Market Report - December 2002
London Stock Exchange Plc
09 January 2003
9 January 2003
MONTHLY MARKET REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2002
NUMBER OF UK TRADES CONTINUES TO RISE IN DECEMBER
The total number of UK trades on the London Stock Exchange increased to 2.81
million in December 2002, up 23 per cent compared with 2.29 million in December
2001. There were 20 trading days in December 2002 compared with 19 in December
2001. In total for 2002, the number of UK trades rose to 37.51 million, up 17
per cent from 32.13 million in 2001.
The number of trades on SETS, the London Stock Exchange's electronic order book,
increased 50 per cent in December 2002 to 1.97 million trades compared with 1.32
million in December 2001. However, the average daily value traded on SETS
decreased by six per cent to £2.01 billion in 2002, from £2.15 billion in
December 2001. For the year as a whole there were 23.84 million SETS trades,
which represented a 51 per cent increase on 2001.
The total number of UK and international trades on the Exchange in December 2002
rose four per cent to 3.81 million up from 3.66 million in December 2001. The
value of UK & international trades over this period declined 23 per cent. Over
the course of 2002 as a whole, there were 52.67 million UK and international
trades, which represented a six per cent increase on the 49.59 million trades in
2001.
On the primary market there were 17 new issues during December 2002, 7 of which
were IPOs, 2 on the Main Market and 5 on AIM raising £170 million between them.
This compares with 26 IPOs in December 2001 - 9 on the Main Market, 17 on AIM,
together raising £475.48 million.
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Notes to editors:
• SETS - the electronic order book.
It is now five years since the launch of SETS and the service continues to go
from strength to strength. Overall, the market is benefiting from tighter
spreads, greater liquidity and lower execution costs. Usage of SETS continues to
grow, as shown by recent record increases in the number of orders entered, the
number of firms using the order book and order book share of business.
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IPO - when a new company joins our market raising money. This excludes
transfers and introductions (a company that joins a market without raising
money).
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES
December 2002
2002 2001
DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING Month Year to date Month Year to date
Equity Trading Value (£m) 105,935 1,815,034 119,351 1,904,845
Number of Equity Trades 2,812,373 37,508,832 2,294,426 32,130,988
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING
Equity Trading Value (£m) 152,408 2,780,317 217,675 3,676,342
Number of Equity Trades 1,002,167 15,159,382 1,364,847 17,454,095
ORDER BOOK TRADING
Order Book Value £m 40,165 670,500 40,800 650,210
Order Book Trades 1,974,364 23,839,550 1,315,494 15,750,253
December 2002 December 2001
DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION £bn 1,158 1,535
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES 2,824 2,891
UK list 1,701 1,809
Foreign 419 453
AIM 704 629
of which techMARK 210 243
2002 2001
MONEY RAISED £m Month Year to date Month Year to date
UK & AIM New Issues Equity 170 5,375 195 6,587
Further, Rights and Other 178 12,017 1,341 13,948
Bonds, Warrants, Fixed Interest 7,770 87,019 8,587 85,681
Int. New Issues Equity - - 289 3,581
Further, Rights and Other - 5,455 3,116 4,883
Bonds, Warrants, Fixed Interest 6,096 73,284 4,437 81,363
COMPANIES ADMITTED 17 228 36 304
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