Amsterdam Exchanges' Monthly Statistics June 2000 - Sharp Rise In Turnover At Stock Market

June saw high levels of turnover on Amsterdam Exchanges' markets. As in May, Euro.NM Amsterdam reported the largest increase, with the number of transactions jumping more than 50% compared with June 1999. The rise in turnover in shares and bonds was less substantial, but as a whole the number of transactions conducted on Amsterdam Exchanges' stock market grew 38% to almost 1.8 million.

The primary market experienced a fall in the value of shares admitted to listing, but the value of newly listed bonds increased by more than 200% compared with June 1999, amounting to Eur 12.1 billion.

The number of contracts traded on Amsterdam Exchanges' options market rose 3% in June to 4.2 million, chiefly as a result of heavier trading in equity options. There was also a sharp rise in the number of option contracts outstanding. At the end of June, open interest amounted to 13.4 million contracts, up more than 22% on the same month last year.