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Statistics Definitions and Examples: Note On Exchange Groupings
Statistics Definitions and Examples: Note On Exchange Groupings
The Federations member exchanges have reached a general agreement on the following statistical notions, and
they strictly comply with the definitions below.
These definitions and examples are intended to help readers to understand the statistics and how they are
compiled.
Note on exchange groupings:
BME (Spanish Exchanges) is the holding company of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia exchanges.
Statistics of NASDAQ are presented in two different groups:
NASDAQ US operating in the USA
NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange which includes Copenhagen, Helsinki, Iceland, Stockholm, Tallinn,
Riga and Vilnius stock exchanges.
1. EQUITY
All data contained in the following equity market tables include the Main/Official market and the Alternative
/SMEs markets supervised and regulated by the Exchange.
Equity 1.1 - Domestic market capitalization
Definition
The domestic market capitalization of a stock exchange is the total number of issued shares of domestic
companies (as defined in the number of listed companies definition), including their several classes, multiplied
by their respective prices at a given time. This figure reflects the comprehensive value of the market at that time.
The market capitalization figures include:
- shares of listed domestic companies;
- shares of foreign companies which are exclusively listed on an exchange, i.e. the foreign company is
not listed on any other exchange
- common and preferred shares of domestic companies
- shares without voting rights
The market capitalization figures exclude:
- collective investment funds ;
- rights, warrants, ETFs, convertible instruments ;
- options, futures ;
- foreign listed shares other than exclusively listed ones ;
- companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies, such as holding
companies and investment companies, and regardless of their legal status;
- companies admitted to trading (companies admitted to trading are companies whose shares are
traded at the exchange but not listed at the exchange)
The universe of domestic listed companies should be the basis of the domestic market capitalization.
Example
Company
Company A
Company A total
Company B
Company B total
Company C
Company C total
Company D
(foreign company exclusively quoted)
Company D total
Total exchange market capitalization
Ordinary shares
Number of
shares
100
Ordinary shares
Preference shares
Share class
Ordinary shares
Share class
market cap
200
300
600
150
150
100
Price
400
Company market
cap
Included
200
Included
600
Included
150
Exchange
market cap
200
600
150
Included
400
400
1 350
Equity 1.2 - Market capitalization of domestic shares newly listed and delisted
Definition
The market capitalization of newly listed domestic shares is the total number of new shares issued multiplied by
their value on the first day of quotation.
The market capitalization of delisted domestic shares is the total number of these shares multiplied by their
value on the last day of quotation.
Examples
Company
Company A
Company A total
Company B
Company B total
Company C
Company C
Company C total
Total new exchange market
capitalization
Company
Company A
Company A total
Company B
Company B total
Company C
Company C total
Total market cap delisted
Ordinary shares
Number of newly
listed shares
100
Ordinary shares
Ordinary shares
Preference shares
Share class
Company
market cap
200
300
600
100
50
1
1
100
50
Issuing price
150
950
25
Company
market cap
delisted
75
Preference shares
150
150
Ordinary shares
200
200
Share class
Ordinary shares
Number of delisted
shares
Company
Domestic company A with ordinary shares or with preference
shares
Domestic company B with preference shares
Foreign company A with ordinary shares
Foreign company B with ordinary shares
Domestic / foreign sub-totals
Total
Number of foreign
companies listed
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
Company
Domestic company A with ordinary
shares with preference shares
Domestic company B with ordinary
shares with preference shares
Foreign company A with ordinary
shares or with preference shares
Foreign company B with ordinary
shares
Domestic / foreign
companies sub-totals
Total
Date of listing/
delisting
Within the period
under review
Within the period
under review
Within the period
under review
Within the period
under review
New domestic
companies listed
during the year
New foreign
companies listed
during the year
Foreign
companies
delisted
during the year
Domestic
companies delisted
during the year
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
Buyer
A
B
C
D
E
F
Member A
Member A
Member A
Member B
Member B
Member B
Member / non
member
Seller
Platform
Member B
Order book
Member B
Bi-lateral negotiation
Non - Member
Bi-lateral negotiation
Member A
Order book
Member A
Bi-lateral negotiation
Non - Member
Bi-lateral negotiation
Member / non Trade Reporting
member
Facility
Sub-totals
Number of
shares
Price
10
20
30
40
50
60
1
2
3
1
2
3
15
Reported trades
Turnover
75
50
410
75
Equity 1.6 - Number of trading days, average daily turnover, and average value of trades
The number of trading days is simply the total number of days during which market operations were conducted
during the period.
