Average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book in July stood at EUR6,193 million in July, a fall of 21.7 per cent compared to July 2015. 

Activity on ETFs continued to show strong resilience despite the general downturn in European cash volumes with an average daily transaction value of EUR478 million, down by 6.9 per cent compared to July 2015. Furthermore Euronext’s ETF offering continued its expansion with 11 new listings during the month.


The average daily volume on equity index derivatives was down at 178,900 contracts in July 2016 (-14.3 per cent compared to July 2015), and the average daily volume on individual equity derivatives decreased to 200,324 contracts (-7.1 per cent compared to July 2015).


The average daily volume on commodities derivatives meanwhile, decreased by -12.1 per cent compared to July 2015, with an average daily volume of 66,535 contracts.


On a year-to-date basis, the overall average daily volume on Euronext derivatives stands at 516,513 contracts (-4.4 per cent compared to end of July 2015) and the open interest increased to 15,578,994 contracts (+3.5 per cent compared to end of July 2015).


Euronext had three new SMEs listings during the month which raised a combined EUR81 million. In addition, EUR1.7 billion was raised on Euronext in corporate bonds and EUR3.3 billion of follow-on equity.