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Luxembourg Stock Exchange: Milestone Of 1,000 Bonds In Continuous Trading

Date 30/03/2010

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that it passed the milestone of 1,000 bonds in continuous trading on 30 March 2010.

Continuous trading enables the execution of orders by market makers at any time during the trading session. Therefore, the market makers operating on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange bond segment can now offer executable prices on more than 1,000 bonds throughout the day.

This activity can increase the liquidity of the securities concerned and also contributes to improved transparency.

This advance is in the context the Exchange’s long-term development of its markets.

All the securities on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange are tradable on the UTP platform of NYSE Euronext. In addition, it has a partnership in place with NYSE Euronext covering cooperation in corporate bonds. Known as Luxnext (www.luxnext.com), this partnership aims to offer a European standard for the listing and trading of corporate bonds.