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Chi-X Europe Issues Q3 2008 Trading Statistics

Date 06/10/2008

Chi-X® Europe Limited, operator of the largest pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF), today published its trading statistics for the third quarter of 2008.

Chi-X Europe offers trading, clearing and settlement services for component stocks of the AEX 25/AMX 25 (Dutch), ATX 20 (Austrian), BEL 20 (Belgian), CAC 40/CAC Next 20 (French), DAX 30/MDAX (German), FTSE 100/FTSE 250 (British), OBX 25 (Norwegian), OMX Copenhagen 20 (Danish), OMX Helsinki 25 (Finnish), OMX Stockholm 30 (Swedish) and SMI 20 (Swiss) indices, as well as a selection of ETFs. Chi-X currently offers a total of 714 stocks for trading.

Chi-X® Europe Trading Statistics - Q3 2008                                

Overview (vs. Previous Quarter)

Number of Trades

26,343,244 (+109%)

 

Share Volume

26,603,940,558 (+91%)

Turnover

EURO;246,269,871,971 (+86%)

 

Price Improvement *

Month

Percentage of Trades Executed At or Better than the Primary Market Spread

Average Price Improvement (basis points)

Sep-08

92%

3.19

Aug-08

92%

2.61

Jul-08

92%

2.66

Jun-08

94%

2.37

May-08

95%

2

Apr-08

94%

1.95

Mar-08

93%

2.76

Feb-08

92%

2.67

Jan-08

88%

2.89

Note: 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.

Trading Highlights

Index

Market Share

Market Ratio

Date

FTSE 100 – British

22.36%

28.28%

20-Aug-08

AEX 25 – Dutch

18.42%

22.58%

20-Aug-08

CAC 40 – French

16.12%

19.21%

20-Aug-08

DAX 30 - German

15.44%

18.26%

20-Aug-08

FTSE 250 (171) - British

14.29%

16.68%

20-Aug-08

ETFs (5 iShares)

10.80%

12.11%

1-Aug-08

OMX H 25 – Finnish

9.07%

9.98%

25-Sep-08

BEL 20 – Belgian

7.51%

8.13%

9-Sep-08

SMI 20 – Swiss

7.47%

8.08%

20-Aug-08

OMX S 30 – Swedish

5.51%

5.83%

23-Jul-08

ATX 20 – Austrian

4.08%

4.25%

3-Sep-08

OBX 25 – Norwegian

3.23%

3.34%

5-Sep-08

OMX C 20 - Danish

3.06%

3.15%

1-Sep-08


Note: 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.