A 10 year review

this month WFE publishes its annual statistics, and looks back over the past decade.

 

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In the English language at least, the period of the last ten years does not have a catchy name like ‘the nineties’ or ‘the eighties’.  But as this decade ends, the economic indicators of many advanced economies are in a strange harmony with ‘the “zeros” : near zero inflation rates, near zero interest rates, near zero growth rates. 

Fortunately, the tables in this edition of Focus reveal a more contrasted world for  equity and derivative investors.  Over the decade, market capitalization rose 33% on WFE markets, and the number of trades increased seven times. 

For the year, major indices advanced by nearly 45%, leading a rebound in the overall market capitalization of equal amplitude. 

Of particular note both this year and during the decade has been the rising importance of the Asian equity markets.  A strong trend this year is the sound performance of ‘emerging markets’, in raising capital, in the size of the market capitalization, and in the liquidity of their markets as measured by trading velocity.

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Summary of key market indicators 
 Year 2009 v. year 2008
Market capitalization (year-on-year)December 2009% change /
(USD bn)December 2008
Americas18 86535,8%
Asia Pacific 14 62858,6%
Europe Middle East Africa13 03237,6%
Total WFE46 52542,8%
   
Share turnover value (year-on-year)Jan. - Dec. 2009% change /
(USD bn)Jan. - Dec. 2008
Americas48 778-33,5%
Asia Pacific 18 60012,4%
Europe Middle East Africa13 077-44,1%
Total WFE80 455-29,0%
   
Number of trades (year-on-year)Jan. - Dec. 2009% change /
 Jan. - Dec. 2008
Americas7 012 782-13,1%
Asia Pacific 7 143 01143,1%
Europe Middle East Africa790 760-11,0%
Total WFE14 946 5537,1%
   
Total number of companies listed December 2009% change /
December 2008
Americas11 224-4,8%
Asia Pacific 20 9000,4%
Europe Middle East Africa13 701-2,8%
Total WFE45 825-1,9%
   
Investment flows (year-on-year)Jan. - Dec. 2009% change / 
Jan. - Dec. 2008
Number of new companies listed1 039-46,6%
of which number of IPOs 760-34,1%
IPOs (value in USD bn)120,2-10,7%
Companies already listed721,88,4%
   
Derivative markets Jan. - Dec. 2009% change /
YTD number of contracts tradedJan. - Dec. 2008
Stock options3 500 131 902-7,2%
Single stock futures629 634 328-36,2%
Stock index options4 148 876 0832,3%
Stock index futures1 817 972 94838,8%
Bond options215 336 649-16,1%
Bond futures796 901 964-27,0%
   
Index performance *Dec. 09 / Dec. 08Dec. 09 / Dec. 08
in local currencyin USD
Americas34,0%40,8%
Asia Pacific 52,0%57,6%
Europe Middle East Africa30,8%39,2%
Total WFE38,0%44,9%
Summary of key market indicators 
December 2009 v. November 2009
Market capitalization December 2009% change /
(USD bn)month-on month
Americas18 8652,8%
Asia Pacific 14 6283,1%
Europe Middle East Africa13 0321,0%
Total WFE46 5252,4%
   
Share turnover value December 2009% change /
(USD bn)month-on month
Americas3 646-20,4%
Asia Pacific 1 63525,0%
Europe Middle East Africa908-11,0%
Total WFE6 190-9,8%
   
Investment flows December 2009% change / 
month-on-month
Number of new companies listed17936,6%
of which number of IPOs 13949,5%
IPOs (value in USD bn)21,1-20,2%
Companies already listed88,834,7%
   
Index performance *Dec./Nov. 2009Dec./Nov. 2009
in local currencyin USD
Americas2,4%2,4%
Asia Pacific 4,3%2,3%
Europe Middle East Africa4,8%1,6%
Total WFE3,7%2,1%
   
* Regional indexes are weighted by market capitalization 

Recent WFE press releases

 

Madrid (February 1, 2010) – The officers and members of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) today announced priorities for the year in which WFE celebrates its 50th anniversary. The WFE brings the world’s regulated exchanges together in order to improve the quality of markets.

Paris, France (2 November 2009) – The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has announced the publication of an interactive report, “Exchanges and Sustainable Investment,” presented today at a United Nations event in New York. A follow up to the WFE’s 2004 report, the research provides an update on the growth of sustainable investments as mainstream products accessible to investors, regulators and companies.

(6 October 2009, Vancouver) Chairmen and Chief Executives from more than 50 of the world’s leading exchanges gathered in Vancouver this week for the 49th General Assembly and Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). This assembly represents the largest and most widely attended gathering of global exchange leaders.  The last meeting was held in Milan in 2008.

 

 

 

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The December 2009 statistics are now available online at Statistics