NASDAQ OMX Nordic: Trading Statistics November 2011 - Trading In Norwegian Shares Increase To Record Market Share Of 8.6 %

NASDAQ OMX today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets. Below follows a summary of the highlights for November 2011:

The share trading on NASDAQ OMX Nordic decreased by 0.8 % to a daily average of 2.2bn EUR, compared to 2.3bn EUR in November 2010. Compared to the previous month, October 2011, the daily average decreased by 8.2 %.

NASDAQ OMX Nordic’s share of order-book trading in our listed stocks decreased to 70.6 % compared to 71.7 % in October 2011. Foreign marketplaces accounted for 27.3 % of the trading in NASDAQ OMX Nordic shares¹.

NASDAQ OMX Nordic’s share of order-book trading in Norwegian listed shares² increased to 8.6 % in November compared to 6.7 % the previous month.

Derivatives trading decreased by 1.2 % to a daily average of 525,817 contracts, compared with 532,244 contracts in November 2010.

ETF trading³ (Exchange Traded Funds) increased by 35.3 % to a daily average of 89m EUR compared to 66m EUR in November 2010.

Nokia was the most traded stock on NASDAQ OMX Nordic exchanges during the past month, followed by Volvo.

SEB was the most active member on NASDAQ OMX Nordic during the past month, followed by Credit Suisse.

- For OMXC20 companies 85 %

- For OMXH25 companies 83 %

- For OMXS30 companies 85 %

For more information, please read the monthly statistics report published at:
http://nordic.nasdaqomxtrader.com/newsstatistics/.

¹⁾ Source: Thompson Reuters and NASDAQ OMX. Included marketplaces are Chi-X, Bats, Turquoise, EuronextArca, Xetra and Burgundy.

²⁾ Currently NASDAQ OMX offers trading in 21 of the 25 OBX shares.

³⁾ ETF trading figure encompasses NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.

⁴⁾ EBBO (European Best Bid Offer) refers to the current best price available for selling or buying a trading instrument such as a stock.