RNS Number : 7445A
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
06 August 2008
6 August 2008
ETR - 10
VALUE TRADED IN UK EQUITIES UP FOUR PER CENT DURING JULY
* Record trading in international equities and ETFs and ETCs
Trading activity across the London Stock Exchange Group remained resilient during July 2008, driven by strong trading in UK equities. A
total of 24.3 million equity trades were carried out across the Group, with a combined value of �263.5 billion (EUR333.9 billion). This was
an increase of 35 per cent in the number of trades compared with the same month last year, and a decrease of four per cent in overall value
traded for the Group as a whole. The average daily number of trades during the month was 1.1 million, up 29 per cent on July last year,
while the average daily value traded decreased 8 per cent to �11.5 billion (EUR14.5 billion).
UK Order Book
The total value traded on the UK order book during July increased four per cent year on year to �183.9 billion (EUR233.1 billion). The
average daily value traded remained constant at �8.0 billion (EUR10.1 billion), despite an 18 per cent decline in the value of the FTSE 100
Index compared with July 2007. The total number of trades during the month was 17.5 million, equating to an average 759,031 trades per day,
43 per cent more than during the previous July.
Italian Order Book
5.7 million trades were carried out on the Italian equity order book, an increase of two per cent on July last year, while the total
value traded was EUR74.6 billion (�58.9 billion), down 37 per cent year on year. The average daily number of trades was 249,773, and the
average daily value traded was EUR3.2 billion (�2.6 billion). The average value for the MIB index during July was down 33 per cent year on
year.
International Order Books
It was a record month for trading in international equities on the two markets, and the first time the number of international equity
trades has exceeded 1 million: there were 1.1 million trades during the month, equating to an average 48,574 trades per day. The total value
traded was �20.7 billion (EUR26.2 billion) representing a 23 per cent increase year on year.
ETFs and ETCs
Trading in ETFs and ETCs was also very strong; there were 140,452 trades during the month, worth a record �7.0 billion (EUR8.8 billion).
This was an increase of 28 per cent in the total number of trades, and 152 per cent increase in the total value traded. The average daily
value traded was �302.3 million (EUR383.2 million) an increase of 141 per cent year on year, while the average daily number of trades was up
22 per cent to 6,107.
Derivatives
The total number of derivatives contracts traded on the EDX and IDEM markets increased 27 per cent compared with last July to 8.3
million. The notional value traded increased 7 per cent to �113.8 billion (EUR144.3 billion). The volume of contracts was up 22 per cent
year on year on an average daily value traded basis, to 360,776, while the average notional value traded each day increased 3 per cent to
�4.9 billion (EUR6.3 billion).
Separately, 235,382 trades were carried out in securitised derivatives, with a combined value of �2.0 billion (EUR2.5 billion).
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Enquiries:
Catherine Mattison +44 (0)20 7797 1222
Luca Grassis +39 02 72426 212
Additional Information:
This release uses only electronic trading data; trades that are reported to the either London Stock Exchange or Borsa Italiana under
their rules but executed away from their electronic order books are not included.
There were 23 trading days on the London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana during July 2008, one more than the previous year.
During July, the average daily value traded on SETS - covering all equity based order book trading on the London Stock Exchange - was
�8.8 billion, up 2 per cent on July 2007. The average daily number of trades on SETS was 794,820, an increase of 44 per cent year on year.
Primary market data for July will be available on the websites of London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana later in the month.
The July 2008 value traded figures use a EUR:� exchange rate of 1.2675. The exchange rate used for July 2007 was 1.4836.
BORSA ITALIANA * LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ELECTRONIC ORDER BOOK TRADING
July 2008 July 2007
Totals
Trades Value Traded �m ValueTraded EURm Trades Value Traded �m ValueTraded EURm
UKequities 17,457,711 183,921.7 233,122.1 11,706,057 176,890.7 262,449.1
Italian equities 5,744,784 58,878.6 74,629.0 5,626,054 80,469.3 119,390.7
International equities 1,117,203 20,662.5 26,189.9 729,184 16,735.0 24,829.4
ETFs & ETCs 140,452 6,953.1 8,813.1 110,057 2,761.1 4,096.6
Securitised Derivatives 235,382 1,999.6 2,534.5 458,306 7,886.9 11,701.7
Derivatives(EDX, IDEM) 8,297,846 113,834.9 144,286.5 6,526,611 105,923.9 157,157.1
Average daily
UKequities 759,031 7,996.6 10,135.7 532,094 8,040.5 11,929.5
Italian equities 249,773 2,559.9 3,244.7 255,730 3,657.7 5,426.8
International equities 48,574 898.4 1,138.7 33,145 760.7 1,128.6
ETFs & ETCs 6,107 302.3 383.2 5,003 125.5 186.2
Securitised Derivatives 10,234 86.9 110.2 20,832 358.5 531.9
Derivatives(EDX, IDEM) 360,776 4,949.3 6,273.3 296,664 4,814.7 7,143.5
January to July 2008 January to July 2007
Totals
Trades Value Traded �m ValueTraded EURm Trades Value Traded �m ValueTraded EURm
UKequities 106,663,381 1,203,678.3 1,549,412.4 68,432,074 1,116,713.4 1,653,441.6
Italian equities 40,713,733 535,472.3 688,387.5 41,879,229 619,304.1 916,237.6
International equities 6,107,511 127,440.6 163,863.4 4,786,936 107,554.1 159,299.9
ETFs & ETCs 1,021,969 36,825.6 47,273.8 794,325 17,508.1 25,927.4
Securitised Derivatives 1,747,232 13,146.8 16,880.6 3,215,466 41,562.8 61,598.0
Derivatives(EDX, IDEM) 57,576,160 927,473.4 1,191,884.2 45,241,881 844,510.7 1,249,784.5
Average daily
UKequities 720,699 8,133.0 10,469.0 465,524 7,596.7 11,247.9
Italian equities 273,247 3,593.8 4,620.1 282,968 4,184.5 6,190.8
International equities 41,179 860.3 1,106.1 32,455 730.3 1,081.7
ETFs & ETCs 6,868 247.8 318.2 5,371 118.6 175.6
Securitised Derivatives 11,726 88.2 113.3 21,726 280.8 416.2
Derivatives (EDX, IDEM) 388,013 6,240.1 8,019.1 306,716 5,715.7 8,458.6
For Derivatives, the values used are notional values while *trades* refer to contracts traded
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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