Market Report - Jan 2002
London Stock Exchange Plc
12 February 2002
12 February 2002
MONTHLY MARKET REPORT FOR JANUARY 2002
- 53.6 BILLION UK SHARES TRADED IN POSITIVE START TO 2002
- TOTAL TRADING VOLUMES UP 7% ON JANUARY 2001
Trading volumes across the London Stock Exchange's markets continued to grow in
January, with a 7 per cent increase in total trading volumes, compared with the
same month in 2001.
- The number of average daily trades in UK and international shares rose
by 7 per cent from 184,670 in January 2001 to 196,766 in January 2002.
- 53.6 billion UK shares were traded in January, up from 53.2 billion in
January 2001.
- The number of trades in international shares was up 17 per cent on the
same month in 2001, rising from 1.28 million trades to 1.5 million.
The number of trades on SETS(TM), the Exchange's electronic order book, rose to
1.57 million in January compared with 1 million in January 2001. Year on year
this represented a 57 per cent increase.
Trading in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) has continued to increase, reaching
3,431 trades in January 2002. The previous high was 3,059 in November 2001.
There are 14 ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange, which has risen from 3
ETFs in January 2001.
There were 21 new issues during January 2002, 6 of which were IPOs. The 6 IPOs
were split between AIM (3) and the main market (3), raising £69 million between
them. The total capital raised by new companies in January was £108 million.
In the same month in 2001, there were 22 new issues raising £82 million.
Ends
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Notes to editors:
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 by trading
in the world and Europe's largest pool of liquidity. By the end of 2001, the
market capitalisation of UK and international companies on its markets amounted
to £4.1 trillion, with over £5.6 trillion of business transacted over the year.
The London Stock Exchange is a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) under the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is supervised by the Financial
Services Authority.
SETS - the electronic order book.
It is now over four 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. For more
information see our publication: 'SETS - four years on' available at
www.londonstockexchange.com/trading/pdfs/sets4years.pdf
Indices are calculated and managed by FTSE Group, a world-leader in the creation
and management of global equity indices. The FTSE Group is jointly owned by the
London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times, but operates as a wholly
autonomous company. For information about the company or any FTSE indices,
please contact media@ftse.com
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 CREST AND LOGO, SETS and AIM are trademarks of London
Stock Exchange plc. FTSE is a trademark of London Stock Exchange plc and the
Financial Times Limited and is used by FTSE International Limited under licence.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES
January 2002
2002 2001
DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING Month Year to date Month Year to date
Equity Trading Value (£m) 152,807 152,807 198,090 198,090
Number of Equity Trades 2,832,929 2,832,929 2,779,240 2,779,240
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING
Equity Trading Value (£m) 261,400 261,400 368,891 368,891
Number of Equity Trades 1,495,915 1,495,915 1,283,493 1,283,493
January 2002 January 2001
DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION £bn 1,521 1,812
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES 2,881 2,927
UK list 1,799 1,891
Foreign 448 500
AIM 634 536
techMARK 240 246
2002 2001
MONEY RAISED £m Month Year to date Month Year to date
UK & AIM New Issues Equity 71 71 82 82
Further, Rights and Other 363 363 314 314
Bonds and Warrants 4,668 4,668 1,363 1,363
Int. New Issues Equity - - - -
Further, Rights and Other 40 40 27 27
Bonds and Warrants 5,301 5,301 3,757 3,757
COMPANIES ADMITTED IN MONTH 21 21 22 22
INDICES PERFORMANCE Month Close Mvt in Month Mvt in Year
FTSE100 5,164.8 -1% -1%
FTSE All Share 2,496.0 -1% -1%
FTSE techMARK 100 1,347.1 -9% -9%
FTSE AIM 868.3 -3% -3%
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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