Large inflow of companies to the Nordic Exchange

The Nordic Exchange was launched on October 2, 2006, and since then an increasing number of companies have joined. 28 companies have been listed on the main market and 34 companies have joined First North.

“It is clear that the integration of the Nordic Exchange has been very successful for the financial markets in the Nordic region”, says Jukka Ruuska, President of Nordic Marketplaces at OMX. “By reaching out to a much broader investor base, the companies now get better access to more capital. I am very pleased to have so many new companies with us and there are many more to come.”

A record in share trading was recorded on May 3. The share trading value was EUR 9.7 billion (previous record: EUR 9.0 billion on April 26, 2007).

Trading in May
The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 5.6 billion, as compared to EUR 4.5 billion during the past 12-month period. The average number of trades per business day amounted to 177,513, as compared to 144,187 during the past 12-month period. The average daily trading volume in Swedish, Finnish and Danish equity and fixed-income derivative products amounted to 624,396 contracts, as compared to 561,696 contracts during the past 12-month period.
In total this year, the Nordic Exchange has welcomed 26 new members.

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