The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its OMX Nordic Exchange for the month of September 2008.
Record in Derivatives trading in September
There was a record set for total derivative products on September 17; the number of contracts amounted to 2,225,037 (previous record: 2,167,567 contracts on September 16, 2008). There was also a record set in Index futures on September 17; the number of contracts amounted to 721,589 (previous record: 697,221 contracts on September 16, 2008). The record for the month amounted to 823,871 contracts per day in September (previous record: 816,760 contracts per day in March 2008).
Number of trades in share trading in September amounted to 234,808 trades, as compared to 183,642 trades in September 2007.
Share Trading in September
The average number of trades per business day amounted to 234,808, as compared to 210,364 during the past 12-month period. The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 3.9 billion, as compared to EUR 4.2 billion during the past 12-month period. The total market cap of listed companies at OMX Nordic Exchange amounted to EUR 582 billion, compared to EUR 1,109 billion in September 2007.
Derivatives Trading
The average daily trading volume in derivative products amounted to 823,871 contracts, as compared to 675,700 contracts during the past 12-month period. The average daily trading volume in share products was 388,429 contracts, as compared to 327,660 contracts during the past 12-month period. The average daily trading volume in index products were 304,848 contracts, compared to 240,537 contracts during the past 12-month period. Fixed-income derivatives traded 130,594 contracts, compared to 107,502 contracts during the past 12-month period. -- www.nasdaq.com
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