Euronext achieved trading volumes in October 2017, with the average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book standing at EUR7,172 million, up 13.3 per cent compared to October 2016 and down 1.7 per cent from the previous month.
The average daily transaction value on ETFs was EUR396 million, down 6.1 per cent compared to October 2016 and down 8.4 per cent from the previous month. Euronext’s ETF offering increased this month to 831 listings at the end of October 2017 compared to 790 end of 2016.
In October 2017, the overall average daily volume on derivatives reached 497,684 contracts, up 8.6 per cent compared to October 2016 and stable (-0.8 per cent) compared to the previous month.
The average daily volume on equity index derivatives reached 191,769 contracts, down 5.2 per cent compared to October 2016 and -5.2 per cent from the previous month, while the average daily volume on individual equity derivatives reached 265,006 contracts, up 27.9 per cent compared to October 2016 and +3.3 per cent from the previous month. The average daily volume on commodities derivatives reached 40,910 contracts, down 16.1 per cent compared to October 2016 and 4.1 per cent from the previous month.
On a year-to-date basis, at end of October 2017, the overall average daily volume on Euronext derivatives stood at 543,262 contracts (+11.5 per cent compared to end of October 2016) and the open interest was up at 18,302,547 contracts (+15.3 per cent compared to end of October 2016).
The average daily volume on the spot foreign exchange market of FastMatch, of which Euronext owns 90 per cent of the capital since August 2017, stood at USD18,030 million, up +33.0 per cent compared to October 2016 and down -13.6 per cent from the previous month.
In October 2017, Euronext had four listings on its Paris markets –SMCP, Biom’ Up, Adeunis and Theranexus –that altogether raised EUR607 million. In addition, EUR7.1 billion were raised on Euronext in corporate bonds and EUR3.8 billion of follow-on equity, including Total for EUR1.1 billion and Air France-KLM for EUR1.0 billion.
