National Stock Exchange (NSX) introduces ETF/ETN data report for December 2008. The number of listed products totaled 848. Net cash flow into U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) totaled $180.4 billion through year-end 2008, an increase of almost 19% from 2007.
ETF/ETN notional trading volume reached $24.8 trillion for 2008, up 70% from $14.5 trillion at year-end 2007, representing 33% of all U.S. equity trading volume. ETF/ETN assets reached $539 billion in December 2008, a decrease of 13% from December 2007 when assets reached $622.6 billion.
The NSX monthly statistics include shares of open-end exchange-traded products, encompassing listed shares of investment companies, grantor trusts, ETNs and commodity pools. The complete report can be accessed at www.nsx.com/content/market-data.
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