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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Strong Growth At NASDAQ OMX Nordic

Date 04/01/2011

During 2010 activity has increased significantly at the markets operated by NASDAQ OMX Nordic compared to the year before. Based on trading until Dec 31 the average daily share trading amounted to EUR 2.5 billion, (2009: EUR 2.2 billion). The number of share trades per day amounted to 285,000 trades per day (2009: 214,000), an increase of 33% compared to 2009. The total derivatives trading amounted to 546,000 contracts per day, (2009: 400,000 contracts per day), up with 37%.

Hans-Ole Jochumsen, Executive Vice President commented, “2010 has been a very strong year for the Nordic markets. Investors have had exceptional returns on their investments and we look forward to continuous growth in 2011. Our indexes have increased in with 26 percent in Stockholm, 33 percent in Copenhagen and 23 percent in Helsinki. This can be compared with an average increase by 4 percent in European and a global average increase of 12 percent”.


Index change    2010   2009
Stockholm  26% 52%
Helsinki    23%  26%
Copenhagen 33%  35%

 

Share turnover, EURbn per day  2010 2009
Total   2.5 2.2
Stockholm 1.5 1.3
Helsinki  0.6 0.5
Copenhagen  0.4 0.4

  

Derivatives trading, contracts/day 2010 2009
546,000 400,000