During the month of December 2008, more than 47 million electronic order book (EOB) equity trades were done on FESE Members with a value of 476 billion EUR. This means a 25% decrease compared to the previous month.
The equity market capitalisation of FESE Member exchanges decreased to 6,180 billion EUR.
43 new companies were listed during the month of December in FESE members, 22 of which were listed through an IPO.
EOB ETFs trading volumes increased 63% year-on-year in December while securitised derivatives decreased by 18% from a year ago.
EOB Bond trading value reached 26 billion EUR last month, it remained stable compared to the previous month.
The number of equity derivative contracts traded has decreased by 14% compared to November while bonds derivative contracts decreased by 18% in the same period.
During December 2008, the open interest for equity derivatives was close to 173 millions, this means a 28% decrease compare to the previous month. The open interest for bond derivatives was close to 24 millions and decreased by 26% compare to November 2008.
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