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 +44 (0)20 7797 1222
* 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%
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