OMX Exchanges Monthly Statistics April 2005

As from this month, OMX Exchanges statistics also includes statistics from Copenhagen Stock Exchange. • For OMX Exchanges, April was the best month since February 2001. The trading amounted on a daily average to EUR 3,451 million. • April was the best month for Stockholm Stock Exchange since April 2001. The trading amounted on a daily average to EUR 1,931 million. Share trading The average value of share trading per business day amounted to EUR 3,451 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 2,453 million). The average number of trades per business day was 83,777 (during the past 12-month period: 66,328). The turnover velocity was 138%. Derivative trading Average derivative trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income products amounted to 550,093 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 422,043) per business day. The average number of traded contracts in equity derivative products amounted to 529,354 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 394,781 contracts) per business day, while the average number of contracts in fixed-income derivative products amounted to 20,739 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 27,262 contracts) per business day. The total premium value for stock options amounted to EUR 5.3 million (during the past 12-month period EUR 4.6 million) per day. Bond trading The average value of bond trading per business day amounted to EUR 10,969 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 9,617 million). This report comprises statistics from the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Riga Stock Exchange and Vilnius Stock Exchange. The reported figures pertain to all the six exchanges, unless otherwise stated. Covered warrant trading The average value of covered warrant trading per business day amounted to EUR 5.3 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 4.1 million). ETF trading / Unit trusts The average value of ETF/Unit trust trading per business day amounted to EUR 62 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 38 million). Index development During April the OMXS30 index decreased by 2.7%, the OMXH25 index decreased by 5.1%, the KFX index decreased by 3.3%, the TALSE index decreased by 0.04%, the RIGSE index increased by 6.6% and the VILSE index increased by 4.7%. Members On April 29, 2005 the total number of members was 144 (excluded 75 members who are members at more than one exchange) of which Stockholm Stock Exchange had 78 members, Helsinki Stock Exchange had 45 members, Copenhagen Stock Exchange had 45 members, Tallinn Stock Exchange had 17 members, Riga Stock Exchange had 15 members and Vilnius Stock Exchange had 19 members. List changes Shares Total market value of all listed companies amounted to EUR 601 billion on April 29 (April 30, 2004: EUR 528 billion.) During April, 3 companies were delisted from Stockholm Stock Exchange. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange 1 company was listed. On the Riga Stock Exchange 1 company was listed. The total number of listed companies is 677 (excluded 9 multi-listed companies) of which 270 companies are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 137 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 180 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 13 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 43 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 43 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange. Bonds The total number of listed bonds is 3,953 of which 1,484 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 291 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, 2,112 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, 6 on the Tallinn Stock Exchange, 29 on the Riga Stock Exchange and 31 on the Vilnius Stock Exchange. In April, 29 new bonds were registered on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 30 bonds were delisted. On the Helsinki Stock Exchange 5 new bonds were registered, while 7 were delisted. On the Copenhagen Stock Exchange 67 new bonds were registered, while 68 were delisted.On the Riga Stock Exchange 1 new bond was registered, while 2 were delisted. On the Vilnius Stock Exchange 1 new bond was listed while 3 were delisted. Covered Warrants The total number of listed covered warrants is 1,607, of which 1,306 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 301 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In April, 52 new covered warrants were listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and 61 were delisted. At the Helsinki Stock Exchange 6 new covered warrants were listed and 15 were delisted. Surveillance and Enforcement Stockholm The Stockholm Stock Exchange has issued criticism in the following two cases for infractions of the rules of the Exchange. These infractions were not of such a serious nature that they required to be handled by the Disciplinary