Market Report - August 2001
London Stock Exchange Plc
10 September 2001
MONTHLY MARKET REPORT - No. 2 - AUGUST 2001
MR2-08/01 - 10 September 2001
* NUMBER OF SETS TRADES IN AUGUST 2001 DOUBLE THAT OF AUGUST 2000
* NUMBER OF TRADES ON SETS IN FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 2001 EXCEEDS TOTAL FOR 2000
The number of trades on SETS, the Exchange's electronic order-book, was higher
in the first eight months of 2001 than for the whole of 2000 reaching 9.1m
trades to date in 2001, compared with 8.6m for all of 2000. The number of
trades on SETS was up 100 per cent in August 2001 with 1,307,814 trades,
compared to 652,565 trades in August 2000. The value traded also increased by
23.9 per cent to £50.4bn in August 2001, compared to £40.7bn in August 2000.
The total number of equity trades in the first eight months of 2001 was 13.6
per cent higher than for the same period of last year, with value traded up by
5.9 per cent. In August this amounted to £403 billion of business spread
across 3.9 million trades. This represented an increase in the number of
trades over August last year of 23.8 per cent.
The banking sector represented the greatest proportion of trading by sector in
August 2001, with 301,824 trades worth £19.5 billion.
The London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) welcomed 21
companies in August, ending the month with 597 companies quoted. AIM and
techMARK now account for 88.5 per cent of all the European growth and
technology markets, with market capitalisation of £466bn and 836 companies.*
A further 13 companies joined the Exchange's main market including Woolworths
Group plc and IVAX Corporation, an American pharmaceuticals company. These
brought the total number of company admissions for August 2001 to 34 (12 main
market UK, 1 main market international, 21 AIM).
Companies raised a total of £800 million across the market in August, bringing
the year to date total to almost £25 billion. The split between new issue
capital raising and further issue capital raising was 66:34 for August and is
now 41:59 for the year to date.
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* 88.5 per cent by market capitalisation at the end of July 2001. For
comparative purposes 'all European growth and technology markets' are defined
as: techMARK, AIM, Neuer Markt, Nasdaq Europe/Easdaq, Nouveau Marche, NMAX and
Nuovo Mercato. Calculations based on most recent available data from
individual exchange websites. 836 companies is the figure at the end July
2001.
For further information, please contact:
Ian Campbell, Press Office
+44 (0)20 7797 1425, icampbell@londonstockexchange.com
About the London Stock Exchange:
The London Stock Exchange is one of the world's leading equity exchanges
and a leading provider of services that facilitate the raising of capital
and the trading of shares.
The London Stock Exchange is the most international equities exchange in
the world and Europe's largest pool of liquidity. At the end of August,
the market capitalisation of UK and international companies on its markets
amounted to £4.32 trillion.
The London Stock Exchange is a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) under
the Financial Services Act and is supervised by the Financial Services
Authority.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES
August 2001
2001 2000
DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING Month Year to date Month Year to date
Equity Trading Value (£m) 135,734 1,287,994 141,511 1,304,332
Number of Equity Bargains 2,468,290 20,544,549 2,198,050 20,428,280
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING
Equity Trading Value (£m) 267,491 2,661,999 268,540 2,426,034
Number of Equity Bargains 1,421,000 10,875,594 943,572 7,220,207
August 2001 August 2000
DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION £bn 1,578 1,985
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES 2,928 2,875
UK list 1,856 1,911
Foreign 475 504
AIM 597 460
techMARK 249 231
2001 2000
MONEY RAISED £m Month Year to date Month Year to date
UK & AIM New Issues Equity 453 6,156 451 9,106
Further, Rights and 326 13,703 2,094 10,203
Other
Bonds and Warrants 5,346 55,311 4,330 65,881
Int. New Issues Equity - 3,292 74 2,564
Further, Rights and 33 1,346 2 785
Other
Bonds and Warrants 4,351 59,923 8,130 61,648
COMPANIES ADMITTED IN MONTH 34 222 38 307
INDICES PERFORMANCE Month Close Mvt in Month Mvt in Year
FTSE100 5,345.0 -3% -14%
FTSE All Share 2,590.2 -3% -13%
FTSE techMARK 100 1,448.2 -8% -44%
FTSE AIM 1,027.3 -1% -29%
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