Included in the SETS totals was another excellent month on SETSmm, which saw a record 3.3 million trades during the month, an increase of 150 per cent on July last year. The total value traded on SETSmm increased 121 per cent to £21.5 billion.
Also included in the SETS figures were 105,061 trades carried out on the IOB during the month, an increase of 113 per cent on July last year. The value traded increased 131 per cent year on year to £9.1 billion.
ETF trading activity was also very strong during July. The total number of ETF trades increased 191 per cent on July last year to a record 48,179, while the value traded increased 175 per cent to £3.3 billion.
July was also a very strong month on the primary market, with 39 IPOs during the month. There were seven UK IPOs on the Main Market, which raised a total of £905 million, and six international IPOs from countries such as Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Bahrain and Israel, which raised a total of £2.1 billion between them. AIM attracted 26 IPOs during the month, raising a total of £1.1 billion.
RNS, the Exchange’s service for the dissemination of company news, issued 18,102 announcements during July, up 25 per cent on July last year. Of these 6,678 were news and results announcements, representing an 85 per cent share of all such announcements made in the UK market.
There were 22 trading days in July, one more than during July last year.
