STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- As from this month, OMX Exchanges statistics also includes statistics from Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
-- For OMX Exchanges, April was the best month since February 2001. The trading amounted on a daily average to EUR 3,451 million.
-- April was the best month for Stockholm Stock Exchange since April 2001. The trading amounted on a daily average to EUR 1,931 million.
Share trading
The average value of share trading per business day amounted to EUR 3,451 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 2,453 million). The average number of trades per business day was 83,777 (during the past 12-month period: 66,328).
The turnover velocity was 138%.
Derivative trading
Average derivative trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income products amounted to 550,093 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 422,043) per business day. The average number of traded contracts in equity derivative products amounted to 529,354 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 394,781 contracts) per business day, while the average number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products amounted to 20,739 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 27,262 contracts) per business day.
The total premium value for stock options amounted to EUR 5.3 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 4.6 million) per day.
Bond trading
The average value of bond trading per business day amounted to EUR 10,969 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 9,617 million).
This report comprises statistics from the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Riga Stock Exchange and Vilnius Stock Exchange. The reported figures pertain to all the six exchanges, unless otherwise stated.
Covered warrant trading
The average value of covered warrant trading per business day amounted to EUR 5.3 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 4.1 million).
ETF trading / Unit trusts
The average value of ETF/Unit trust trading per business day amounted to EUR 62 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 38 million).
Index development
During April the OMXS30 index decreased by 2.7%, the OMXH25 index decreased by 5.1%, the KFX index decreased by 3.3%, the TALSE index decreased by 0.04%, the RIGSE index increased by 6.6% and the VILSE index increased by 4.7%.
Members
On April 29, 2005 the total number of members was 144 (excluded 75 members who are members at more than one exchange) of which Stockholm Stock Exchange had 78 members, Helsinki Stock Exchange had 45 members, Copenhagen Stock Exchange had 45 members, Tallinn Stock Exchange had 17 members, Riga Stock Exchange had 15 members and Vilnius Stock Exchange had 19 members.
List changes
Shares
Total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 601 billion on April 29 (April 30, 2004: EUR 528 billion.) During April, 3 companies were delisted from Stockholm Stock Exchange. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange 1 company was listed. On the Riga Stock Exchange 1 company was listed. The total number of listed companies is 677 (excluded 9 multi-listed companies) of which 270 companies are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 137 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 180 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 13 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 43 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 43 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange.
Bonds
The total number of listed bonds is 3,953 of which 1,484 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 291 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 2,112 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 6 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 29 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 31 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange. In April, 29 new bonds were registered on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 30 bonds were delisted. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange 5 new bonds were registered, while 7 were delisted. On the Copenhagen Stock Exchange 67 new bonds were registered, while 68 were delisted. On the Riga Stock Exchange 1 new bond was registered, while 2 were delisted. On the Vilnius Stock Exchange 1 new bond was listed while 3 were delisted.
Covered Warrants
The total number of listed covered warrants is 1,607, of which 1,306 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 301 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In April, 52 new covered warrants were listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 61 were delisted. At the Helsinki Stock Exchange 6 new covered warrants were listed and 15 were delisted.
Surveillance and Enforcement
Stockholm
The Stockholm Stock Exchange has issued criticism in the following two cases for infractions of the rules of the Exchange. These infractions were not of such a serious nature that they required to be handled by the Disciplinary Committee. One company was criticized for having disseminated imprecise forward-looking information to the market. The other company was criticized after giving some forward-looking information at an analysts' meeting.
Cloetta Fazer AB was placed on the Observation segment of Stockholm Stock Exchange's O-list due to the fact that the company did not fulfill the listing requirement regarding distribution of shares.
During the month, four cases of suspected insider trading have been reported to the Financial Supervisory Authority. A fifth report was made regarding another supervisory matter.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange has issued criticism towards one member company for breach of Norex Member Rules in connection with reporting of manual trades.
Helsinki
The secretary of the disciplinary board of the Helsinki Stock Exchange's issued a reprimand to two companies for infractions of the rules of the Stock Exchange. One company was criticized for not having disclosed the decisions made by the annual general meeting without undue delay, and one company for not having disclosed the auditor's report including a qualified audit opinion without undue delay.
The Helsinki Stock Exchange issued criticisms to two companies. One company was criticized because the proposals made by the Board of Directors to the annual general meeting were not disclosed without undue delay, and one company because the CEO of the company commented the sales of the first quarter during the annual meeting of shareholders. This information was disclosed only after the meeting was ended.
Two cases of suspected insider trading were reported to the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.
Tallinn
The Listing and Surveillance Committee of the Tallinn Stock Exchange decided to impose a fine of EUR 15,978 on Hansabank for violation of clauses of the Requirements for Issuers.
For more information or comments, please contact
In Stockholm Annika Molander, Vice President Communications +46 8 405 66 10 In Helsinki Anu Ilvonen, Communications Manager +358 9 6166 7599 In Copenhagen Ellen-Margrethe Soelberg, Communications Manager + 45 337 704 30 In Tallinn Tex Vertmann, Communications Manager +372 640 8862 In Riga Inese Purgaile, Corporate Communications Department Manager + 371 7212 431 In Vilnius Diana Sokolova, Marketing and Communications Manager +370 5 272 13 71 For matters regarding market surveillance: In Stockholm Anders Ackebo, Senior Vice President Surveillance +46 8 405 70 10 In Helsinki Janne Seppanen, Head of Surveillance Finland + 358 9 6166 7382
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