Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for September 2017.
Cash Trading
In September 2017, the average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €7,295 million, up +14.6% compared to September 2016 and up +20.7% from the previous month. 15 September was the most active day of the year with €16,912 million traded and the ninth most active day since 2009.
The average daily transaction value on ETFs was €432 million, down -1.2% compared to September 2016 and up +20.9% from the previous month. Euronext’s ETF offering increased this month to 830 listings at the end of September compared to 790 end of 2016.
Derivatives trading
In September 2017, the overall average daily volume on derivatives reached 501,591 contracts, up +13.6% compared to September 2016 and down -0.4% compared to the previous month. In details, the average daily volume on equity index derivatives reached 202,297 contracts, down -3.7% compared to September 2016 and down -7.2% from the previous month,
the average daily volume on individual equity derivatives reached 256,636 contracts in September 2017, up +32.2% compared to September 2016 and up +12.0% from the previous month, the average daily volume on commodities derivatives reached 42,658 contracts, up +14.9% compared to September 2016 and down -24.8% from the previous month.
On a year-to-date basis, at end of September 2017, the overall average daily volume on Euronext derivatives stands at 548,484 contracts (+11.8% compared to end of September 2016) and the open interest was up at 16,893,353 contracts (+13.4% compared to end of September 2016).
FX spot trading
The average daily volume on the spot foreign exchange market of FastMatch, of which Euronext owns 90% of the capital since August 2017, stood at $20,868 million, up +52.5% compared to September 2016 and up +28.4% from the previous month.
Listing
In September 2017, Euronext had two listings on Euronext Growth in Paris: Pharmasimple and M2i. In addition, €7.7 billion were raised on Euronext in corporate bonds of which €1.2 billion of green bonds issued by ENGIE, and €4.7 billion of follow-on equity, including ABN AMRO for €1.5 billion and Elis for €1.7 billion.