Committee. One company was criticized for having disseminated imprecise forward-looking information to the market. The other company was criticized after giving some forward-looking information at an analysts’ meeting. Cloetta Fazer AB was placed on the Observation segment of Stockholm Stock Exchange’s O-list due to the fact that the company did not fulfill the listing requirement regarding distribution of shares. During the month, four cases of suspected insider trading have been reported to the Financial Supervisory Authority. A fifth report was made regarding another supervisory matter. The Stockholm Stock Exchange has issued criticism towards one member company for breach of Norex Member Rules in connection with reporting of manual trades. Helsinki The secretary of the disciplinary board of the Helsinki Stock Exchange’s issued a reprimand to two companies for infractions of the rules of the Stock Exchange. One company was criticized for not having disclosed the decisions made by the annual general meeting without undue delay, and one company for not having disclosed the auditor's report including a qualified audit opinion without undue delay. The Helsinki Stock Exchange issued criticisms to two companies. One company was criticized because the proposals made by the Board of Directors to the annual general meeting were not disclosed without undue delay, and one company because the CEO of the company commented the sales of the first quarter during the annual meeting of shareholders. This information was disclosed only after the meeting was ended. Two cases of suspected insider trading were reported to the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. Tallinn The Listing and Surveillance Committee of the Tallinn Stock Exchange decided to impose a fine of EUR 15,978 on Hansabank for violation of clauses of the Requirements for Issuers. For more information or comments, please contact In Stockholm, Annika Molander, Vice President Communications, +46 8 405 66 10 In Helsinki, Anu Ilvonen, Communications Manager, +358 9 6166 7599 In Copenhagen, Ellen-Margrethe Soelberg, Communications Manager, + 45 337 704 30 In Tallinn, Tex Vertmann, Communications Manager, +372 640 8862 In Riga, Inese Purgaile, Corporate Communications Department Manager, + 371 7212 431 In Vilnius, Diana Sokolova, Marketing and Communications Manager +370 5 272 13 71 For matters regarding market surveillance: In Stockholm Anders Ackebo, Senior Vice President Surveillance +46 8 405 70 10 In Helsinki Janne Seppänen, Head of Surveillance Finland + 358 9 6166 7382 These statistics are also available at www.omxgroup.com. 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Share Trading OMX Apr 3) Mar Apr Jan-Apr Jan-Apr May 2004- Exchanges 1) 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 Apr 2005 Value, EUR 72,0 58,0 67,1 244,5 258,7 617,8 billions, total 40,5 30,9 36,9 139,6 150,3 360,3 Stockholm Stock Exchange 21,6 15,6 23,5 68,4 79,6 168,9 Helsinki Stock Exchange 9,6 10,3 6,5 34,8 28,3 86,2 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 0,21 1,01 0,09 1,48 0,26 1,89 Tallinn Stock Exchange Riga 0,01 0,01 0,01 0,03 0,02 0,10 Stock Exchange 0,04 0,12 0,06 0,24 0,18 0,43 Vilnius Stock Exchange Value per 3 451 2 784 3 373 2 987 3 116 2 453 business day, EUR millions, total 1 931 1 471 1 845 1 702 1 810 1 430 Stockholm Stock Exchange 1 027 743 1 177 834 959 670 Helsinki Stock Exchange 480 517 344 429 341 343 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 10 46 4 18 3 7 Tallinn Stock Exchange Riga 0,7 0,2 0,4 0,4 0,3 0,4 Stock Exchange 1,9 5,8 2,9 3,0 2,2 1,7 Vilnius Stock Exchange Number of 1 744 641 1 551 125 1 594 675 6 505 102 7 024 676 16 704 335 trades, total Number of 83 777 74 506 80 189 79 493 84 633 66 328 trades per business day, total 47 643 41 609 47 331 45 770 53 099 38 964 Stockholm Stock Exchange 20 568 18 200 22 650 19 174 19 592 16 042 Helsinki Stock Exchange 14 682 13 731 9 613 13 634 11 318 10 697 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 177 235 93 168 88 103 Tallinn Stock Exchange Riga 183 132 87 138 79 100 Stock Exchange 525 599 415 608 457 422 Vilnius Stock Exchange Market 601 619 528 601 528 601 value, EUR billion, total 300 310 272 300 272 300 Stockholm Stock Exchange 163 169 145 163 145 163 Helsinki Stock Exchange 125 126 103 125 103 125 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 6 6 4 6 4 6 Tallinn Stock Exchange Riga 1 1 1 1 1 1 Stock Exchange 6 6 4 6 4 6 Vilnius Stock Exchange Turnover 138 111 152 124 140 109 velocity, %2) Index Development OMXS30 749,5 770,4 685,6 749,5 685,6 749,5 Index Change in -2,7 0,1 -0,7 1,0 7,7 9,3 OMXS30 Index, % OMXH25 1 853,0 1 953,0 1 601,1 1 853,0 1 601,1 1 853,0 Index Change in -5,1 -0,5 -1,0 1,2 4,6 15,7 OMXH25 Index, % KFX Index 306,3 316,7 255,0 306,3 255,0 306,3 Change in -3,3 1,5 -1,5 6,8 4,4 20,1 KFX Index, % TALSE Index 610,6 610,9 340,3 610,6 340,3 610,6 Change in -0,04 13,4 0,1 36,0 19,1 79,4 TALSE