London Stock Exchange plc today announces that it has received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a registered Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT). The approval allows London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market (LSEDM) to provide US based participants with direct access to its electronic order book in the FTSE 100 UK Index Futures contract, the FTSE UK Large Cap Super Liquid Index Futures contract and the BIST 30 Index Futures contract. This follows previous certification from the CFTC that these products are in conformance with the requirements of section 2(a)(1)(C)(ii) of the Commodity Exchange Act and may therefore be offered or sold to persons in the U.S.1
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