OMX Nordic Exchange mun samþætta frekar norræna markaðinn með breytingu á stærð
viðskiptalotu í einn hlut (Round lot 1) í kauphöllunum í Stokkhólmi og á
Íslandi, 2. júní 2008. Viðskiptalotan er nú þegar einn hlutur í Helsinki.
Viðskiptalota með einn hlut er stöðluð eining fyrir viðskipti með verðbréf og í
dag er hún breytileg á meðal tegunda verðbréfa. Breyting á stærð viðskiptalotu
í einn hlut mun hafa í för með sér aukinn seljanleika og auðvelda almennum
fjárfestum að eiga viðskipti.
Reynslan í OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki, þar sem stærð viðskiptalotu var breytt
í einn hlut árið 2006, hefur verið jákvæð og stuðlaði meðal annars að auknum
viðskiptum. Einnig var breytingin til hagræðis fyrir bæði almenna fjárfesta og
erlenda kauphallaraðila og jók bæði veltu og seljanleika í tilboðaskrám.
Ákvörðun um breytingu á stærð viðskiptalotu í einn hlut í Stokkhólmi og á
Íslandi var tekin eftir könnun meðal kauphallaraðila og viðræður við fjárfesta
sem leiddu í ljós ótvíræðan stuðning við breytinguna á báðum mörkuðum. Í
Kaupmannahöfn er breyting viðskiptalotu væntanleg, en umræður eru enn
yfirstandandi í Danmörku.
Þessi breyting er í takt við bestu venjur í kauphallarstarfsemi. Í stærstu
kauphöllum Evrópu er viðskiptalotan einn hlutur.
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trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among
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companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX
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