In the first three months of the year, trading on all Euronext markets totalled EUR 467.76 billion, a 2.66% rise from EUR 455.63 billion in the same period of 2000.
At the end of March, Euronext total market cap was of 2,199 BEUR for a total number of listed companies of 1,616.
Derivatives markets operated by Euronext Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels reported 34.485 million contracts traded in March, a 26.8% rise on February 2001 and 7% more than in March 2000. 90.6% of transactions represented equity and index futures and options. Altogether 90.186 million lots changed hands in the first quarter of 2001.
