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Strong Rebound of Equity Trading Volumes (+10%) in the First Half of 2014
By The World Federation of Exchanges
The World Federation of Exchanges Ltd. published its first-half Statistics Market Highlights report. The main trends for this first six months of the years:
The value of share trading rose 10% worldwide to 29.7 trillion USD from the second-half of 2013 (+6.8% year on year).
The number of trades rose 10% from the second-half of 2013 (+12% year on year); the average value of trades decreased.
A continuing strong performance of equity markets, Global Market Capitalization rose 6% to 68,7 trillion USD from the second-half of 2013 (+21% year on year).
Good performance of IPO markets and investment flows. The number of IPOs fell 11% compared to the second half of 2013 but increased 42% year on year. Total investment flows in USD increased 17% compared to the second-half of 2013 (+11% year on year).
Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) volumes were stable. The total number of contracts traded decreased 0.2% from the second-half of 2013 (-13% year on year).
