The total value of all UK ordinary shares quoted on the London Stock Exchange increased by £619.7bn to £1777.5bn, or 53.4%. The indicators have been rising since the 1980s but since 1995 they have risen more sharply reflecting global events and it can be seen, for example, in the FTSE 100 index.
Individuals hold 11.5% of the shares, banks 2.5%, unit trusts 6.7%, insurance companies share holding has continued to fall from 21.6% in 1998 to 8.6% in 2010, pension funds holding has fallen from 21.7% in 1998 to 5.1% in 2010, investment trusts 2.1% and other financial institutions increased their hold to 16%. Private non-financial companies hold 2.3%. The rest of the world holds 41.2% of the shares. Charities, church and others hold 0.9%. The public sector increased its hold from 0.1% in 1998 to 3.1% in 2010.
FTSE 100 companies comprised 81.7% of the total value of the stock market at the end of 2010. The rest of the world holdings of shares geographical breakdown shows North America owns 56%, Europe 28% and Asia 11%.
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Friday, 9 March 2012
Thursday, 22 April 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
January Increase In Equity Trades
The average number of daily trades during January 2010 was 831,892 compared to 640,169 in December 2009 and was 6% lower than January 2009. The average daily value traded across the London Stock Exchange Group was up 14% to £7.1bn.
The groups other markets are continuing to perform well with MTS and ETFs and ETCs showing good growth. The average daily value traded on MTS more than doubled to reach £10.5bn, a 103% increase on January last year. ETCs and ETFs increased 85% and 50% respectively.
Derivatives trading was up 16% on January 2009 at an average 417.686 contracts daily. IDEM average daily value was up 41% at £2.5bn EDX was up 29% to 299,889 despite the end of the NASDAQ link agreement and stoppage of trading in Swedish index products.
The groups other markets are continuing to perform well with MTS and ETFs and ETCs showing good growth. The average daily value traded on MTS more than doubled to reach £10.5bn, a 103% increase on January last year. ETCs and ETFs increased 85% and 50% respectively.
Derivatives trading was up 16% on January 2009 at an average 417.686 contracts daily. IDEM average daily value was up 41% at £2.5bn EDX was up 29% to 299,889 despite the end of the NASDAQ link agreement and stoppage of trading in Swedish index products.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
New Business Demography Figures For 2008
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has begun publishing details of business start-ups, closures and survival rates called 'Business Demography:Enterprise Births and Deaths'. The BERR is discontinuing the series, 'Business Start-ups and Closures: VAT registrations and de-registrations'. The last publication will be the 2008 update after that it will be replaced with the new ONS series. The new business demography statistics are considered more comprehensive. There are methodological differences.
The European Commission brought out a new regulation in February that requires National Statistics Institutes to produce statistics on business births, deaths and survival rates. They will produce statistics using a common methodology and definitions which will ensure greater comparability across the EU. One of the main differences is the inclusion of PAYE registered units, that is, employing businesses which are not VAT registered. It will provide a more comprehensive view of business start-up activity.
The new business demography statistics will show more business births and deaths than the BERR VAT-based statistics. The broad trend of volume and rate of births and deaths are the same but the peaks appear slightly earlier in the BERR series. Both ONS and BERR sets of statistics show differences between volumes and rates, but in both, the highest rates of births and deaths seem to be in London and lowest in Northern Ireland.
The statistics for 2008 published on Monday tell us that there were 270,000 business births in the UK in 2008, a birth rate of 11.6%. In 2007, there were 281,000 births (12.3%). That means there was a decrease of 3.7% in the number of business births. There were 'provisionally' 219,000 business seaths, a rate of 9.4% in 2008 compared with 223,000 deaths in 2007, a rate of 9.8%. There was a 1.8% decrease in the number of business deaths.
Active businesses numbered over 2.3 million in the UK during 2008, down 46,000 on 2007. The highest rate of business births was in business administration and support services with 16.2% followed by professional, scientific and technical services at 14.7% and information and communication at 14.6%. The highest overall number of business births was in professional, scientific and technical with 54,000. The highest death rate was in accomodation and food services at 13.1%, following this came finance and insurance at 11% and business administration and supprt services at 10.8%. Construction had the largest overall number of deaths at 33,000 then profesional, scientific and technical with over 32,000.
The business survival rate is based on a five-year survival rate. In 2008, the 5=year survival rate was 46.6%. Northern Ireland had the largest 5-year survival rate in the UK and London the lowest at 39.4%. Hea;lth had a survival rate of 63% and education 60.3% but hotels and catering were lowest with 34.2%.
Further details on the methodology can be obtained from the ONS website.
The European Commission brought out a new regulation in February that requires National Statistics Institutes to produce statistics on business births, deaths and survival rates. They will produce statistics using a common methodology and definitions which will ensure greater comparability across the EU. One of the main differences is the inclusion of PAYE registered units, that is, employing businesses which are not VAT registered. It will provide a more comprehensive view of business start-up activity.
The new business demography statistics will show more business births and deaths than the BERR VAT-based statistics. The broad trend of volume and rate of births and deaths are the same but the peaks appear slightly earlier in the BERR series. Both ONS and BERR sets of statistics show differences between volumes and rates, but in both, the highest rates of births and deaths seem to be in London and lowest in Northern Ireland.
The statistics for 2008 published on Monday tell us that there were 270,000 business births in the UK in 2008, a birth rate of 11.6%. In 2007, there were 281,000 births (12.3%). That means there was a decrease of 3.7% in the number of business births. There were 'provisionally' 219,000 business seaths, a rate of 9.4% in 2008 compared with 223,000 deaths in 2007, a rate of 9.8%. There was a 1.8% decrease in the number of business deaths.
Active businesses numbered over 2.3 million in the UK during 2008, down 46,000 on 2007. The highest rate of business births was in business administration and support services with 16.2% followed by professional, scientific and technical services at 14.7% and information and communication at 14.6%. The highest overall number of business births was in professional, scientific and technical with 54,000. The highest death rate was in accomodation and food services at 13.1%, following this came finance and insurance at 11% and business administration and supprt services at 10.8%. Construction had the largest overall number of deaths at 33,000 then profesional, scientific and technical with over 32,000.
The business survival rate is based on a five-year survival rate. In 2008, the 5=year survival rate was 46.6%. Northern Ireland had the largest 5-year survival rate in the UK and London the lowest at 39.4%. Hea;lth had a survival rate of 63% and education 60.3% but hotels and catering were lowest with 34.2%.
Further details on the methodology can be obtained from the ONS website.
Friday, 27 November 2009
Record Levels Of Trading In ETFs And ETCs
Record levels of trading in ETFs, ETCs and EDX London helped electronic equity trading on the London Stock Exchange up 8% during October. The LSE saw electronic order books carry out 19.7 million equity trades last month with a total value of £173.4 billion. Year on year comparisons were affected by volatility which led to record volumes. A total of 7 million contracts during October made it the EDX London's second businest month ever.
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