OMX Exchanges Turnover Down In August

The average value of share trading per business day amounted at OMX Exchanges was EUR 1,551 million (during the past 12 month period EUR 2,108 million). The average number of trades per business day was 42,048 (during the past 12

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The average value of share trading per business day amounted at OMX Exchanges was EUR 1,551 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 2,108 million). The average number of trades per business day was 42,048 (during the past 12-month period: 58,902).

The turnover velocity was 95%.

Average derivative trading volume in Swedish and Finnish equity and fixed-income products amounted to 350,136 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 440,364) per business day. The average number of traded contracts in equity derivative products amounted to 328,935 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 415,388 contracts) per business day, while the average number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products amounted to 21,201 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 24,976 contracts) per business day.

The total premium value for stock options amounted to EUR 3.9 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 5.8 million) per day.

The average value of covered warrant trading per business day amounted to EUR 4.4 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 6.7 million).

During August the OMX index increased by 0.3%, the HEX25 index increased by 0.9%, the TALSE index increased by 0.6%, the RICI index increased by 4.5% and the Litin-G index increased by 2.2%.

Total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 415 billion as of August 31 (August 31, 2003: EUR 379 billion.) During August, one company was delisted from the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The total number of listed companies is 507, of which 278 companies are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 137 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 13 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 36 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 43 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange.

The total number of listed bonds is 1,765 of which 1,430 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 268 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 3 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 27 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 37 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange. In August, 24 new bonds were registered on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 31 bonds were delisted. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange 4 new bonds were registered, while 6 was delisted. On the Riga Stock Exchange 1 bond was listed and on the Vilnius Stock Exchange 1 bond were listed.

The total number of listed covered warrants is 2,036, of which 1,697 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 339 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In August, 315 new covered warrants were listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 81 were delisted. At the Helsinki Stock Exchange 78 new covered warrants were listed and 16 were delisted.

In August, Trading Surveillance in Stockholm referred three matters of suspected insider trading to the Financial Supervisory Authority. One company was placed on the Observation segment of the O-list since the company had requested delisting of the shares of the company from the Stockholm Stock Exchange. A company that was placed on the Observation Segment of the O-list in June due to a planned significant change in the company’s scope of business, was transferred to its ordinary position on the O list in August since the planned acquisition has been cancelled.

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