The average daily number of order book trades on the cash markets of Borsa Italiana and the London Stock Exchange increased 69 per cent on the same month last year to a record 1.1 million during November. The average daily value traded also rose, up 50 per cent to £15.1 billion (€21.2 billion). During the month, the total number of order book trades reached 23.2 million and the total value traded was £332.8 billion (€465.8 billion).

During the eleven months to the end of November 2007, the average daily number of electronic order book trades on the cash markets of the two exchanges was 837,053, an increase of 56 per cent on the same period during 2006. Meanwhile, the average daily value traded on the exchanges’ cash markets during the same period was £12.9 billion (€18.9 billion), up 42 per cent on the average of £9.1 billion (€13.3 billion) in the first eleven months of 2006.

UK Order Book

The average daily number of order book trades in UK equities reached a record 722,386 during November 2007. This was nine per cent higher than the previous record of 665,766 trades daily during August 2007, and represents an increase of 113 per cent on November last year. The average daily value traded during the month also increased, up 61 per cent year on year to a record £9.8 billion (€13.6 billion).

So far this year, the total number of order book trades in UK equities has increased 76 per cent to 122.9 million, while the value traded has risen 42 per cent to £1.9 trillion.

All of the top twenty busiest days on the UK order book have now occurred since the introduction of the new TradElect trading system in June. Following additional capacity and latency upgrades at the start of the month, November alone accounted for half of the top twenty days.

Italian Order Book

The average daily number of trades in Italian equities was 308,387 during November 2007, up 12 per cent on November 2006. Meanwhile, the average daily value traded rose 19 per cent to €6.5 billion (£4.7 billion).

Based on trading between January and November 2007, the average number of trades in Italian equities each day has been 292,961 per day, an increase of 27 per cent over the same period last year. At the same time, the average value traded each day has been €6.4 billion (£4.3 billion), up 41 per cent on the first eleven months of 2006.

International Order Books

During November 2007, there were 564,175 electronic trades in international securities across both markets, an increase of 162 per cent on November 2006. The total value traded more than doubled, up 101 per cent to £15.9 billion (€22.2 billion).

The average daily number of international trades during the month was 25,664, up 162 per cent on the average for November 2006. The average daily value traded was £720.6 million, up 101 per cent on November last year.

ETF and ETCs

The number of ETF and ETC trades on the exchanges’ markets increased 97 per cent compared with November 2006 to 173,908. Over the same period, the value traded rose 120 per cent to £4.2 billion (€5.9 billion).

Derivatives

During the month, there were 7.6 million contracts traded across EDX and IDEM with a notional value of £134.4 billion (€188.1 billion). The average daily number of contracts increased 38 per cent year on year to 346,872, while the notional value traded increased 40 per cent to £6.1 billion (€8.5 billion).

Separately, there were 395,608 contracts traded in securitised derivatives (including covered warrants and certificates) during the month. The total value traded in securitised derivatives was £3.5 billion (€4.9 billion). In the first eleven months of the year, the total number of contracts traded has risen 13 per cent to 4.7 million, while the value has increased 37 per cent to £58.1 billion (€85.4 billion).