Market Report - Sept 2001

London Stock Exchange Plc
5 October 2001


5 October 2001

MONTHLY MARKET REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2001


  * SEPTEMBER TRADING VOLUMES UP 31% YEAR ON YEAR
  * NEW TRADING RECORD - 21 SEPTEMBER 2001


In September, the London Stock Exchange's second busiest month ever, 4.4
million trades were recorded - up 31 per cent on September 2000.

Friday 21 September saw a new record high of 235,011 trades in UK equities
alone, breaking the previous record high of 202,602 set in April last year.
145,964 trades were executed on SETS - the Exchange's electronic order book -
achieving another record, almost 50 per cent higher than the 99,438 trades
executed on 15 June this year.

In September, more than 1.5 million trades went through SETS, up almost 100
per cent on the same month last year. This brings the SETS totals for the year
to 10.7 million trades to a value of £487 billion.

extraMARK, the Exchange's market for innovative investment companies and
products, also saw record activity in the trading of Exchange Traded Funds
(ETFs) in September. Total trading in ETFs reached a value of £657 million -
the highest value for ETF trading ever recorded in one month, the previous
record being £488 million during June 2001.

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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES

September 2001
                                       2001                       2000
DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING            Month Year to date        Month Year to date

Equity Trading Value (£m)        157,646    1,445,640      158,319    1,462,651
Number of Equity Trades        2,724,329   23,268,878    2,373,177   22,801,457

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING
Equity Trading Value (£m)        275,123    2,937,122      280,988    2,707,022
Number of Equity Trades        1,626,499   12,502,093      955,099    8,175,306


                                     September 2001              September 2000

DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION £bn            1,448                       1,847

TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES                     2,919                       2,874
                                     
        UK list                      1,844              1,901

        Foreign                      469                502

        AIM                          606                471
                                     
        techMARK                     246                234

                                           2001                    2000
MONEY RAISED £m                      Month  Year to date     Month Year to date

UK & AIM New Issues Equity              88         6,245       506        9,611
        Further, Rights and            187        13,890     1,397       11,600
        Other
                                     
        Bonds and Warrants           3,681        58,992     9,081       74,962

Int. New Issues Equity                   -         3,292        46        2,610
        Further, Rights and             64         1,410       223        1,009
        Other

        Bonds and Warrants           5,804        65,728     6,742       68,330
        
COMPANIES ADMITTED IN MONTH             15           237        30          337


INDICES PERFORMANCE   Month Close            Mvt in Month           Mvt in Year

FTSE100                   4,903.4                     -8%                  -21%
FTSE All Share            2,340.5                    -10%                  -22%
FTSE techMARK 100         1,153.0                    -20%                  -55%
FTSE AIM                    820.5                    -20%                  -43%