The Companies Listed On MAB Traded €572 Million In 1Q, Double The Amount For 2013 - At 105,808 The Number Of Trades Doubles That For The Year 2013

• The market capitalisation as of 31 March totaled €3.5 billion, twice the amount recorded since December 31, 2013

During the first quarter of 2014, the segment for growth companies of the MAB market doubled the figures for the year 2013 in terms of trading volume and the number of trades. During the said quarter the value of trading totaled €572 million, while the number of trades reached 105,808.

Even leaving aside the most heavily traded shares, Carbures and Gowex, the liquidity of the remaining companies improved considerably. The effective trading volume recorded by the other companies that make up the MAB market in the first quarter was four times as high as in the same period last year, at €140 million, while the number of trades came in at 42,979, that is, 3.2 times as high as in the year 2013.

The overall capitalisation as of March 31, 2014 amounted to €3.5 billion, more than double the capitalisation achieved by the end of 2013.