Market Report - Oct 2001

London Stock Exchange Plc
8 November 2001

8 November 2001



MONTHLY MARKET REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2001



  * RECORD NUMBER OF TRADES IN OCTOBER - OVER 5m TRADES

  * SETS TRADING ACTIVITY RECORD BROKEN AGAIN - 1.8m TRADES IN OCTOBER
    (PREVIOUS RECORD 1.5m IN SEPTEMBER)

Trading on the London Stock Exchange's markets during October set new records.
The total number of trades was 5.03 million - up 51 per cent on October 2000
(3.34 million). This is the first time there have been more than 5 million
trades in one month. The average daily figure in October was 219,000 trades,
compared with 152,000 in the same month last year.

For the year to date there have now been 40.8 million trades - already greater
than for the whole of 2000 (40.7 million).

There was a new record of 1.8 million trades on SETS, the Exchange's
electronic order book, during October. This beats the previous record of 1.5
million set in September and represents an increase of 123 per cent over
October 2000. This is the sixth month this year that a new record has been set
for the number of trades on SETS.

During the month, 13 companies joined our markets including 6 IPOs. The London
Stock Exchange has the most successful IPO markets in Europe for 2001,
accounting for 58 per cent of all European IPOs.*

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For further information, please contact:

Ian Campbell        [phone]

* The Exchange's main market and AIM accounted for 58 per cent of all IPOs in
Western Europe during the period 1 January - 30 September 2001. Source: London
Stock Exchange, Thomson Financial and individual exchange websites.



LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES

October 2001
                                       2001                       2000

DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING            Month Year to date        Month Year to date

Equity Trading Value (£m)        161,990    1,607,630      152,842    1,615,493

Number of Equity Trades        3,151,020   26,419,898    2,283,101   25,084,558



INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING

Equity Trading Value (£m)        269,136    3,206,258      284,823    2,991,845

Number of Equity Trades        1,881,336   14,383,429    1,054,724    9,230,030


                                        October 2001               October 2000

DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION £bn             1,462                      1,859

TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES                      2,908                      2,890
                                       
        UK list                        1,832                     1,900

                                       
        Foreign                        464                       502

                                       
        AIM                            612                       488

                                       
        techMARK                       246                       239


                                            2001                    2000
MONEY RAISED £m                      Month  Year to date     Month Year to date

UK & AIM New Issues Equity              81         6,326     1,610       11,221
                                      
        Further, Rights and            311        14,201     2,146       13,727
        Other
                                    
        Bonds and Warrants           6,661        65,653     6,536       81,498

Int. New Issues Equity                   -         3,292     2,720        5,330
                                       
        Further, Rights and            178         1,588        27        1,036
        Other

                                    
        Bonds and Warrants           4,032        69,760     5,772       74,102


COMPANIES ADMITTED IN MONTH             13           250        56          393


INDICES PERFORMANCE   Month Close            Mvt in Month           Mvt in Year

FTSE100                   5,039.7                     +3%                  -19%
FTSE All Share            2,413.5                     +3%                  -19%
FTSE techMARK 100         1,363.8                    +18%                  -47%
FTSE AIM                    850.2                     +4%                  -41%