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London Stock Exchange Group Monthly Market Report - October 2011

Date 04/11/2011

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world's financial community, offering international business unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets. In October a total of 32.1 million trades were carried out across the Group's electronic equity order books with a combined value of £181.2 billion (€208.2 billion), up 13 per cent on October 2010 (£160.9 billion).

UK Equities Order Book

During the month, the average daily value traded on the UK order book was £4.4 billion (€5.1 billion), up one per cent year on year; the average daily number of trades was up 31 per cent to 719,889.

The LSE's share of trading in the total UK order book for October was 59.7 per cent.  

Italian Equities Order book

On the Italian order book, the average daily number of trades was 279,196, up 20 per cent on the same month last year, whilst the average daily value traded on the order book decreased one per cent year on year to €2.7 billion (£2.3 billion).

Turquoise Cash Equities

The average daily value traded on the Turquoise integrated book in October was €2.0 billion (£1.7 billion) up 117 per cent on the same month last year. The average daily number of trades was up 142 per cent, at 500,811.

On the dark mid-point book, Turquoise traded an average daily value of €181 million (£158 million), up 21 per cent on October 2010. There were an average daily total of 29,550 trades, a increase of 33 per cent year on year.

Turquoise share of Pan-European trading for October was 6.0 per cent.

Derivatives

On the Group's derivatives platforms, the total number of contracts traded was 5,664,585, up three per cent compared with October 2010.

Exchange Traded Products

Total value traded in Exchange Traded Products across the Group's order books in October was up 10 per cent year on year at £10.4 billion (€11.9 billion). The total number of trades was up 13 per cent at 385,165.

Fixed income

The average daily value traded on the MTS Cash markets during the month was down 20 per cent year on year at €9.2 billion (£8.0 billion). On the MTS Repo market, the average term adjusted daily value was down eight per cent year on year at €236.8 billion (£206.1 billion).

The average daily value traded on the Group's retail bond markets was €690 million (£600 million), down 21 per cent on the same month last year. The average daily number of trades was up 11 per cent at 16,166.

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Additional Information:

This release uses only electronic trading data; trades that are reported to the either London Stock Exchange or Borsa Italiana under their rules but executed away from their electronic order books are not included.

Figures for the UK and Italian order books include cash equity trades in domestic and international equities, Exchange traded products and Securitised Derivatives.

There were 21 trading days in October 2011 and 21 trading days in October 2010 on the London Stock Exchange, Turquoise and Borsa Italiana.

The October 2011 value traded figures use a € per £ exchange rate of 1.15. The exchange rate used for October 2010 was 1.14.

About London Stock Exchange:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world's financial community. The Group operates a broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets, including London Stock Exchange; Borsa Italiana; MTS, Europe's leading fixed income market; and Turquoise, offering pan-European and US lit and dark equity trading. Through its markets, the Group offers international business unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets.

 The Group is a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software and also offers its customers around the world an extensive range of real-time and reference data products and market-leading post-trade services.

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom with significant operations in Italy and Sri Lanka, the Group employs around 1500 people. Further information on London Stock Exchange Group can be found at http://www.londonstockexchangegroup.com/ohttp://www.londonstockexchangegroup.com/

BORSA ITALIANA - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ELECTRONIC ORDER BOOK TRADING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October-11

October-10

 

 

 

 

Trades

Value Traded

 

Trades

Value Traded

 

Totals

 

£m

€m

 

 

£m

€m

 

 

 

 

 

UK order book

 

15,117,670

92,317

106,068

 

11,556,319

91,572

104,489

 

Italian order book

 

5,863,114

48,838

56,113

 

4,893,645

49,496

56,478

 

Derivatives

 

5,664,585

47,571

54,657

 

5,486,187

53,190

60,693

 

Retail Bonds

 

339,484

12,605

14,482

 

306,272

15,967

18,219

 

MTS Cash

 

34,578

167,487

192,434

 

43,564

210,558

240,260

 

MTS Repo

 

61,368

4,327,862

4,972,500

 

55,063

4,721,737

5,387,796

 

Turquoise Integrated

 

10,517,041

36,724

42,194

 

4,344,914

17,021

19,422

 

Turquoise MidPoint

 

620,549

3,314

3,807

 

467,036

2,762

3,152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Daily

 

 

 

 

UK order book

 

719,889

4,396

5,051

 

550,301

4,361

4,976

 

Italian order book

 

279,196

2,326

2,672

 

233,031

2,357

2,689

 

Derivatives

 

269,742

2,265

2,603

 

261,247

2,533

2,890

 

Retail Bonds

 

16,166

600

690

 

14,584

760

868

 

MTS Cash

 

1,647

7,976

9,164

 

2,074

10,027

11,441

 

MTS Repo

 

2,922

206,089

236,786

 

2,622

224,845

256,562

 

Turquoise Integrated

 

500,811

1,749

2,009

 

206,901

811

925

 

Turquoise MidPoint

 

29,550

158

181

 

22,240

132

150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January to October 2011

 

January to October 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trades

Value Traded

 

Trades

Value Traded

 

Totals

 

 

£m

€m

 

 

£m

€m

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK order book

 

143,182,124

1,036,899

1,190,630

 

123,909,340

1,017,658

1,183,936

 

Italian order book

 

63,232,221

622,091

714,530

 

56,156,162

607,710

707,504

 

Derivatives

 

75,415,270

707,325

811,007

 

66,983,235

675,713

787,255

 

Retail Bonds

 

3,480,414

138,447

158,984

 

3,075,733

164,863

191,570

 

MTS Cash

 

424,792

2,029,985

2,332,934

 

385,014

1,888,857

2,193,570

 

MTS Repo

 

617,784

48,806,191

56,041,919

 

503,720

43,279,978

50,403,598

 

Turquoise Integrated

 

86,882,044

334,228

383,057

 

46,790,168

192,990

225,011

 

Turquoise MidPoint

 

6,577,125

40,534

46,577

 

4,911,685

27,057

31,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Daily

 

 

 

 

UK order book

 

685,082

4,961

5,697

 

590,044

4,846

5,638

 

Italian order book

 

296,865

2,921

3,355

 

263,644

2,853

3,322

 

Derivatives

 

354,062

3,321

3,808

 

314,475

3,172

3,696

 

Retail Bonds

 

16,340

650

746

 

14,440

774

899

 

MTS Cash

 

1,994

9,530

10,953

 

1,808

8,868

10,298

 

MTS Repo

 

2,900

229,137

263,108

 

2,365

203,192

236,637

 

Turquoise Integrated

 

405,991

1,562

1,790

 

219,672

906

1,056

 

Turquoise MidPoint

 

30,734

189

218

 

23,060

127

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figures for the UK and Italian order books include cash equity trades in domestic and international equities, Exchange traded products and Securitised Derivatives. For Derivatives, the values used are notional values while "trades" refer to contracts traded. Value traded figures for MTS Repo are term-adjusted, and totals for MTS Cash include BondVision.