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Chi-X Europe Issues Q1 2008 Trading Statistics

Date 07/04/2008

Chi-X® Europe Limited, the first live, pan-European equity Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), today published its trading statistics for the first quarter of 2008.

Chi-X Europe offers trading, clearing and settlement for the component stocks of the FTSE 100 (British), CAC 40 (French), AEX 25 (Dutch), DAX 30 (German), SMI 20 (Swiss), OMX Stockholm 30 (Swedish) indices.

Chi-X® Europe Trading Statistics - Q1 2008                                 

Overview (vs. Previous Quarter)

Number of Trades

6,629,090 (+176%)

 

Share Volume

6,581,183,080 (+256%)

Turnover

€74,264,870,421 (+115%)

 

Market Share Highlights

Stock

Date

Percentage of Combined Chi-X Europe and Primary Exchange Volume Executed on Chi-X Europe

Royal & Sun Alliance Group

12-Mar-08

34.30%

Old Mutual

13-Mar-08

32.87%

Standard Chartered

27-Mar-08

32.04%

Legal & General Group

13-Mar-08

27.97%

TUI

31-Mar-08

24.24%

Aegon

10-Jan-08

22.04%

Price Improvement *

Month

Percentage of Trades Executed Inside the Primary Market Spread

Average Price Improvement (basis points)

March 2008

45%

2.76

February 2008

47%

2.67

January 2008

53%

2.93

December 2007

49%

2.38

November 2007

49%

2.28

October 2007

51%

1.99

September 2007

46%

1.85

August 2007

49%

1.97

July 2007

57%

2.17

June 2007

69%

2.67

May 2007

54%

1.5

*

Price improvement is defined as the difference between the Chi-X Europe execution price and the best quoted price on the primary exchange at that time.