Stockholmsborsen Monthly Statistics February 2004

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 1, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Stockholmsborsen:

- On February 6, 2004, the turnover in number of traded derivativescontracts at Stockholmsborsen reached an all time high. The number oftraded contracts was 1,499,765, to be compared to the previous all timehigh of 1,068,537 traded contracts (July 18, 2003).

- On February 6, 2004, the share trading turnover amounted to EUR 3.6billion at Stockholmsborsen, all time high for the last 36 months. Thenumber of trades amounted to 89,909, which is the highest number of trades in 39 months.

- The share trading in February amounted to EUR 52.7 billion, on adaily average EUR 2 636 million. It was the best month for Stockholmsborsen since November 2001, the trading amounted to EUR 37.7billion, on a daily average EUR 1 883 million.

-February was the best month ever in derivatives trading for OMHEX'smarketplaces and the average daily volume amounted to 636,192 contractsper day. (Earlier record January 2004:527,910)

Share trading

The average value of share trading per business day amounted to EUR 2,636 million in February (during the past 12-month period: EUR 1,828 million). The average number of trades per business day was 75,428 in February (during the past 12-month period: 56,596).

The turnover velocity in February was 146%.

Derivative trading

Average derivative trading volume in Swedish and Finnish equity and fixed-income products in February amounted to 636,192 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 387,770) per business day. The average number of traded contracts in equity derivative products in February amounted to 618 346 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 361,854 contracts) per business day, while the average number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products in February amounted to 17,846 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 25,916 contracts) per business day.

The total premium value for stock options in February amounted to EUR 12.4 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 5.2 million) per day.

Covered warrant trading

The average value of covered warrant trading per business day amounted to EUR 11.4 million in February (during the past 12-month period: EUR 4.4 million).

Index development

During February the OMX index increased by 3.6%, the HEX25 index increased by 4.4%, the TALSE index increased by 2.7%, and the RICI index decreased by 0.7%

1) This report comprises statistics on Stockholmsborsen, HEX Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and HEX Riga. The reported figures pertain to all the four exchanges, unless otherwise stated.

List changes

Total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 457 billion as of February 27 (February 28, 2003: EUR 324 billion.) The total number of listed companies is 471, of which 278 companies are listed on Stockholmsborsen, 143 are listed on HEX Helsinki, 14 are listed on HEX Tallinn and 36 are listed on HEX Riga. 4 companies were delisted from Stockholmsborsen in February.

Bonds

The total number of listed bonds is 1,751 of which 1,465 on Stockholmsborsen, 262 on HEX Helsinki, 3 on HEX Tallinn and 21 on HEX Riga. In February 37 new bonds were registered on Stockholmsborsen and 15 bonds were delisted. On HEX Helsinki 2 new bonds were registered during the month, while 9 were delisted.

Covered Warrants

The total number of listed covered warrants is 1,470, of which 1,211 on Stockholmsborsen and 259 on HEX Helsinki. In February 133 new covered warrants were listed on Stockholmsborsen and 93 were delisted. In February 27 new covered warrants were listed on HEX Helsinki and 18 were delisted.

Market Surveillance

Stockholmsborsen referred in February five matters of suspected insider trading to the Financial Supervisory Authority.

Three companies have been placed at the Observation segment of the O- list and one company at the Observation segment of the A-list in February.


For more information or comments, please contact:
For matters regarding trading statistics:
OMHEX/Stockholmsborsen 
Claes Urban Dackberg, Acting VP Products and Markets
+46 8 405 6812

OMHEX/HEX Helsinki Anu Ilvonen, Communications Manager
+358 9 6166 7599

HEX Tallinn Eva Palu, Communications Manager
+372 640 8862 

HEX Riga Krista Grintale, Corporate Communications 
  Department Director
+ 371 7212 431

For matters regarding market surveillance: 
Stockholmsborsen Anders Ackebo, Head of Surveillance
+ 46 8 405 7010

These statistics are also published online at www.omhex.com, www.stockholmsborsen.se, www.hex.com, www.hex.ee and www.hex.lv.

OMHEX is a leading provider of marketplace services and transaction technology to financial and energy markets. Through its exchange operations within Stockholmsborsen, HEX Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and HEX Riga, OMHEX operates northern Europe's largest securities market and offers investors access to 80% of the Nordic and Baltic equity markets. The central securities depositories in Finland, Estonia and Latvia are also part of OMHEX.

Stockholmsborsen Monthly Statistics February 2004

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