Bankaktiebolaget Avanza New Member On Oslo Børs

The Swedish broker Avanza will start direct trading in shares on Oslo Børs Monday 19 June 2006. Including Avanza, 24 out of at total of 48 members now have remote membership at Oslo Børs. This is the first time that the number of remote members equals the number of local members at Oslo Børs. Avanza is the fifth new member on Oslo Børs this year.

With 110 000 customers Avanza is one of the largest brokers in Sweden, and is the broker that executed most trades on Stockholmsbörsen in 2005 and year to date 2006.