésor OCC Option Clearing Corporation OCT Order Confirmation Transaction ODR Overseas Depository Receipt OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development OEX S&P100 Index OFT Office of Fair Trading OICV Organisation Internationale des Commissions de

Valeurs OLES Odd Lot Execution Service OLO Obligations Linéaries OM Optionsmäklarna - Stockholm-based OM Options Market OMS Options Margining System OMSI Option Market System International OMX Option Market Index OOB Open Order Book OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPM Official Parallel Market OPRA Options Price Reporting Authority OSC Ontario Securities Commission OSE Osaka Securities Exchange OSE Oslo Stock Exchange OSF Osaka Stock Futures 50 OTC Over-The-Counter OTCBB OTC Bulletin Board® OTCEI Over-The-Counter Exchange of India OTOB Österreichische Termin und Optionenbörse

(Austrian Futures and Options Exchange) OTS Office of Thrift Supervisor OW Offer Wanted OY Osakeyhito - Finnish stock company

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PACE Philadelphia Automated Communication and Execution System

PASBDI Philippine Association of Securities Brokers and Dealers Inc

PATS Partly Assisted Trading System PBoC People's Bank of China PBOT Philadelphia Board of Trade PCD Primorsky Central Depository PEACE Platform for Electronic Access to Exchange PEP Personal Equity Plan PER Price Earnings Ratio PER Post Execution Reporting PERCS Preferred Equity Redemption Cumulative Stocks PGF Pay-out Guarantee Fund PHLX Philadelphia Stock Exchange PIBOR Paris Interbank Offered Rate PICS Price Indication and Clearing System PLC Public Limited Company – British PLO Public Limit Order PLOB Public Limit Order Board PMB Potato Marketing Board Pmc Penningmarknads Centralen POB Public Order Book POETS Pacific Options Exchange Trading System POM Public Order Member PONA Position Nette Acheteuse Autorisée PORAM Palm Oil Refinery Association of Malaysia POS Public Offering of Securities PPI Producer Prices Index PRM Price Risk Margin PSA Public Securities Association PSBR Public Sector Borrowing Requirement PSDR Public Sector Debt Repayment PSE Pacific Stock Exchange PSE Philippine Stock Exchange PT KEDI PT Kilring and Deposit Efek Indonesia PTI Press Trust of India Pty Proprietary - Australian company

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QIX Quarterly Expiration Index QQQ Ticker symbol for the Nasdaq-100 Index

Tracking Stock. QSC Quebec Securities Commission

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RAC Recycling Advisory Council RAES Retail Automated Execution System RAN Revenue Anticipation Note RBD Refined, Bleached, Deodorised RCH Recognised Clearing House RCMM Registered Competitive Market-Makers RCR Registered Commodity Representative RE Russian Exchange RECAPS Reconfirmation And Pricing Service REIT Real Estate Investment Trust RELIT Reglement Livraison de Titres REPO Sale and Repurchase Agreement REX Deutscher Rentenindex RFC Registered Floor Clerk RFQ Request For Quote RIE Recognised Investment Exchange RLO Restricted Life Option RM Reglement Mensuel RNS Regulatory News Service ROEFFEX Rotterdam Energy Futures Exchange ROI Return On Investment ROP Registered Options Principal ROT Registered Options Trader RPB Recognised Professional Body RPI Retail Price Index RR Registered Representative RRG Ricontro e Rettifiche Giornalien RSI Relative Strength Index RTH Regular Trading Hours RTS Russian Trading System RUF Revolving Underwriting Facility

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S&P Standard and Poor's SA Sociedad Anónima - Spanish corporation SA Société Anonyme- French corporation SAB Swiss Admission Board SAEF SEAQ Automatic Execution Facility SAFE Synthetic Agreement for Foreign Exchange SAFEX South African Futures Exchange SAICA Sociedades Anonimas Inscritas de Capital

Abierto SAMA Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority SATB Automated System for Stock Transactions SATO Sistema Automatisado de Transacciones

Operativas SAX Stockholm Automated Exchange SBAI Swiss Bid/Ask Index SBDG Swiss Federal Bonds SBF Société des Bourses Françaises SBI Société de Bourse Intermédiaires SBVMB Société de la Bourse de Valeurs Mobilières de

Bruxelles SCANS Securities Clearing Automated Network Services SCMC Société de Compensation des Marchés

Conditionnels SCORE System on Computerised Order Routing and

Execution SCOREX Securities Communication Order Routing and

Execution SDC Share Depository Center SDR Special Drawing Right SDR Special Depository Receipt SDR Singapore Depository Receipt SEA Securities and Exchange Act SEAQ Stock Exchange Automated Quotations system SEATS Stock Exchange Automated Trading Service SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India SEC Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Stock Exchange Commission SECA Stock Exchanges Control Act SECOM SEGA Communications System SEDOL Stock Exchange Daily Official List SEE Swiss Electronic Exchange SEEC Stock Exchange Executive Council SEI Special Expiration Index SEM Mauritius Stock Exchange SENN Sistema Electrônico de Negociação Nacional SEPON Stock Exchange Pool Nominees SES Stock Exchange of Singapore SESDAQ Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and

Automated Quotation Systems SET Sistema Electrónico de Transacciones SET Securities Exchange of Thailand SET Stock Exchange of Thailand SETS Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service SFA Securities and Futures Authority