Index, % RIGSE Index 475,9 446,6 338,1 475,9 338,1 475,9 Change in 6,6 5,6 -1,7 15,1 17,3 40,8 RIGSE Index, % VILSE Stock 362,6 346,4 221,3 362,6 221,3 362,6 Index Change in 4,7 3,0 1,6 23,6 26,8 63,9 Vilse Index, % 1) The reported figures pertain to OMX Exchanges in total, unless otherwise stated. Stockholm Stock Exchange figures include A, O and Xternal list. Helsinki Stock Exchange figures include Main list, I List, NM List, Prelist, BL Market and Swedish shares list. Copenhagen Stock Exchange figures include total share trading. Tallinn Stock Exchange figures include Baltic Main list, Baltic I-list and Baltic Free list. Riga Stock Exchange figures include Baltic Main list, Baltic I-list and Baltic Free list. Vilnius Stock Exchange figures include the Official list and Current list. 2) The turnover velocity is estimated as total turnover during the period divided by the number of business days during the period multiplied by 250 and divided by the average market value during the period. 3) Exchange rate SEK/EUR: 9.16 Bond Trading Apr Mar Apr Jan-Apr Jan-Apr May 2004- 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 Apr 2005 Value, EUR 226 162 182 408 175 273 806 651 762 337 2 418 840 millions, total Value per 10 969 8 868 8 938 9 890 9 185 9 617 business day, EUR million, total 6 789 5 044 5 443 5 537 5 385 5 073 Stockholm Stock Exchange 0,01 0,07 0,07 0,05 0,02 0,10 Helsinki Stock Exchange 4 177 3 821 3 494 4 351 3 798 4 540 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 2,8 2,4 1,4 3,0 2,7 2,9 Baltic markets Derivative Trading 4) Volume in Apr Mar Apr Jan-Apr Jan-Apr May 2004- number of contracts 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 Apr 2005 Equity and 11 551 7 674 614 12 403 40 524 47 384 650 106 812 fixed- 946 380 485 886 income products, total Share 385 458 218 648 466 185 343 509 422 116 294 627 options and futures, total per business day 258 605 156 325 275 757 232 386 269 863 190 775 Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki Stock Exchange 30 224 19 968 61 411 36 518 73 089 35 382 Swedish products at EDX 96 629 42 355 129 017 74 605 79 164 68 471 Finnish products at Eurex Index 143 896 111 481 128 388 120 536 123 043 100 153 options and futures, total per business day 97 465 75 114 84 476 82 735 79 920 65 594 Stockholm and Copenhagen Stock Exchange 46 431 36 367 43 911 37 801 43 123 34 559 Swedish products at EDX Equity 529 354 330 128 594 572 464 046 545 159 394 781 products, total per business day Fixed- 20 739 35 329 25 597 30 155 25 741 27 262 income products, total per business day 5) Short-term 14 902 20 604 19 066 22 654 18 438 19 086 interest products Long-term 5 837 14 726 6 531 7 501 7 303 8 176 interest products Equity and 550 093 365 458 620 169 494 201 570 899 422 043 fixed- income products, total per business day Average 5,3 3,3 7,8 5,4 8,8 4,6 Premium Value per business day, Stock Options, EUR million 5) 4) The reported figures pertain to OMX in total, unless otherwise stated. 5) Only Stockholm Stock Exchange and EDX London figures. Covered Warrant Trading Apr Mar Apr Jan-Apr Jan-Apr May 2004- 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 Apr 2005 Value, EUR 112,1 72,8 180,7 356,3 847,5 1 033,2 millions, total Value per 5 340 3 465 9 036 3 914 10 210 4 100 business day, EUR thousand, total 2 867 2 018 6 159 2 772 6 491 2 708 Stockholm Stock Exchange 2 473 1 448 2 877 1 142 3 720 1 392 Helsinki Stock Exchange Number of 31 751 22 490 51 150 114 268 206 841 318 724 trades, total Number of 1 512 1 071 2 558 1 243 2 492 1 265 trades per business day, total 920 708 2 003 960 1 923 932 Stockholm Stock Exchange 592 363 555 282 569 332 Helsinki Stock Exchange ETF Trading/ Unit trusts 6) Apr Mar Apr Jan-Apr Jan-Apr May 2004- 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 Apr 2005 Value, EUR 1 279,7 625,7 632,9 3 594,4 3 725,0 9 432,1 millions, total Value per 62 31 33 44 45 38 business day, EUR millions, total 30 4 6 12 17 14 Stockholm Stock Exchange 0 0,1 0,8 0,2 0,4 0,8 Helsinki Stock Exchange 33 27 26 32 27 23 Copenhagen Stock Exchange Number of 48 827 38 584 40 174 178 245 180 569 426 993 trades, total Number of 2 439 1 928 2 113 2 200 2 176 1 701 trades per business day, total 36 25 14 25 16 17 Stockholm Stock Exchange 2 5 4 5 6 4 Helsinki Stock Exchange 2 402 1 897 2 095 2 170 2 154 1 681 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 6) Stockholm Stock Exchange and Helsinki Stock Exchange only trading in ETF:s. Copenhagen Stock Exchange only trading in Unit trusts. Trading days Apr Mar Apr Jan-Apr Jan-Apr May 2004- 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 Apr 2005 Stockholm Stock Exchange 21 21 20 82 83 252 EDX London 21 21 20 82 83 252 Helsinki Stock Exchange 21 21 20 82 83 252 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 20 20 19 81 83 251 Eurex 21 21 20 82 83 253 Tallinn Stock Exchange 21 22 21 83 84 255 Riga Stock Exchange 21 21 20 83 84 253 Vilnius Stock Exchange 21 21 21 82 83 252