In January, share trading amounted to just over DKK 27 billion, a rise of 30 per cent on December 2002. However, in January 2002, share trading had amounted to DKK 10 billion more. The most actively traded share of the month was Danske Bank with a turnover of DKK 4.2 billion. Then followed Novo Nordisk with DKK 4.0 billion and TDC with DKK 3.3 billion. The KFX Index has fallen by 6.4 per cent since the beginning of the year, while the KBX Index has fallen by 5.7 per cent.
Turnover in listed investment certificates rose by 4.8 per cent compared with December 2002 and amounted to DKK 2.1 billion. In January, the XtraMarked reached an all-time high turnover of DKK 3.6 billion, which is almost DKK 1.3 billion higher than the previous record set in April 2002.
In January, the total trading volume on the FUTOP market reached an all-time high with 58,552 derivatives contracts. The previous record of 54,575 contracts was reached in October 2002. In January, turnover in KFX index-linked contracts totalled 48,082 contracts, distributed on 46,282 index-linked futures and 1,800 index-linked options. Trading in single share options has almost doubled year-on-year to 10,470 contracts.