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SFE Sydney Futures Exchange SFECH Sydney Futures Exchange Clearing House SIA Securities Industry Act SIA Securities Industry Association SIAC Securities Industry Automation Corporation SIB Securities and Investment Board SIBE Interconnected Stock Market System SibEX Siberian Stock Exchange SIC Standard Industrial Classification SICAV Société d'Investissement à Capital Variable SICOM Singapore Commodity Exchange SICOVAM Société Interprofessionelle pour la

Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières SIEX Superintendencia de Inversiones Extranjeras SIM Società di Intermediazione Mobiliare SIMEX Singapore International Monetary Exchange SIMS Stock Exchange of Thailand Information

Management System SINAC Sistema Integral de Negociacion Astida per

Computador SIOPEL Sistema de Operaciones Electrónicas (Electronic

Transaction System) SIPA Securities Investor Protection Act SIPC Securities Investors Protection Corporation SIPFI Securities Investors Protection Fund Inc SITREL Sistema de Transacciones Electrónico de

applicación bursátil SITUS System for Institutional Trading of Unregistered

Securities SL Sold SLC Sistema De Liquidación Compensación SLD Sold sale SMART Securities Markets' Automated Regulated

Trading SMATS Stock Market Automated Trading System SMF Swiss Market Fees SMI Swiss Market Index SMILE Swiss Market Index-Linked Issue (Emission) SML S&P Small Cap 600 Index SMX Stockholm Money Market Exchange SNCA Sistema Nacional de Comercializaçaõ Agrícola SOES Small Order Execution System SOFE Swedish Options and Futures Exchange SOFFEX Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange SOM Finnish Options Market SOMFA Soya Bean Meal Futures Market SOP Senior Options Principal SOP Finnish Options Exchange Ltd SOX Stockholm Bond Exchange SPA Sole Placing Agency SpA Societa per Azioni - Italian corporation SPAN Standard Portfolio Analysis of Margin SPDR Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts SPI Swiss Performance Index SPRL Société de Personnes à Responsabilité Limitée –

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Belgian or French corporation SPSE St Petersburg Stock Exchange SPX S&P500 Index SRD Solvency Ratio Directive SRO Self-Regulatory Organisation SROP Senior Registered Options Principal SSB Securities Supervisory Board SSCCRC Shanghai Securities Central Clearing

Registration Corporation SSE Shanghai Securities Exchange SSE Surabaya Stock Exchange SSE Swiss Exchange SSRO Sponsoring Self-Regulatory Organisation STAMP Systéme de Transactions Automatisée du

MONEP (France)Securities Trading Access Messaging Protocol (Canada)

STAQ Securities Trading Automated Quotation system STE Securities of The Netherlands STIR Short Term Interest Rate STP Straight-Through Processing STRIPS Separate Trading of Registered Interest and

Principal of Securities SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial

Telecommunications SWX Swiss Exchange SYCOM Sydney Computerised Overnight Market

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TAB Tax Anticipation Bill TACT Tel-Aviv Continuous Trading System TAIMEX Taiwan International Mercantile Exchange TAN Tax Anticipation Note TARS Trade Acceptance and Reconciliation Service TASE Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd TAURUS Transfer and Automated Registration of

Uncertificated Stock TCBT Twin Cities Board of Trade TCO Trans Canada Options, Inc TCOM Tokyo Commodity Exchange for Industry TDR Taiwan Depository Receipt TESSA Tax-Exempt Special Savings Account TEST-1 Telecommunications-Supported Trading TFE Toronto Futures Exchange TIFFE Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange TIGR Treasury Investment Growth Receipts TIPs Toronto 35 Index Participation Units TOCOM Tokyo Commodity Exchange TOM Traded Options Market TOPIC Teletext Output of Price Information by

Computer TOPIX Tokyo Stock Price Index TP Tender Panel TPF Ticker Plant Frankfurt TRS Trade Registration System TRUF Transferable Revolving Underwriting Facility TSCD Taiwan Securities Central Depository TSD Thailand Securities Depository TSE Toronto Stock Exchange TSE Tehran Stock Exchange TSE Taiwan Stock Exchange TSEC Taiwan Stock Exchange Company TTV Trading to Total Volume

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UCITS Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities

UFIR Fiscal unit of reference UIT Unit Investment Trust USDA United States Department of Agriculture USM Unlisted Securities Market USR Uniform Settlement Rule UTP Unlisted Trading Privileges Company UTS United Trading System

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VAC Variable Additional Capital VAT Value-Added Tax VCT Vancouver Computerised Trading system VITAL Vancouver Interface for Trading Access Links VP Vaerdipapircentralen VPC Vaerdipapircentralen VPS Verdipapirsentralen VRDO Variable-Rate Demand Obligation VRN Variable-Rate Note VSE Vladivostok Stock Exchange VSE Vancouver Stock Exchange VTC Voting Trust Certificate VWAP Volume Weighted Average Price

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WAIR Weighted Average Interest Rate WCCC West Canada Clearing Corporation WCCL Winnipeg Commodity Clearing Ltd WCDTC West Canada Depository Trust Company WCE Winnipeg Commodity Exchange WD When Distributed WI When Issued WOW With Or Without WSE Warsaw Stock Exchange WSEC Wuhan Securities Exchange Centre WTI West Texas Intermediate

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X Dis Ex-Distribution XD Ex-Dividend XII Institutional Index XMI Major Market Index XML Extensible Markup Language XRT Ex-Rights XW Ex-Warrants

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YSE Yerevan Stock Exchange YTM Yield To Maturity

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ZSE Zagreb Stock Exchange