STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- September was the best month since September 1998 in fixed-income derivatives trading at OMX Exchanges and the average daily volume amounted to 51,693 contracts (September 1998, 53,291).
Share trading
The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 3,095 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 2,761 million). The average number of trades per business day was 87,367 (during the past 12-month period: 77,625).
The turnover velocity was 113%.
Derivative trading
The average daily trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income derivative products amounted to 460,339 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 443,931). The average daily number of contracts in equity derivative products amounted to 408,646 (during the past 12-month period: 412,678), while the average daily number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products amounted to 51,693 (during the past 12-month period: 31,253).
The average daily premium value of stock options amounted to EUR 5.1 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 4.7 million).
Bond trading
The value of average daily bond trading amounted to EUR 10,496 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 10,323 million).
Covered warrant trading
The value of average daily warrant trading amounted to EUR 6.8 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 4.7 million).
ETF/Investment funds trading
The value of average daily trading in ETFs/Investment funds amounted to EUR 73 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 48 million).
Index development
In September, the OMXS30 index increased by 5.5%, the OMXH25 index increased by 5.4%, the OMXC20 index increased by 1.4%, the OMXT index increased by 9.6%, the OMXR index increased by 10.7%, and the OMXV index increased by 19.2%.
Members
On September 30, the total number of members was 148 (excluding 89 members that are members of more than one exchange) of which Stockholm Stock Exchange has 81 members, Helsinki Stock Exchange 47 members, Copenhagen Stock Exchange 49 members, Tallinn Stock Exchange 18 members, Riga Stock Exchange 17 members and Vilnius Stock Exchange 25 members.
List changes
Shares
On September 30, the total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 699 billion (September 30, 2004: EUR 547 billion). In September, one company was listed at the Stockholm Stock Exchange. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange one company was delisted. On the Riga Stock Exchange one company was listed. The total number of listed companies is 680 (excluding nine multiple listings) of which 270 companies are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 138 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 179 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 14 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 45 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 43 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange.
Bonds
The total number of listed bonds is 4,222 of which 1,542 are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 307 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 2,305 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, six on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 29 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 33 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange. In September, 33 new bonds were registered on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, and 59 bonds were delisted. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange six new bonds were registered, while six bonds were delisted. On the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 20 new bonds were registered, while three were delisted. On the Riga Stock Exchange one bond was listed. On the Vilnius Stock Exchange one bond was listed, and one bond was delisted.
Covered Warrants
The total number of listed covered warrants is 1,534, of which 1,239 are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 295 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In September, 142 new covered warrants were listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 173 were delisted. At the Helsinki Stock Exchange 116 new covered warrants were listed and 87 were delisted.
Surveillance and Enforcement
Stockholm Stock Exchange
The Stockholm Stock Exchange has issued one company criticism for infractions of the rules of the Exchange. These infractions were not of such a serious nature that they required to be handled by the Disciplinary Committee. The company was criticized for having disclosed price sensitive information in English before the information was disclosed in Swedish.
In September, the Stockholm Stock Exchange has issued criticism during the month to one member firm for having placed orders in breach of the Norex Member Rules. The issue, which was not considered serious enough to be reported to the Disciplinary Committee, concerned trading that gave rise to price fluctuations on the close of a trading day.
During the month, six cases have been reported to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and the Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau, respectively. One case concerned suspected unauthorized disclosure of insider information, three cases concerned suspected insider trading, and two cases were about suspected market manipulation.
Helsinki Stock Exchange
The Helsinki Stock Exchange issued criticism to one company for having failed to publish all proposals submitted by the board of directors to the Annual General Meeting, as required by the disclosure rules on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The Helsinki Stock Exchange reported one case of suspected insider trading to the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
In September, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange criticized one company for having failed to publish a number of company announcements on the company's website without undue delay.
One company was transferred back from the observation segment to its original position due to the fact that the redemption of remaining shares in another listed company in which the former company held a significant stake had begun.
Three companies were transferred to the observation segment in September. One company because it awaits the sale of shareholdings, another because it awaits a mandatory bid on a minority holding, which implied that a third company -- the holding company -- was also transferred.
For more information, please contact: Anu Ilvonen, Head of Communications, OMX Exchanges, +358 9 6166 7599 These statistics are also available at www.omxgroup.com.
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