Definition
The average daily turnover is calculated by dividing the total value of share trading by the number of trading days
during the year.
Example
Total share turnover during the year
(USD m)
134,819.0
Definition
The average value of trades during a given year is calculated by dividing the total value of share trading divided
by the total number of trades in equity shares.
Example
Total share turnover during the year
(USD m)
134,819.0
Equity 1.7 Number of trades in equity shares and number of shares traded
Definition
The number of trades represents the actual number of transactions which have occurred during the period on
the relevant Exchange. The number is single counted (i.e., includes one side of the transaction only).
Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data.
In order to generate more complete information, a split distinguishes three main categories of trades according
to the facility / means used to execute the trade (see definitions above in Equity 1.5):
Trades effected through the electronic order book
Negotiated deals
Reported trades
The total number of shares traded includes domestic and foreign shares. The number is single counted.
Example
Number of trades in equity shares
Trade
Buyer
Seller
Platform
Electronic order
book
Member A
Member B
Order book
Member A
Member B
Member A
Non - Member
Member B
Member A
Member B
Member A
Member B
Non - Member
Member/ nonmember
Member/ nonmember
Sub-totals
Bi-lateral
negotiation
Bi-lateral
negotiation
Order Book
Negotiated deals
Reported trades
10
1
20
30
Bi-lateral
negotiation
Bi-lateral
negotiation
Trade Reporting
Facility
2
Number of
shares traded
40
1
50
60
25
235
Equity 1.9 - Market concentration: the top 5% and the 10 most heavily capitalized and most traded
domestic companies
Definition
This information is expressed as a percentage.
Market concentration shows the part represented by 5% of the most heavily capitalized domestic companies,
and 5% of the most traded domestic shares compared to total domestic market capitalization and share trading
value, respectively.
It also indicates the part represented by the 10 largest as represented by market capitalization companies and
the 10 most traded ones compared to the domestic market capitalization and share trading value respectively.
Example (concentration of market cap. in top 5% most heavily capitalized)
Total number of domestic
companies
Top 5% of listed
domestic companies
500
25
235,000
500,000
500
25
55,000
85,000
Concentration of turnover
value in top 5% most traded
companies
65.7%
500
10
75,000
500,000
Concentration of market
cap. in top 10 most heavily
capitalized companies
15.0%
500
10
25,000
85,000
Concentration of turnover
value in top 10 most traded
companies
29.4%
New domestic
company (IPO)
1
2
New foreign
company (IPO)
Total
1
2
10
2
15
10
2
12
2
6
8
Total
1
4
2
6
13
IPOs
Already isued shares
B
Total
C=A+B
Total
F=D+E
An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is defined as the placement of stocks by an unlisted company aimed at creating
the float for the admission to listing on an exchange. The prospectus is mandatory and must be approved by the
regulator. During the offer, both existing shareholders and the company itself may place through an offer
usually run by a pool of intermediaries and managed by a global coordinator - already issued or newly issued
shares. Those investment flows correspond to the flows channeled through the new companies listed through an
IPO.
When possible, private placements are excluded from the investment flow statistics. If it is not possible for an
exchange to exclude them, a special footnote with an explanation must be added. A private placement is an
issue of new shares or a sale of already issued shares reserved for restricted number of investors.
Greenshoe (over-allotment) options are excluded from investment flows.
Listing transfers from one regulated market to another are not included in investment flows as they do not have
any impact on the WFE global market capitalization.
The following table describes, for each type of corporate action, in which category the flow of money has to be
classified:
IPOs
Newly
Already
issued shares issued shares
Exclusions
IPOs (1)
Sale to the public of already issued shares by a
previously non listed co.
Sale to the public of newly issued shares by a previously
non listed co. (capital increase through an IPO)
Secondary offers
Sale to the public of already issued shares by an already
listed co.
(free float changing)
Sale to the public of newly issued shares by by an
already listed co.
(capital increase)
Repurchase of listed shares (delistings)
A was already listed and B was not listed - The new entity
is not listed
(B shares value)
Rights Issue
Exercise of Rights Issue of X shares per Y at W price
Stock options
Exercise of stock options leading to the creation of new
shares
Split
Stock split of x new for y old
Reverse split x new for y old
Dividend
In shares
(1) NB: It is possible that an IPO may list a combination of new shares and already issued shares
A securitized derivatives product is a tradable financial instrument designed to meet specific investor needs and
to respond to different investment strategies, by incorporating special, non-standard features.
