London Stock Exchange Group Reports December Figures, Turquoise and Derivatives Grow YoY

The London Stock Exchange Stock Exchange A stock exchange, also known as a securities exchange or bourse represents is a facility where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.This includes shares of stock, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or other financial instruments. By extension, stock exchanges can also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of such securities and instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividendsStock exchanges have developed into a permanent fixture in the fin A stock exchange, also known as a securities exchange or bourse represents is a facility where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.This includes shares of stock, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or other financial instruments. By extension, stock exchanges can also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of such securities and instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividendsStock exchanges have developed into a permanent fixture in the fin Read this Term Group (LSEG), the fourth largest exchange in the world, has reported its volumes for the month ending December 2013, highlighting a YoY contraction in bonds and derivatives, according to an LSEG monthly statement.

A snapshot of the value of traded derivatives in December 2013 yielded a figure of $99,221 million (£60,299 million) in December, constituting a 36.1% climb YoY from $72,911 million (£44,310 million). This also corresponded with an increase of derivatives trades in December (4,417,766), representing an improvement of 9.0% YoY from 4,052,359 trades.

Turquoise Integrated and Midpoint Soar YoY

The LSEG’s Turquoise Integrated Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term and equity trading options showed the single highest jump of all transactions, reporting a figure of 11,551,230 trades in December 2013. Conversely, this represented a jump of 91.1% YoY over its December 2012 trades of 6,046,053. In addition, the Turquoise integrated value came in at $62,401 million this month (£37,923 million), up a staggering 108.2% YoY. Turqoise MidPoint witnessed similarly robust valuation results, indicated by a growth of 120.6% YoY $5,040 million (£3,063 million).

December Orderbooks Lower YoY, Turquoise On Uptick

In the FX realm, the UK Lit Orderbook trading was reported at 64.1% in December 2013 (65.4% December 2012). Alternatively, Italian Lit Orderbook trading yielded 84.3% (84.4% December 2012), with the Turquoise Total Pan European Trading capturing 8.1% (vs. 4.8% December 2012), further corroborating the impressive yearly performance of the Turquoise trading.