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The Board of Directors of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has approved the distribution of a €80 million-interim dividend charged to the 2007 consolidated results, representing €0,956 per share and an increase of 60% from the 2006 interim dividend.
This dividend payment will be effective on January 22 2008. In the past, the interim dividend paid by BME has usually accounted for approximately half of the total ordinary dividend.
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) posted a net profit of €150.6 million in the first nine months of 2007, up 63.4% on the €92.1 million recorded during the same period last year. BME’s net profit in the third quarter rose 57.8% to €47.6 million, from €30.2 million a year earlier.
Revenues in the third quarter increased 36.3% from a year earlier to € 281.8 million.
The equity turnover on the Spanish stock exchange through November reached a record high of more than €1,6 trillion, up 50% yoy. The performance of other BME business areas such as fixed income, derivatives and clearing and settlement also proved to be similarly solid.
