Toronto Stock Exchange Trading Records

With three trading days to go in February, TSE all-time monthly trading records have already been eclipsed. The previous records were all recorded in January 2000. The number of trades thus far in February is 3 million (previous record 2.8 million), the number of shares traded is 4.5 billion (previous record 3.3 billion) and the traded value is CAD 73 billion (previous record CAD 70.4 billion) The 2000 yearly totals 7.9 billion shares worth CAD 144 billion. The TSE 300 Index is up 9.55 percent this year to 9214. All figures are approximate and reflect trading up to the end of day, February 24, 2000.