CALGARY, Oct. 22, 2015 /CNW/ - NGX, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group and leading North American energy exchange, announced the results of the 2^nd Annual NGX Charity Trading Day held on October 15, 2015. NGX will donate $250,000 in proceeds from the day's transactions to benefit three Calgary charities: the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Special Olympics Calgary and The Calgary Homeless Foundation. NGX Charity Trading Day was founded last year to honour the memory of long-time employee Gary Gault.

"This is a proud new tradition for us at NGX and we are delighted to lend support to organizations that have a profound effect right here in our community," said Claude Cyr, Managing Director, Energy Commodities & Clearing, NGX. "I would like to commend our customers for their generosity, as we again surpassed our target donation."

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