OMX Exchanges Annual Statistics 2004

• Total share turnover amounted to EUR 553 (415) billion. • The turnover rate was 124 (113) per cent. • The total derivative trading turnover amounted to 112,924,208 (87,370,965) contracts. • The number of listed companies amounted to 509 at the end of December (542). • Records during 2004: • February was the best month ever in derivatives trading for OMX´ marketplaces and the average daily volume amounted to 636,192 contracts per day. (Earlier record January 2004: 527,910) • In April the daily average in share trading reached an all time high of EUR 1,177 million at Helsinki Stock Exchange (earlier record January 2001: 1,141). • In March the covered warrant trading for a single month reached an all time high of EUR 95.9 million at Helsinki Stock Exchange, on a daily average EUR 4.2 million. In addition, it was an all time high in number of trades per day, reaching 615 trades per day For more information or comments, please contact For matters regarding trading statistics: In Stockholm, Ulrika Olofson, Communications Specialist, +46 8 405 63 76 In Helsinki, Mari Häyry, Communications Manager, +358 9 6166 7599 In Tallinn, Tex Vertmann, Communications Manager, +372 640 8862 In Riga, Krista Grintale, Corporate Communications Department Director, + 371 7212 431 In Vilnius, Diana Sokolova, Marketing and Communications Manager +370 5 272 13 71 For matters regarding market surveillance Anders Ackebo, Senior Vice President Surveillance +46 8 405 70 10 These statistics are also available at www.omxgroup.com.