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Total turnover on shares up 34%
Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, 6 February 2002 -- Share trading through Euronext NV orderbooks totalled EUR 138.48 billion in January, up 34% from the previous month. Compared with January 2001, which was the most active month in Euronext's history, the daily average for January 2002 was down from EUR 7.85 billion to EUR 6.29 billion. In 2001, daily trading on Euronext averaged EUR 6.59 billion.
Trades in equity products through Euronext NV market systems totalled 10,859,080 in January, compared with 11,464,124 in January 2001 and 8,880,622 in December 2001.
On NextTrack, the compartment dedicated to exchange-traded funds, trading showed a daily average of EUR 98 million in January, compared with EUR 89.2 million in December. NextTrack was launched on 9 January 2001 and now counts 50 Tracker funds.
The Euronext 100 blue chip index was down 2.6% in January and the Next 150 index was up 3.3%.
As of 31 January 2002, the market capitalisation of the 1,531 companies listed on Euronext markets totalled EUR 2,012 billion.
Derivatives
Derivatives volumes rise by 36.3%
On Euronext derivatives markets, trading rose by 36.3% in January 2002 compared with January 2001, with 38.82 million futures and options changing hands. Compared to the previous month, January trading in options and futures rose by 46.3%. Trading in index and equity options rose steeply in January, with equity options up 54.8% and index options up 62.3%.
Euronext N.V., the first pan-European exchange, was created in September 2000 by the merger of the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris exchanges. Euronext N.V. has itself been listed on Euronext Paris, since 6 July 2001.
