Friday February 16 2018
News Source: Global Exchanges
Focus: Other
Type: General
Country: International
Link: https://www.world-exchanges.org/home/index.php/statistics/market-highlights
On 15th February 2018, The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) published the 2017 Market Highlights Document. This document outlines the performance of global markets in terms of liquidity during 2017. The document is comprehensive and consolidates the data provided by 74 markets.
Key highlights from 2017:
- Global market capitalisation was up 22.6% on 2016.
- Value of share trading and the number of trades declined by 2.6% and 5.1% as compared to 2016.
- New listings and investment flows through IPOs were up 47.8% and 50.6% respectively on 2016.
- Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) volumes ended the year up 0.6% on 2016, driven largely by increases in volumes traded of single stock options, stock index options and interest rate futures.
For additional information please click the link above.