Market Report - Feb 2007

London Stock Exchange Group PLC
09 March 2007


News Release







9 March 2007

MR68-03.07





             SETS TRADING HITS NEW RECORDS WITH 55 PER CENT GROWTH



Trading on SETS, the London Stock Exchange's order book, reached record levels
during February 2007.  The average daily number of trades on SETS increased 55
per cent on February 2006 to a record 413,506, while the average daily value
traded was up 28 per cent to £7.46 billion.  The total number of SETS trades
during the month was 8.3 million and the total value traded was £149.1 billion.



On 28 February 2007, there were over 732,000 trades on SETS, a new high for a
single trading day.



Included in the SETS figures for February, SETSmm had an excellent month.  The
total number of trades more than doubled compared with the same month last year,
up 103 per cent to 2.0 million, while the total value traded increased 83 per
cent on the same month last year to a record £14.7 billion.



Also included in the SETS figures, the Exchange's International Order Book (IOB)
had a very strong month with the total number of trades up 72 per cent to
74,418, while the total value traded increased 37 per cent to £6.0 billion.



Meanwhile, trading in UK equities also reached record levels during February.
The average daily number of trades increased 45 per cent to 466,074, and the
average daily value traded increased 19 per cent to £15.8 billion.



ETF trading was also noteworthy, with the total number of trades up 68 per cent
to 33,658, while the value traded increased 83 per cent to £2.3 billion.  There
were 5,889 trades in covered warrants and structured products during February,
and the total value traded in these products increased 99 per cent to £57.0
million.



EDX London, the London Stock Exchange's derivatives business, had a very good
month.  Trading in its Russian IOB derivatives service continued to build on an
impressive start, with the average daily number of contracts traded reaching
4,156 contracts, nearly double the 2,119 contracts traded during January.  The
total value traded on the service now amounts to over $1 billion since launch.



On the primary market, the Exchange attracted five IPOs - including two from
Russia - to the international Main Market, raising £1.1 billion between them.
AIM attracted IPOs from 13 companies - including two from Canada - raising a
combined total of £548.6 million.



RNS, the Exchange's service for the dissemination of company news, transmitted a
total of 15,106 company announcements during February, a 15 per cent increase on
February last year. Of these 4,696 were news and results announcements,
representing 86 per cent of all company news and results announcements issued in
the UK.



There were 20 trading days in February 2007, the same as in February 2006.



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Notes to editors:



•      About the London Stock Exchange



The London Stock Exchange is the world's premier international equity exchange
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 in the
world and Europe's largest pool of liquidity.  By the end of 2006, the market
capitalisation of UK and international companies on the London Stock Exchange's
markets amounted to £4.4 trillion, with £6.7 trillion of equity 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.



Companies considering flotation have a choice of markets:



AIM

AIM is the London Stock Exchange's international market specifically designed
for smaller, growing companies, combining the benefits of a public flotation
with appropriate levels of regulation.



Main Market

The London Stock Exchange's Main Market for established companies seeking
international recognition is one of the world's best known, longest-established
and most liquid markets.  It is home to some of the world's largest and most
successful companies, giving them access to one of the deepest pools of capital
in the world.



Professional Securities Market

The Professional Securities Market was established in July 2005, to coincide
with the introduction of the FSA's new Listing Rules.  PSM provides a solution
for those issuers seeking to list securities in London without having to
re-state their financial information to IFRS or follow the additional
requirements of an offering to retail investors.  Debt securities or depository
receipts of any denomination may be listed on PSM on production of a prospectus
aimed at a wholesale or professional audience.



•   IPO



An IPO or Initial Public Offering is when a new company joins one of our markets
and raises capital by issuing shares.  This excludes transfers and introductions
(when companies join the market without raising money).



•         Indices

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 an autonomous
company.



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



  •    SETS - the electronic order book



It is over eight years since the launch of SETS and the order book continues to
go from strength to strength, compressing spreads and significantly improving
liquidity. SETS has recently delivered record increases in the number of orders
entered and executed as new technology improves efficiency and fuels growth.



•         SETSmm



SETSmm is the Exchange's trading service for FTSE 250 and other leading non
order book securities.  By combining the best features of the existing SETS and
SEAQ trading services, SETSmm appeals to market users who want to trade
electronically, as well as those customers who use the market making system.



•         International Order Book (IOB)



The IOB is the Exchange's order book for the trading of international Depositary
Receipts, negotiable certificates which represent ownership of a given number of
a company's shares and can be listed and traded independently from the
underlying shares.



•   Retail Trading Figures

       Retail trading figures are available from our website at -

www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/products/membershiptrading/retailtradestat

Figures are available from November 2002 to date.





LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE - MONTHLY FACTSHEET FIGURES

FEBRUARY 2007
                                        2007                             2006
DOMESTIC EQUITY TRADING                 Month        Year to date        Month        Year to date

Equity Trading Value (£m)                    315,985         643,023          264,878         532,918
Number of Equity Trades                    9,321,471      19,132,825        6,428,834      12,984,341
                                                                            


INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADING

Equity Trading Value (£m)                    403,958         752,283          296,401         597,664
Number of Equity Trades                    2,746,166       5,346,519        1,817,999       3,793,353


ORDER BOOK TRADING

Order Book Value (£m)                         149,144         305,650           116,389         234,138
Order Book Trades                           8,270,117      17,008,848         5,331,532      10,750,482
    
                                            

                                                        February 2007            February 2006

DOMESTIC MARKET CAPITALISATION (£bn)                            2,011                           1,908
                                                                      


TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES                                       3,236                           3,099
                                                                       


Main Market UK                                                  1,259                           1,336
                                                        
Main Market International                                         320                             330
                                                         
of which techMARK                                                 130                             148
                                                       
AIM                                                             1,632                           1,426
                                                        
Professional Securities Market (Equity only)                       25                               7
                                                          


                                                2007                             2006
MONEY RAISED (£m)                              Month       Year to date         Month        Year to date


Equity Money Raised:
  New issues: Main Market UK                      -                     -                507           533
                                                      
  New issues: Main Market International        1,129                1,129              2,150         2,150
                                                                     
                                                     
  New issues:  AIM                               565                  716                296           403
                                                       
                                                       
  Further issues: Main Market UK                 933                1,205                327           493
                                                      
                                                      
  Further issues: Main Market
International                                    453                  456                  6           290         
                                                       
  Further issues: AIM                            403                  714                508           809
                                                     
                                                       
  PSM (new & further, UK & International)          -                    -                  -           103
                                                                      
                                                      

COMPANIES ADMITTED                                23                   40                 43            73

Debt Money Raised (£m)
  Main Market UK                               6,655               17,629              7,132        19,559
                                                  
                                                     
  Main Market International                   27,497               46,673             15,575        24,776
                                                  
                                                    
  PSM (  PSM (UK & International)                183                  335              1,242         3,389
                                                      
                                                       






                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange