Market Report - Apr 2002

London Stock Exchange Plc
10 May 2002



MONTHLY MARKET REPORT FOR APRIL 2002


•        NUMBER OF UK & INTERNATIONAL TRADES UP 14% ON APRIL 2001

•        NUMBER OF UK SHARES TRADED UP 38% ON APRIL 2001


The number of UK and international trades on the London Stock Exchange rose 14
per cent in April to 4.2 million trades, compared with 3.7 million trades in the
same month in 2001.  There were 21 trading days in April 2002 compared with 19
days in April 2001.  The average number of daily trades in UK and international
shares rose by two per cent from 194,243 in April 2001 to 199,045 in April 2002.


57.9 billion UK shares were traded in April, up from 42 billion in April 2001.
This represented an increase of 38 per cent year on year.


The average number of daily trades on SETSTM, the Exchange's electronic order
book, rose to 76,552 in April compared with 55,256 in April 2001, an increase of
39 per cent.  The value of these trades rose to £57.2 billion, up from £47.1
billion in April 2001.  This represented an increase of 21 per cent year on
year.


There were 21 new issues during April 2002, 12 of which were IPOs.   The IPOs
were split between AIM (5) and the main market (7), raising £278 million between
them.


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Notes to editors:

•         About the London Stock Exchange:

The London Stock Exchange is one of the world's leading equity exchanges and a
leading provider of services that facilitate the raising of capital and the
trading of shares.


The London Stock Exchange is the most international equities exchange by trading
in the world and Europe's largest pool of liquidity.  By the end of 2001, the
market capitalisation of UK and international companies on its markets amounted
to £4.1 trillion, with over £5.6 trillion of business transacted over the year.
The London Stock Exchange is a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) under the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is supervised by the Financial
Services Authority.



•           SETS - the electronic order book.

It is now over four years since the launch of SETS and the service continues to
go from strength to strength. Overall, the market is benefiting from tighter
spreads, greater liquidity and lower execution costs. Usage of SETS continues to
grow, as shown by recent record increases in the number of orders entered, the
number of firms using the order book and order book share of business. For more
information see our publication: "SETS - four years on" available at
www.londonstockexchange.com/trading/pdfs/sets4years.pdf



•           Indices are calculated and managed by FTSE Group, a world-leader in
the creation and management of global equity indices. The FTSE Group is jointly
owned by the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times, but operates as a
wholly autonomous company.

For information about the company or any FTSE indices, please contact
[e-mail]


•           IPO - when a new company joins our market raising money.  This
excludes transfers and introductions (a company that joins a market without
raising money).



LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE


MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES


April 2002

                                                    2002                             2001

DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING                        Month    Year to date            Month    Year to date

Equity Trading Value (£m)                    164,129         614,143          144,852         694,122

Number of Equity Trades                    2,970,953      11,416,855        2,429,353      10,329,204


INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING

Equity Trading Value (£m)                    263,121       1,007,342          307,934       1,374,794

Number of Equity Trades                    1,209,001       5,198,504        1,261,260       5,300,910


                                                       April 2002               April 2001

DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION £bn                                    1,538                       1,732

TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES                                             2,877                       2,931

UK list                                                1,792                    1,885

Foreign                                                441                      492

AIM                                                    644                      554
of which techMARK                                      236                      248


                                                     2002                            2001

MONEY RAISED £m                                 Month    Year to date          Month    Year to date

UK & AIM New Issues Equity                        289           1,938          1,177           1,697

Further, Rights and Other                       1,679           5,774            273           1,325

Bonds, Warrants, Fixed Interest                 9,175          28,065          6,772          24,893

Int. New Issues Equity                              -               -              -           3,222

Further, Rights and Other                       1,074           1,248             63           1,281

Bonds, Warrants, Fixed Interest                 5,540          25,098         12,383          32,855


COMPANIES ADMITTED                                 21              73             32              99


INDICES PERFORMANCE                              Month Close        Mvt in Month           Mvt in Year

FTSE100                                              5,165.6                 -2%                   -1%

FTSE All Share                                       2,512.0                 -2%                    0%

FTSE techMARK 100                                    1,055.8                -12%                  -28%

FTSE AIM                                               833.4                 -1%                   -7%



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