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Exchange riskUncertainty about the value of an asset, liability, or commitment due to uncertainty about the future value of an exchange rate. Unless they cover themselves in the forward market, traders with commitments to pay or receive foreign currency in the future bear exchange risk. So do holders of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency.Similar MatchesStock Exchange Automated Quotation systemStock Exchange Automated Quotation systemThe computerised system at the London Stock Exchange which continuously updates prices and trade reports for UK securities (shares, gilts etc). SEAQ lists the market makers' bid and offer prices, together with the Normal Market Size at which those prices will be honoured. Shares traded using SEAQ are said to be traded on the 'quote book'.The very largest companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange are traded on the Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service (SETS) which automatically matches buyers and sellers, and which is known as the 'order book'. SEAQ is used for those stocks which are too small to be traded on SETS. Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE)Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE)Established in 1976, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange (H.K.F.E.) operates futures and options markets in index, stock, interest rate, and foreign exchange products. London Commodity ExchangeLondon Commodity ExchangeFormerly known as London Fox (London Futures and Options Exchange), the exchange was renamed London Commodity Exchange and was a futures and options exchange, dealing in soft commodities including cocoa, sugar, coffee, wheat, barley, potatoes and dry cargo freight futures that is, BIFFEX (Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange). BIFFEX was merged with the then London Fox in 1991.On 16th September 1996 the LCE merged with the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) where trades of the merged company are guaranteed by the London Clearing House (LCH). Exchange Delivery Settlement PriceExchange Delivery Settlement PriceThe price which determines the price for physical delivery of the underlying instrument or the price at which contracts are cash settled. Shenzhen Stock ExchangeShenzhen Stock ExchangeOne of two major securities markets in China. Further SuggestionsForeign exchange controlsExchange rate overshooting Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Stock Exchange of Thailand London Metal Exchange New York Mercantile Exchange European Options Exchange (EOE) Floating exchange rate share exchange Foreign exchange risk Karachi Stock Exchange Mexican Stock Exchange Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE) South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX) Ration foreign exchange Effective exchange rate Warsaw Stock Exchange bill of exchange organised securities exchange Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX) Tradepoint Investment Exchange Exchange rate Exchange-market intervention Exchange equalization fund |
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