Strongest July Ever At The Nordic Exchange

Summer trading on the Nordic Exchange has been very strong. In July the average daily share trading increased by 67 percent compared to last year, amounting to EUR 4.7 billion (July 2006: 2.8 billion) and the number of trades increased by 85 percent compared to last year, amounting to 173,250 trades per day (July 2006: 93,470 trades per day). In July, 7 new companies have been welcomed to theNordic Exchange, which now encompasses a total of 840 companies.

Industrials most traded sector

The most traded sector in July was Industrials, with a turnover of EUR 26.2 billion (June 2007: EUR 26.3 billion) followed by Information Technology with a turnover of EUR 21.9 billion (June 2007: EUR 23.5 billion).

Trading in July

The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 4.7 billion, as compared to EUR 4.8 billion during the past 12-month period. The average number of trades per business day amounted to 173,250, as compared to 156,161 during the past 12-month period. The average daily trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income derivative products amounted to 523,615 contracts, as compared to 612,956 contracts during the past 12-month period.

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