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RNS Number : 8566R 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 
07 May 2009 
 
 
 
7 May 2009 
ETR - 19 
 
 
equity value traded in april up 16 per cent on average for first three months 
 
 
The average daily value traded on the equity order books of London Stock 
Exchange Group during April increased 16 per cent on the average for the first 
quarter of 2009 to GBP7.5 billion (EUR8.4 billion), though this was down by 34 per 
cent on April last year.  Driven in particular by increased trading activity in 
the Italian market, the average daily number of trades across the Group was 
1,053 494, up by 14 per cent on April 2008, and up 12 per cent compared with the 
average for the previous three months. 
 
 
The total value traded during the month was GBP150.2 billion (EUR168.2 billion), 
and the total number of trades was 21.1 million. 
 
 
UK Order Book 
The average daily value traded during April was GBP4.5 billion (EUR5.0 billion), 
an increase of two per cent on the average daily value traded during the first 
three months of the year, but down by 36 per cent year on year. The average 
daily number of trades was 695,574, an increase of 11 per cent on the previous 
April, and up by four per cent compared with the first quarter of 2009.  The 
total number of trades on the UK order book was 13.9 million, and the total 
value traded was GBP89.7 billion (EUR100.5 billion). 
 
 
Italian Order Book 
Electronic trading in Italian equities saw a particularly marked improvement on 
the first three months of the year, with the average daily number of trades 
during April increasing by 34 per cent to 310,704. This was also an increase of 
18 per cent on the average daily number of trades during the previous April. The 
average daily value traded during the month increased by 56 per cent compared 
with the average for the first quarter to EUR2.9 billion (GBP2.6 billion), though 
this was down by 38 per cent year on year. The total number of trades in Italian 
equities during the month was 6.2 million, while the total value traded was 
EUR57.7 billion (GBP51.5 billion). 
 
 
International Order Books 
During the month, the average daily number of electronic trades in international 
equities was 47,216, an increase of 14 per cent on the average for the first 
three months of the year, and a rise of 33 per cent on the same month last year. 
The average daily value traded was GBP448.2 million (EUR501.7 million), up by 20 
per cent compared with the first quarter average, but down 38 per cent year on 
year.  The total number of trades during the month was 944,315, and the total 
value traded was GBP9.0 billion (EUR10.0 billion). 
 
 
ETFs and ETCs 
Growth in ETF and ETC trading across the two exchanges' order books continued to 
be very strong, with the average daily number of trades up 117 per cent year on 
year to 12,464, and the average daily value traded up 68 per cent to GBP343.3 
million (EUR384.3 million).  This strong growth was supported by a record number 
of trades on ETF Plus, the Italian ETF market, which saw an average 9,618 trades 
daily in ETFs and ETCs during the month. 
 
 
Derivatives 
The average daily number of contracts traded across the Group's derivatives 
markets increased 41 per cent year on year to 547,922, including a record 
average of 276,528 contracts daily on IDEM. The average daily notional value 
traded during the month declined by 42 per cent year on year to GBP3.7 billion 
(EUR3.7 billion). 
 
 
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For further information, please contact: 
 
Catherine Mattison +44 (0)20 7797 1222 
Anna Mascioni / Luca Grassis +39 02 72426211 
 
 
 
 
 
 Additional Information: 
 
 
This release uses only electronic trading data; trades that are reported to the 
either London Stock Exchange or Borsa Italiana under their rules but executed 
away from their electronic order books are not included. 
 
 
There were 20 trading days on the London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana 
during April 2009, two fewer than during the previous year. 
 
 
During April, the average daily number of trades on SETS - covering all equity 
based order book trading on the London Stock Exchange was 728,268, up 12 cent on 
April 2008. The average daily value traded was GBP4.9 billion, a decrease 
of 36 per cent compared with April 2008. 
 
 
Primary market data for April will be available on the websites of London Stock 
Exchange and Borsa Italiana later in the month. 
 
 
The April 2009 value traded figures use a EUR per GBP exchange rate of 1.1193. The 
exchange rate used for April 2008 was 1.2655. 
 
