PLUS Market Report For June 2009 - PLUS H1 Volumes Exceed 36 Billion Shares Traded - Up More Than 200% On Previous Year

PLUS announced strong reported flow in the first half of the year with a total of 5,063,258 bargains representing an increase of 135.65% against the same period last year. By trade value, PLUS posted almost £30 billion (£29.93 billion) up 76.85%, while the number of shares traded rose 216.92%, up to over 36 billion compared with the first half of 2008.

Monthly market report

Despite June being a quiet month in comparison with the rest of the year to date, flow on PLUS’ quote driven market remained consistently robust in June 2009 when compared with June 2008. Year on year, bargains increased 116.76% to 685,759, while turnover rose by 100% to almost £5 billion (£4,869,795,681), and volumes surged to 5.48 billion up 239% against the same month in 2008.

Market share

In the May Thomson Reuters MiFID market share report* PLUS recorded over 6% by volume and 2% by value of UK equities, and in the FTSE 100, the exchange garnered almost 6% market share by volume.

Other June trading highlights include:

• 44% market share by volume in FTSE Fledgling^**
• c.30% market share by volume in FTSE SmallCap^**

Name	Market Share % by value (June 2009)**
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP	20.41%
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP	12.52%
BARCLAYS	7.53%

Business Development Director Cyril Theret said: “We’re pleased to see a very positive first half for PLUS’ trading activity. Flow continues to be attracted to our quote-driven platform. Overall, our positioning in the exchange and MTF arena continues to occupy solid ground.”

^* http://www.thomsonreuters.com/products_services/financial/financial_products/products_az/regulatory_compliance_mifid

^** data from Netbuilder

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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
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
May 2009	929,510	£6,139.46 m	6,194.92 m
June 2009	685,759	£4,869.79 m	5,484.06 m