Total share trading on OMX Exchanges in October amounted to EUR 77.8 billion corresponding to an average daily turnover of EUR 3,703 million, thus making October the best individual month in terms of trading since April 2000 (EUR 3,874 million), OMX said in a news release.
On October 31, the total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 674 billion (October 29, 2004: EUR 553 billion). In October, two companies were listed at the Stockholm Stock Exchange, and one company was delisted. On the Copenhagen Stock Exchange one company was listed, and one company was delisted. The total number of listed companies is681 (excluding nine multiple listings) of which 271 companies are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 138 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 179 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 14 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 45 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 43 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange.
In October, the OMXS30 index decreased by 1.5%, the OMXH25 index decreased by 5.3%, the OMXC20 index decreased by 3.7%, the OMXT index decreased by 2.6%, the OMXR index increased by 1.8%, and the OMXV index decreased by 7.2%.
The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 3,703 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 2,854 million). The average number of trades per business day was 96,258 (during the past 12-month period: 80,017). The turnover velocity was 137%.
The derivatives trading on OMX Exchanges amounted to 624,265 contracts per day, which is the second best month on record. The present record of 639,580 contracts per day was set in February 2004. The average daily trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income derivative products amounted to 624,265 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 456,618). The average daily number of contracts in equity derivative products amounted to 570,406 (during the past 12-month period: 422,838), while the average daily number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products amounted to 53,859 (during the past 12-month period: 33,780).
The average daily premium value of stock options amounted to EUR 5.8 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 4.8 million).
The total number of listed bonds is 4,252 of which 1,569 are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 309 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 2,302 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, seven on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 32 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 33 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange. In October, 64 new bonds were registered on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, and 37 bonds were delisted. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange five new bonds were registered, while three bonds were delisted. On the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 14 new bonds were listed, while 17 were delisted. On the Tallinn Stock Exchange one bond was listed. On the Riga Stock Exchange four bonds were listed, while one was delisted. On the Vilnius Stock Exchange one bond was listed, and one bond was delisted.