16.1 million transactions were completed on Euronext's cash markets in September 2006, making the month the busiest September ever.

In total, more than 163 million transactions have been registered since the beginning of the year, up 37.4% on the same period in 2005, representing a record level at this time of the year. In the year-to-date, average daily volume stands at 850,000 transactions.

Shares
15.4 million transactions were registered in September 2006. This brings the total number of transactions since the beginning of the year to more than 155 million, up 37% on 2005.

Initial Public Offerings
There were four more IPOs on all Euronext markets in September 2006, bringing the total number of new listings since the start of the year to 88. Those 88 IPOs represent an additional market capitalization of EUR 50 billion, with a total amount of EUR 10.4 billion raised. Both the total number and value of new listings so far this year are at their highest since 2001.

NextTrack & NextWarrants
Year-to-date transactions were up 112% on NextTrack and up 66% on NextWarrants, which includes warrants and certificates, making the first nine months of the year the busiest ever for these products.

Derivatives products

Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, traded 66 million futures and options contracts during the month of September, up 28% on September 2005. In the year to September, 564 million futures and options contracts were traded, up 25% on the same period in 2005.

Short-Term Interest Rate products traded over 37 million contracts in September 2006, up 34% on September 2005. 300 million contracts have been traded in the year-to-date.

Euronext.liffe's Equity products traded over 26 million contracts in September 2006. Individual equity products traded 15 million contracts, up 20% and equity index products traded 11 million, up 26% on September 2005. January to September equity products are up 27% on last year.

Commodity products traded 809,000 contracts in September 2006, and 7.3 million year-to-date, up 13% on 2005. Open interest in Milling Wheat Options stood at a record 18,706 on 27 September (fuelled by the growing demand for milling wheat for the production of ethanol).

Volumes in Amsterdam AEX Weekly Options passed a milestone as the one millionth contract was traded since the introduction in May, showing once again the strong customer demand for innovative new trading instruments.