A number of the Group’s other markets recorded good performances during the month, with trading in MTS and in ETFs and ETCs showing strong growth. On the MTS Cash markets the average daily value traded more than doubled, reaching €11.9 billion (£10.5 billion), a 103 per cent increase on January 2009. The average daily number of trades and the average daily value traded in ETCs and ETFs across the Group grew 85 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.
UK Cash Equities
During January, the total value traded on the UK order book was £83.9 billion (€95 billion) and the total number of trades was 11.1 million.
The average daily value traded on the UK equity order book was £4.2 billion (€4.8 billion), a decrease of three per cent year on year, while the average daily number of trades was down 12 per cent at 553,978.
Italian Cash Equities
On the Italian equity order book, the total number of trades was 4.5 million and the total value traded was €50.3 billion (£44.4 billion).
The average daily number of trades in Italian equities was 227,319, up seven per cent on the same month last year. The average daily value traded during the month also grew, reaching €2.5 billion (£2.2 billion), a 46 per cent increase on last year.
International Cash Equities
The average daily value traded in international stocks on the Group’s equity order books was up 116 per cent year on year, totalling £679 million (€769 million), while the average daily number of trades was 50,594, up 36 per cent on last January.
ETFs and ETCs
Trading in ETFs and ETCs during the month was strong, with the average daily number of trades up 85 per cent year on year, totalling 16,773. The average daily value traded was up by 50 per cent to £419 million (€474 million). January was the 2nd highest month of all time for both trades and turnover.
Derivatives
The average daily number of contracts traded on the Group’s derivatives markets, EDX London and IDEM, was down 25 per cent on January 2009, at 267,742. The average daily value traded on IDEM was up 41 per cent at €2.9 billion (£2.5billion), while the daily number of contracts traded was down seven per cent at 117,798. On EDX, the end of the linked exchange agreement with Nasdaq OMX and the consequent stoppage of trading in linked Swedish index products have significantly affected daily notional value traded and number of contracts traded.
Fixed income
Trading on the MTS Cash markets remained strong, with the average daily value traded during the month up by 103 per cent year on year at €11.9 billion (£10.5 billion), while on the MTS Repo market, the average term adjusted daily value traded increased by 73 per cent year on year to €214.3 billion (£189.2 billion).
The average daily value traded during January on MOT, Borsa Italiana’s retail fixed income market, was €846 million (£747 million), a year on year decrease of 15 per cent. The average daily number of trades was 22 per cent lower than the same month last year at 13,721.
