NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced its preliminary year-end business highlights. Upon
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Top Business Highlights for 2007
- As the world’s largest and most liquid exchange group with an average daily value of trading of $139 billion/€103 billion (through Sept. 30, 2007), NYSE Euronext was included in the S&P 500 and S&P 100 benchmark indices; NYX is the only exchange group included in the S&P 100.
Trading
- Liffe, the European derivatives trading platform for NYSE Euronext has traded over 920
million contracts year-to-date, making 2007 another record year for the business. August
was the busiest month ever for Liffe and also the first time that more than a hundred
million contracts have been traded on the exchange in a single month. In November
Liffe’s pioneering Bclear service processed its 150 millionth contract. Bclear
volumes are already more than double last year’s totals.
- Since its launch last year, NYSE Arca Options, NYSE Euronext’s
- NYSE Euronext’s U.S. equities exchanges, the NYSE and NYSE Arca, experienced record
volumes in 2007 with more shares traded than any other exchange, registering seven of the
top 10 new daily volume records, including the highest ever of 5.8 billion shares traded
on Aug. 16, and the highest volume month, quarter and year in history. With overall
average daily trading volume on the NYSE and NYSE Arca up nearly 54% through November,
2007 volumes were substantially higher in almost all product categories compared to 2006.
- In
Listings and IPOs
- Overall, NYSE Euronext was the world’s top exchange group measured by IPO proceeds
with companies raising capital through public offerings on NYSE Euronext markets raising a
total of $78/€53 billion in IPO proceeds (as of Nov. 30), including closed-end funds.
- Year-to-date 2007, NYSE Euronext’s
- NYSE Euronext’s
- 132 companies made their market debut on NYSE Euronext’s European markets so far
this year, with €9.7/$14.0 billion raised in connection with new listings and
€210.4/$303.3 billion of additional market capitalization.
- Listings on NYSE Euronext’s Alternext market surpassed the 100 company mark this
year, confirming the market’s role as a destination for small and mid-size companies.
In total, 119 companies are listed today on Alternext, and these companies have raised a
total of over €1.6/$2.3 billion (including funds raised on the secondary market) and
their total market capitalization is €5.3/$7.6 billion.
- NextTrack, the Euronext market segment dedicated to ETFs, exceeded the 200 fund mark
this year. Today, 228 ETFs are listed on Euronext, representing 185 indices. This segment
has seen exceptional growth since the beginning of the year with a doubling of its
business activity and nearly €350/$505 million handled daily on these products.
- NextWarrants, which includes warrants and certificates listed on Euronext, had a strong year with the number of trades from January to November 2007 rising 35% while the turnover in this period was up 46% compared to the same period in 2006, reaching €135/$195 million traded daily.
In early January, NYSE Euronext will issue a complete 2007 recap with full-year data and corporate news.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext, a holding company created by the combination of NYSE Group, Inc. and
Euronext N.V., commenced trading on
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning
NYSE Euronext's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that
are not historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are based on NYSE
Euronext's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NYSE Euronext's results to differ
materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: NYSE Euronext's
ability to implement its strategic initiatives, economic, political and market conditions
and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk and U.S. and
global competition, and other factors detailed in NYSE Euronext’s reference document
for 2006 ("document de référence") filed with the French Autorité des
Marchés Financiers (Registered on June 6, 2007 under No. R.07-0089), 2006 Annual Report
on Form 10-K, as amended, and other periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission or the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers. In addition, these
statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change. Accordingly,
actual results may be materially higher or lower than those projected. The inclusion of
such projections herein should not be regarded as a representation by NYSE Euronext that
the projections will prove to be correct. This press release speaks only as of this date.
NYSE Euronext disclaims any duty to update the information herein.
[1]Euronext equities transactions count each buy and sell order as separate transactions, NYSE Group equities transactions count buy and sell orders together as a single transaction. All NYSE Euronext derivatives transactions count buy and sell orders together as a single transaction.
