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30/06/09 - London Stock Exchange welcomes Source as a new issuer of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) onto its markets. Source has listed its Physical Gold ETC (Gold P-ETC) which tracks the performance of gold by investing directly in gold bullion and has chosen London Stock Exchange in order to make its product available for trading in US dollars.
5/6/09 - London Stock Exchange press release
May was a very strong month for ETF and ETC trading across the Group’s order books, reaching a new record total of 269,197 trades. The average daily number of trades more than doubled, up 115 per cent year on year to 13,607, and the average daily value traded increased by 71 per cent year on year to £371.3 million (€419.8 million). The total value traded during the month was £7.3 billion (€8.2 billion).
26/05/09 - The London Stock Exchange Group exhibited at the EDHEC Institutional Days conference in Paris.
07/05/09 - London Stock Exchange press release
Growth in ETF and ETC trading across the two exchanges’ order books continued to be very strong, with the average daily number of trades up 117 per cent year on year to 12,464, and the average daily value traded up 68 per cent to £343.3 million (€384.3 million). This strong growth was supported by a record number of trades on ETF Plus, the Italian ETF market, which saw an average 9,618 trades daily in ETFs and ETCs during the month.
15/12/08 - ETF Securities issues commodities review 2008 report
Commodities substantially outperformed equities over 2008 as equity markets fell precipitously in the wake of the credit crisis. Although down, commodities have generally weathered the financial storm better than their equity counterparts. The DJ All commodities Index remains up 14% and 107% over 5 and 10 year horizons. The S&P 500 is down 7% and 11% over the last 5 and 10 years respectively.
10/11/08 - ETF Securities becomes a new ETF issuer, launching 13 new ETFs on the London Stock Exchange
ETF Securities, the global pioneer and market leader in Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) has entered the London Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) market alongside five other ETF issuers, demonstrating the continued strength of the ETF market at the London Stock Exchange.