Electronic Trading Up 3% In March

The London Stock Exchange saw 17.6 million electronic equity trades carried out in March 2010 an increase of 3% on March 2009. The average daily number of trades was 28% lower than March 2009 at 766,229. The average daily traded was £7 billion, 2% lower than last year.

The LSE celebrated 10 years of ETF trading on the 13 April 2010. The first Exchange Traded Fund was admitted to its markets in 2000 and there are now over 240 ETF products available for trading on the LSE from 9 issuers. ETFs have seen constant year on year growth with an average growth rate of 64% in the value of ETFs traded and an average 100% growth rate in the number of trades.

16.4 Million Electronic Trades On LSE In November

The London Stock Exchange carried out a total of 16.4 million electronic equity trades worth £149 billion in November. The average number of trades per day was down 21% to 781,875 with a value of £7.1 billion, a decrease of 7% on November last year.

The total value of UK cash equities traded in November was £80.4 billion from 10.7 million trades. The average daily value traded was £3.8 billion, a decrease of 29% on last year, from an average of 509,078 trades.

Derivative trades reached 508,607 with a daily notional value of £4.1 billion, 7% lower than the same month last year. Fixed income trading remained strong. The average daily value on the MTS Cash Markets more than doubled, up 113% on last year at £10.4 billion and the MTS Repo market trade increased over the year to £128.7 billion. The MOT's average daily value was £729 million and average daily trades was 12,313, down 17% on November last year.