The average daily number of trades on SETS, the London Stock Exchange’s electronic order book, was 575,988 during September 2007, the second highest monthly average on record and an increase of 84 per cent on September 2006. The average daily value traded also increased, up 46 per cent year on year to £8.4 billion. The total number of trades on SETS during the month was 11.5 million and the total value traded reached £168.0 billion.

Within the SETS totals, SETSmm continued to show strong growth, with the average daily number of trades up 120 per cent year on year to 152,347, and the average daily value traded up 88 per cent to £1.0 billion. Also reflected in the SETS figures, the International Order Book (IOB) had another very good month. The average daily number of trades on the IOB increased 61 per cent to 4,057, and the average daily value traded increased by 41 per cent to £326.5 million.

The expansion of the ETF market also continued, with 25 new ETFs admitted to trading during the month, including the Exchange’s first ETFs from both Deutsche Bank and Spa ETF plc. The average daily number of trades in ETFs was up 189 per cent on September last year to 2,303, and the average daily value traded up 188 per cent to £153.5 million. The total value traded in ETFs during the first nine months of 2007 has more than doubled compared with the same period last year; up 116 per cent to £26.3 billion.

There were 20 new issues on the Exchange’s markets during September, including 16 new issues on AIM, which raised £100.7 million between them. Of these, four were AIM IPOs raising £33.8 million between them. There were 26 further issues on the Main Market, raising a combined £164.9 million, and 134 further issues on AIM, raising £132.1 million.

RNS, the Exchange’s service for the dissemination of company news, issued 16,118 announcements during September, an increase of 18 per cent on the same month last year. Of these, 5,890 were news and results announcements, representing an 85.8 per cent share of all such announcements made in the UK market.

There were 20 trading days in September 2007, one fewer than in September 2006.

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Notes to editors:

• From next month the format of this monthly report will change to reflect the London Stock Exchange’s merger with Borsa Italiana which completed on 1 October 2007.



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  AIM
  
  AIM is the London Stock Exchange’s international market specifically designed for smaller, growing companies, combining the benefits of a public flotation with appropriate levels of regulation.
  

  Main Market
  
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  Professional Securities Market
  
  The Professional Securities Market was established in July 2005, to coincide with the introduction of the FSA's new Listing Rules. PSM provides a solution for those issuers seeking to list securities in London without having to re-state their financial information to IFRS or follow the additional requirements of an offering to retail investors. Debt securities or depository receipts of any denomination may be listed on PSM on production of a prospectus aimed at a wholesale or professional audience.



• IPO
  
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• Indices
  
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• SETS – the electronic order book
  
  It is over nine years since the launch of SETS and the order book continues to go from strength to strength, compressing spreads and significantly improving liquidity. SETS has recently delivered record increases in the number of orders entered and executed as new technology improves efficiency and fuels growth.


• SETSmm
  
  SETSmm is the Exchange’s trading service for FTSE 250 and other leading non order book securities. By combining the best features of the existing SETS and SEAQ trading services, SETSmm appeals to market users who want to trade electronically, as well as those customers who use the market making system.


• International Order Book (IOB)
  
  The IOB is the Exchange's order book for the trading of international Depositary Receipts, negotiable certificates which represent ownership of a given number of a company’s shares and can be listed and traded independently from the underlying shares.


• Retail Trading Figures
  
  Retail trading figures are available from our website at –
  www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/products/membershiptrading/retailtradestat.
  Figures are available from November 2002 to date.

SEPTEMBER 2007

	2007			2006
DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING	Month	Year to date		Month	Year to date
Equity Trading Value (£m)	316,608	3,137,967		246,204	2,384,016
Number of Equity Trades	12,469,512	106,981,436		7,394,423	65,398,496
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING
Equity Trading Value (£m)	370,757	3,825,488		287,015	2,482,795
Number of Equity Trades	3,682,535	30,442,427		1,879,459	15,282,634

ORDER BOOK TRADING
Order Book Value (£m)	167,977	1,585,224		120,780	1,119,456
Order Book Trades	11,519,758	97,577,415		6,576,945	56,694,220

	September 2007		September 2006
DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION (£bn)	2,052		1,916
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES	3,297		3,212
Main Market UK	1,250		1,292
Main Market International	338		315
of which techMARK	128		141
AIM	1,682		1,590
Professional Securities Market (Equity only)	27		15

	2007		2006
MONEY RAISED (£m)	Month	Year to date	Month	Year to date
Equity Money Raised:
New issues: Main Market UK	-	5,388	292	5,858
New issues: Main Market International	-	9,294	-	6,575
New issues: AIM	101	5,230	343	6,344
Further issues: Main Market UK	165	7,659	1,001	9,847
Further issues: Main Market International	-	527	-	1,243
Further issues: AIM	132	7,858	81	3,994
PSM (new & further, UK & International)	-	285	-	527
COMPANIES ADMITTED	20	309	37	395
Debt Money Raised (£m)
Main Market UK	14,722	127,197	21,148	106,522
Main Market International	9,958	175,168	23,031	142,568
PSM (UK & International)	52	10,155	120	9,274

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