- There were 3 graduates to the Toronto Stock Exchange in May 2004, bringing the total number of YTD graduates to 21. These graduates represent 28.3% of the senior market's new listings this year compared to 47.6% for the same period last year.
- So far in 2004, 10 TSX Venture companies have been acquired/merged with TSX listed companies.
Year-To-Date Financing
- As of the end of May, there were 1,022 financing deals on TSX Venture, raising a total of $1.9 billion, an increase of approximately 184% compared to last year’s numbers of $661.3 million through 835 financing deals.
- Year-over-year, the average size of the financings has increased from $0.79 million to $1.83 million, an increase of 131.6%.
- So far this year, the Mining sector is leading the way in financing, raising a total of $1.1 billion (representing 57% of the total). The Oil & Gas sector is second with $396.5 million (representing 21% of the total). The Technology sector has captured 8% of the financing with $141.5 million raised.
- EuroZinc Mining Corporation, a mining company, completed the largest single financing year-to-date, raising $78.5 million through a private placement deal in April. Mexgold Resources Inc., a natural resource mining company, completed the next largest single financing year-to-date, raising $45 million through a private placement deal in March 2004.
Going Public Activity
- There were 6 new listings in the month of May. Year-to-date new listings have increased 141.7% compared to the same period in 2003.
- The Capital Pool program has generated 57% of the new listings, 19% have come from the Mining sector and 10% have come from the Oil & Gas sector.
- The regional breakdown of new listings is as follow: Alberta (28%), British Columbia (19%), Ontario (21%), Quebec (24%), Manitoba (3%), Atlantic Canada (2%) and Foreign (3%).
- As of May 31, 2004, there were 13 Reverse Take Over transactions, 22 Qualifying Transactions and 51 IPOs (including CPCs).
Index
- The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed at 1,609.99 on May 31, 2004, a decrease of 8.1% from the beginning of 2004. The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 2.4%, the NASDAQ Composite was down 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 2.5% over the same period.
Market Capitalization
- The market capitalization for TSX Venture Exchange equities was $20.99 billion as of May 31, 2004 – a decrease of 2.7% from April 2004 and an increase of 79.5% from the same period last year.
About TSX Group Inc.
TSX Group operates Canada's two national stock exchanges serving the senior equity and public venture equity markets as well as NGX, a leading North American exchange for the trading and clearing of natural gas and electricity contracts. TSX are the initials attached to the core equity operations of the TSX Group (www.tsx.com): Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Markets, TSX Datalinx and TSX Technologies. TSX Group is headquartered in Toronto and maintains offices in Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.
