April saw a record in share trading at the Nordic Exchange. On April 26, the
share trading value was EUR 9.0 billion (previous record: EUR 8.6 billion on
February 28, 2007). Record figures in share trading were also recorded for the
month, reaching EUR 5.74 billion average per day (previous record: EUR 5.73
billion, February 2006). The share trading value increased by 13% compared to
April 2006, which was a record month at that time. The number of trades in
April increased by 33% compared to the same month last year.
Good response to Nordic market data offering
The first quarter of 2007 saw an increase in the number of vendors to 103,
compared to 87 during the same period last year. The number of real-time
terminals for market data increased from 65,000 to 83,000.
Industrials most traded sector in April
The most traded sector in April was Industrials, with a turnover of EUR 27.5
billion (Second most traded sector was Information Technology with a turnover
of EUR 24.8 billion).
Trading in April
The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 5.7 billion, as
compared to EUR 4.5 billion during the past 12-month period. The average number
of trades per business day amounted to 171,705, as compared to 142,899 during
the past 12-month period. The average daily trading volume in Swedish, Finnish
and Danish equity and fixed-income derivative products amounted to 658,489
contracts, as compared to 558,380 contracts during the past 12-month period.
All statistics are also available at www.omxgroup.com/nordicexchange
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Tex Vertmann, Tallinn +372 640 88 62
Dace Saltane, Riga +371 721 24 31
Gintare Blazyte, Vilnius +370 5 272 13 71
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and Baltic securities market. The Nordic Exchange is a term used for marketing
purposes and is not a legal entity. It describes the common offering from the
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