Oslo Børs: Continuing High Level Of Activity In The Stock Market

Activity in the stock market is markedly higher than last year. There was an average of 85,112 transactions per day in August, which is 25.6% more than in the same month in 2013.

The average daily value of share trading reached NOK 3.4 billion in August. This is 11% higher than in the same period last year.

So far this year, the average daily value of share trading is NOK 4.1 billion, with a daily average of 84,388 transactions. This represents a 23% increase in the average daily value of trading and a 17.7% increase in the number of transactions compared with the same period last year. August is traditionally a quiet month because of the annual summer holidays. The number of Norwegian market participants drops off in July, and August is also a quieter month as far as foreign investors are concerned, as can be seen from the monthly activity graph below.

Average daily value of share trading and number of transactions, per month:

Daglig omsetning og antall transaksjoner, per måned

Average daily value of share trading and number of transactions, per year::

Daglig omsetning og antall transaksjoner, årlige gjennomsnitt

Key figures equities - August 2014

	Oslo Børs	Oslo Axess	Total
Number of issuers	179	35	211
Number of foreign companies	39	9	48
New listings YTD	6	6	12
Market cap. all issuers (NOK bill.)	2,088	23	2,112
Issues this month (NOK mill)	711	0	711
Issues in YTD (NOK mill)	11,460	2,058	13,517
Average daily turnover YTD (NOK mill)	4,050	32	4,082
Average daily number of trades YTD	83,273	1,115	84,388