April saw over 1 million trades concluded on PLUS Markets - the new stock exchange for London. This is a new monthly record and represents a 168.95% increase on the same month in 2008. Trade value was also at an all time record of £6.439 billion, up 105.63% on last April, with volumes soaring to a record 7.7 billion, up 296.37% from last year.
PLUS continues to attract huge gains in trading volumes month by month with April recording average daily trades at 47,639.
Market share strength
While the exchange continues to command market share strength in the small and mid-caps, PLUS is also extremely active in the large-caps. It attracted 30% market share by value in Royal Bank of Scotland trading.
Name |
Market
Share % in
Value (April
2009) |
Market Share % in Value (March 2009) |
Market Share % in Value (February 2009) |
Market Share % in Value (January 2009) |
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
GROUP |
30.18% |
23.03% |
22.41% |
17.35% |
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP |
26.88% |
23.48% |
20.16% |
14.56% |
BARCLAYS |
18.62% |
18.74% |
18.72% |
15.15% |
On-exchange trades
PLUS’ success in volume gains continues to be evidenced in the Thomson Reuters March MiFID market share report* where PLUS again ranked high with a 5.84% market share of on-exchange trading in UK equities by volume.*
*http://www.thomsonreuters.com/content/PDF/financial/reports/msreport_mar09_sum.pdf
PLUS Markets is an independent stock exchange 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 7,500 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 2008 |
278,638 |
£2,241.036
m |
1,538.692
m |
September 2008 |
555,958 |
£4,447.33
m |
2,650.07
m |
October 2008 |
806,575 |
£4,382.21
m |
3,278.69
m |
November 2008 |
524,919 |
£3,035.45
m |
2,745.61
m |
December 2008 |
439,603 |
£2,546.84
m |
2,420.83
m |
January 2009 |
781,485 |
£3,781.31
m |
4,994.16
m |
February 2009 |
708,943 |
£3,731
m |
5,196.82
m |
March 2009 |
909,511 |
£4,975.94
m |
6,394.37
m |
April 2009 |
1,048,050 |
£6,439.28
m |
7,736.81
m |
|
Trades |
Value |
Shares |
Apr-09 |
1,048,050 |
£6,439,278,968 |
7,736,808,184 |
Apr-08 |
389,681 |
£3,131,499,334 |
1,951,931,400 |
YOY |
+168.95% |
+105.63% |
+296.37% |