- Total trading in shares on OMHEX’s marketplaces during April amounted to EUR 60.5 billion.
The average turnover per day was EUR 3,026 million, making April the best individual month of
trading since February 2001 (compared with pro forma monthly figures).
- At HEX Helsinki the daily average reached an all time high of EUR 1,177 million (earlier record January 2001: 1,141). The share trading amounted on a monthly basis to EUR 23.5 billion, making it the best month since January 2001 (EUR 25.1 billion; all time high).
- Share trading on HEX Tallinn amounted to EUR 86 million, the highest level since April 1998 (EUR 103 million).
- The turnover velocity during April was 171%, the best month ever for OMHEX’s marketplaces. (Earlier record March 2004: 154%)
The average value of share trading per business day amounted to EUR 3,026 million in April (during the past 12-month period: EUR 2,061 million). The average number of trades per business day was 70,161 (during the past 12-month period: 60,023).
The turnover velocity was 171%.
Derivative trading
Average derivative trading volume in Swedish and Finnish equity and fixed-income products in April amounted to 617,736 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 423,349) per business day. The average number of traded contracts in equity derivative products amounted to 592,139 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 397,033 contracts) per business day, while the average number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products amounted to 25,597 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 26,316 contracts) per business day.
The total premium value for stock options amounted to EUR 7.8 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 5.7 million) per day.
Covered warrant trading
The average value of covered warrant trading per business day amounted to EUR 9.0 million in April (during the past 12-month period: EUR 6.7 million).
Index development
During April the OMX index decreased by 0.7%, the HEX25 index decreased by 1.0%, the TALSE index
increased by 0.1%, and the RICI index decreased by 3.1%
List changes
Shares
Total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 422 billion as of April 30 (April 30, 2003:
EUR 350 billion.) During April, 1 company was delisted from HEX Helsinki. The total number of listed
companies is 467, of which 277 companies are listed on Stockholmsbörsen, 140 on HEX Helsinki, 14 on HEX Tallinn and 36 on HEX Riga.
Bonds
The total number of listed bonds is 1,750 of which 1,481 on Stockholmsbörsen, 242 on HEX Helsinki, 3 on
HEX Tallinn and 24 on HEX Riga. In April, 51 new bonds were registered on Stockholmsbörsen and 31 bonds were delisted. On HEX Helsinki 7 new bonds were registered, while 5 were delisted. On HEX Tallinn 1 bond was delisted and on HEX Riga 1 new bonds was registered.
Covered Warrants
The total number of listed covered warrants is 1,684, of which 1,408 on Stockholmsbörsen and 276 on HEX Helsinki. In April, 197 new covered warrants were listed on Stockholmsbörsen and 31 were delisted. At HEX Helsinki 47 new covered warrants were listed and 15 were delisted.
Market Surveillance
In April, Stockholmsbörsen referred one matter of suspected insider trading to the Financial Supervisory
Authority.
This report comprises statistics on Stockholmsbörsen, HEX Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and HEX Riga. The reported figures pertain to all the four exchanges, unless otherwise stated.
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