+------------------+-------+-------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                          BORSA ITALIANA - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ELECTRONIC ORDER BOOK TRADING                            | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                                                                                                          | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |            April 2009              |          |            April 2008              | 
+----------------------------------+--+                                    +----------+                                    + 
|                  |                  |                                    |          |                                    | 
+------------------+------------------+------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                    |          |                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                      Totals                                        | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                    |          |                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |  Trades    |  Value    |  Value    |          |  Trades    |  Value    |  Value    | 
|                                  |  |            |  Traded   |Traded EURm  |          |            |  Traded   |Traded EURm  | 
|                                  |  |            |   GBPm    |           |          |            |   GBPm    |           | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                  |  |            |           |           |          |            |           |           | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|           UK equities            |  | 13,911,477 |  89,749.6 | 100,464.1 |          | 13,806,373 | 154,854.3 | 195,980.9 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|        Italian equities          |  |  6,214,086 |  51,512.9 |  57,662.6 |          |  5,777,306 |  80,614.1 | 102,023.8 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|      International equities      |  |    944,315 |   8,964.0 |  10,034.1 |          |    783,223 |  15,853.4 |  20,063.8 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|           ETFs & ETCs            |  |    249,272 |   6,866.1 |   7,685.8 |          |    126,108 |   4,507.7 |   5,704.9 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Securitised Derivatives      |  |    194,142 |     616.8 |     690.5 |          |    293,395 |   2,127.3 |   2,692.3 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Derivatives (EDX, IDEM)      |  | 10,958,440 |  73,026.5 |  74,991.2 |          |  8,537,175 | 137,666.6 | 174,228.4 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                  |  |                                                                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                   Average daily                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                  |                  |            |           |           |          |            |           | 
+------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+ 
|           UK equities            |  |    695,574 |   4,487.5 |   5,023.2 |          |    627,562 |   7,038.8 |   8,908.2 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|        Italian equities          |  |    310,704 |   2,575.6 |   2,883.1 |          |    262,605 |   3,664.3 |   4,637.4 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|      International equities      |  |     47,216 |     448.2 |     501.7 |          |     35,601 |     720.6 |     912.0 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|           ETFs & ETCs            |  |     12,464 |     343.3 |     384.3 |          |      5,732 |     204.9 |     259.3 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Securitised Derivatives      |  |      9,707 |      30.8 |      34.5 |          |     13,336 |      96.7 |     122.4 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Derivatives (EDX, IDEM)      |  |    547,922 |   3,651.3 |   3,749.6 |          |    388,053 |   6,257.6 |   7,919.5 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                  |  |                                    |          |                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |       January to April 2009        |          |       January to April 2008        | 
+----------------------------------+--+                                    +----------+                                    + 
|                  |                  |                                    |          |                                    | 
+------------------+------------------+------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                                                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                      Totals                                        | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                                                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |  Trades    |  Value    |  Value    |          |  Trades    |  Value    |  Value    | 
|                                  |  |            |  Traded   |Traded EURm  |          |            |  Traded   |Traded EURm  | 
|                                  |  |            |   GBPm    |           |          |            |   GBPm    |           | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                  |  |            |           |           |          |            |           |           | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|           UK equities            |  | 56,193,507 | 367,485.8 | 406,082.1 |          | 62,345,039 | 718,770.8 | 931,502.3 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|        Italian equities          |  | 20,835,196 | 157,197.6 | 173,931.4 |          | 24,742,147 | 312,199.2 | 403,900.9 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|      International equities      |  |  3,554,505 |  32,441.1 |  35,821.5 |          |  3,305,808 |  70,189.3 |  90,946.8 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|           ETFs & ETCs            |  |    887,254 |  26,679.1 |  29,482.9 |          |    623,594 |  20,119.7 |  26,013.4 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Securitised Derivatives      |  |    711,647 |   2,740.7 |   3,034.0 |          |  1,017,933 |   7,325.6 |   9,479.0 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Derivatives (EDX, IDEM)      |  | 36,501,378 | 310,975.9 | 332,547.5 |          | 31,792,348 | 561,574.2 | 725,273.5 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                  |  |                                                                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                  |  |                                   Average daily                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                  |                  |            |           |           |          |            |           | 
+------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+ 
|           UK equities            |  |    677,030 |   4,427.5 |   4,892.6 |          |    742,203 |   8,556.8 |  11,089.3 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|        Italian equities          |  |    251,026 |   1,893.9 |   2,095.6 |          |    294,549 |   3,716.7 |   4,808.3 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|      International equities      |  |     42,825 |     390.9 |     431.6 |          |     39,355 |     835.6 |   1,082.7 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|           ETFs & ETCs            |  |     10,690 |     321.4 |     355.2 |          |      7,424 |     239.5 |     309.7 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Securitised Derivatives      |  |      8,574 |      33.0 |      36.6 |          |     12,118 |      87.2 |     112.8 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|     Derivatives (EDX, IDEM)      |  |    282,725 |   2,713.4 |   2,944.9 |          |    238,168 |   5,119.3 |   6,613.2 | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                  |  |                                    |          |                                    | 
+----------------------------------+--+------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+ 
| For Derivatives, the values used are notional values while "trades" refer to contracts traded                            | 
|                                                                                                                          | 
+------------------+-------+-------+--+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
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