July 2006 statistics from OMX, the Nordic Exchange

July saw the highest equity trading activity at the OMX exchanges ever. Summer months are usually characterized by a low trading activity, but this July was very active compared to the same period of previous years. The number of trades increased by 18 percent to 93,000 trades per day compared to last July (79,000). The daily turnover also increased by EUR 30 million amounting to EUR 2,812 million.

Trading in July on OMX, the Nordic Exchange • The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 2,812 million (during the past 12-month period: EUR 3,734 million). • The average number of trades per business day amounted to 93,260 (during the past 12-month period: 109,012). • The average daily trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income derivative products amounted to 400,335 contracts (during the past 12-month period: 540,378). New Companies and Members New Companies: Main market • Svithoid Tankers AB in Stockholm, Energy, Small cap • Orion Oyj in Helsinki, Health Care, Large cap • Oriola-KD Oyj in Helsinki, Health Care, Mid cap First North • Axlon Holding AB in Sweden, Information Technology • New Science Svenska AB in Sweden, Health Care • Travel Partner AB in Sweden, Consumer Discretionary • Redbet Holding AB in Sweden, Consumer Discretionary New members: • Timber Hill Europe AG in Helsinki • Timber Hill Europe AG in Copenhagen. • MP Investment Bank in Tallinn • MP Investment Bank in Riga • MP Investment Bank in Vilnius Information about Surveillance and Enforcement can be downloaded at www.se.omxgroup.com/, Our services for issuers/News for listed companies. More information regarding First North can be downloaded at: www.omxgroup.com/firstnorth The market/Statistics & Market analysis www.omxgroup.com/copenhagenstockexchange About the stock market/ Statistics/Monthly/Copenhagen These statistics are also available at www.omxgroup.com.