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Reported flow on the PLUS stock exchange held steady for the month of February. PLUS saw 450,160 trades valued at £3.34 billion with number of shares at 5.79 billion, an increase of 11.57% in volumes against February 2009.
PLUS has continued to see steady volumes transacted. Market share has also been consistent, with the exchange maintaining good numbers in a wide range of stocks, such as:
|
Stock |
Name |
Market Share % by value (February 2010)* |
|
AIM |
JELF GROUP ORD |
69.53% |
|
AIM |
DAVENHAM ORD |
80.45% |
|
AIM |
NEUROPHARM GROUP ORD |
81.81% |
|
FTSE
Fledgling |
ASTERAND ORD |
80.54% |
|
FTSE Fledgling |
TREATT ORD |
78.79% |
|
FTSE Fledgling |
HAYNES PBLSH ORD |
63.91% |
|
FTSE 100 |
BARCLAYS ORD |
4.50% |
|
FTSE 100 |
LLOYDS BNK GRP ORD |
5.35% |
|
FTSE 100 |
ROYAL BK OF SCOT ORD |
9.79% |
|
FTSE 100 |
PETROFAC ORD |
12.38% |
The leading retail exchange continues to attract volume trading in securities with substantial retail interest such as UK bank stocks.
Rachel Maguire, Business Development Director at PLUS said: “As a retail-focused exchange, we recognise the tremendous value of this flow in the UK markets. PLUS remains the exchange venue of choice for this important trading and investing community.”
* On-exchange trades (data from Netbuilder)
Background:
PLUS Markets is an international retail-focused stock exchange based in London, with “Recognised Investment Exchange” status, and classed as a Market Operator under MiFID. Its offering includes the full range of stock exchange activities, namely: trading execution, the provision of proprietary market data and listing/quotation destinations. PLUS currently trades over 9,000 securities on its platform including London-listed shares (including the FTSE 100), European liquid shares, and unlisted shares quoted on the AIM and PLUS markets.
|
Month |
Bargains |
Trade value |
Number of shares |
|
August 2009 |
865,275 |
£6,500.77m |
8,524.31m |
|
September 2009 |
655,575 |
£3,425.57m |
9,973.20m |
|
October 2009 |
601,009 |
£3,196.36m |
11,098.97m |
|
November 2009 |
463,395 |
£2,767.28m |
7,891.53m |
|
December 2009 |
380,207 |
£2,336.86m |
4,906.39m |
|
January 2010 |
471,098 |
£3,034.45m |
6,174.86m |
|
February 2010 |
450,160 |
£3,341.39m |
5,798.19m |
