Number of Trades in equity shares (in thousands), by region
The makeable trend of 2009 is the growth of the volume of trades of the Asian Markets, 39% increase in the average monthly volume of trades compared to 2008.
Domestic Market Capitalization
The Domestic Market Capitalization decreased for all the regions in 2009, the highest drop of the average DMC compared to 2008 was at the level of the EMEA (-27%) and Americas (-22%) while Asia-Pacific was less affected (-11%).
Value of Shares Trading
The overall regions average value of shares traded decreased by 28% compared to 2008, this trend is driven by two regions, the Americas (-33%) and the EMEA -MTF Markets included- (-33 %). Exceptionally, the Asia-Pacific valuation of shares increased in 2009 by 12%.
Graphs on traded derivatives
Turnover in Number of Contracts in Millions
The Asian markets kept a positive growth in the turnover of the futures and options contracts during 2009 with 3% increase compared to 2008. North America decreased by 25% and Europe decreased by 17%. The other markets slowed down because of the financial crisis with (-9%) between 2009 and 2008.
Turnover in Notional Principal in Billions of US Dollars
Notional value: The total value of a leveraged position’s assets. This term is commonly used in the options, futures and currency markets because a very small amount of invested money can control a large position (and have a large consequence for the trader).
The North American Markets are the most important in turnover of notional value, but they decreased by 31% between 2009 and 2008. Europe, the second region after the US in derivatives turnover of notional principal, has undergone the same trend and recorded a 21% decrease. For Asia, despite the growing trend in the turnover of the volume of contracts, the notional principal value deteriorated by 27%. For the other markets the decrease between 2009 and 2008 was by 21%.
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