The total number of equity trades on the Exchange was 4.81 million in July 2003. This represents a 10 per cent decrease on July 2002, during which there was a total of 5.32 million equity trades. The total value of shares traded this July was £314 billion, down from £461 billion last July.
On the primary market, there were 18 new issues during July 2003, five of which were IPOs: one on the Main Market (Yell Group) and four on AIM, raising £1.16 billion between them. This compares with 22 new issues, of which eight were IPOs, in July 2002.
In its first full month of trading, 3.82 million contracts were traded on EDX London. The most traded contract was the OMX Index, which accounted for 2.36 million contracts.
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