These products are in general used for capital protection, hedging against exposure to national or foreign
equities, indices variations, commodity and currency prices, arbitrage strategies, directional trading, etc. Each
securitized derivatives product has its own characteristics. They are generally issued by intermediaries different
from the issuer of the underlying financial instruments.
Securitized derivatives products include different types of instruments such as (but not limited to) covered
warrants and certificates.
Covered warrants incorporate an option to buy or sell other financial instruments; according to their features,
may be distinguished between plain vanilla (underlying represented by a single product) and structured/exotic
(more complex products whose underlying is represented by a basket of products, and/or incorporating
combinations of call and/or put and/or exotic options). The underlying assets can be represented by equities,
bonds, indices, currencies and commodities. In most cases covered warrants lead to a cash settlement, without
the physical delivery of the underlying financial instruments.
Certificates track the performance of an underlying asset, often with a leverage effect (those without leverage
being defined investment certificates). They provide the investor the opportunity to spread risk with moderate
capital and administration costs, thus making possible the investment in foreign or largely diversified assets.
The table 1.11 shows the number of securitized derivatives admitted to listing or trading at the end of the period,
their trading value and total number of trades during the period.
Buyer
Member A
Member A
Member A
Member B
Member B
Member B
Seller
Member B
Member B
Non - Member
Member A
Member A
Non - Member
Total
Platform
Order book
Bi-lateral negotiation
Bi-lateral negotiation
Order book
Bi-lateral negotiation
Bi-lateral negotiation
Shares
10
20
30
40
50
60
Price
1
2
3
1
2
3
Total turnover
10
40
90
40
100
180
460
Investment funds include UCITS, listed unit trusts, closed-end funds, investment trusts. They are collective funds
managed by an investment trust company (a company established with the purpose of investing in other
companies) or a management team. UCITS, listed unit trusts, closed-end funds and investment trusts are all
different forms of collective investment, depending on a country's legislation.
The table also shows the number of investment funds admitted to listing or trading at the end of the period, their
trading value and the total number of trades.
2. FIXED INCOME
Fixed Income 2.1 -Value of bonds listed
Definition
Bonds are fixed-income financial instruments, issued by governments, local authorities and state-owned or
private organizations. They may be listed or traded in one or several exchanges, and ensure predetermined
levels of returns in the form of interest rate. Interest rates may remain fixed throughout the bonds life or vary
according to the bonds terms of listing.
Data represents the number of bonds listed multiplied by their price at year-end.
Some exchanges publish a bond market value at a notional value (signaled in a footnote); the other bourses use
the real market value.
Example
Issuer
Number of issues
Price *
Bond value
250
10
2,500
150
750
300
600
Total
3,850
Example
Bond issuer
Bond issuer of domestic public company A
Bond issuer of domestic public company B
Bond issuer of domestic private C
Bond issuer of foreign company A
Bond issuer of foreign company B
Domestic / Foreign sub-totals
Total
1
5
1
1
2
Number of foreign
bonds listed
2
5
2
8
1
1
Number of foreign
bonds newly listed
1
2
1
5
1
1
Example
Trade
A
B
C
D
E
F
Sub-totals
Buyer
Seller
Platform
Bonds
Price
Member A
Member A
Member A
Member B
Member B
Member B
Member B
Member B
Non - Member
Member A
Member A
Non - Member
Order Book
Bi-lateral negotiation
Bi-lateral negotiation
Order Book
Bi-lateral negotiation
Bi-lateral negotiation
10
20
30
40
50
60
1
2
3
1
2
3
Negotiated deals
Turnover
40
90
40
100
180
410
50
Total
460
Buyer
Member A
Member A
Member A
Member B
Member B
Member B
Seller
Member B
Member B
Non - Member
Member A
Member A
Non - Member
Platform
Order Book
Bi-lateral negotiation
Bi-lateral negotiation
Order Book
Bi-lateral negotiation
Bi-lateral negotiation
Total
Issue price
10
5
2
Investment flows
500
50
60
610
3. DERIVATIVES
TRADING STATISTICS
These definitions concern all derivatives tables:
A contract is a standard unit of trading denoted by the number of shares or the amount of capital that may vary
from class to class, or from product to product, as defined by an exchange. Figures are single-counted.
The notional value of derivatives is the number of contracts traded multiplied by the contracts underlying value.
The contracts underlying value is calculated by multiplying the market price of the underlying asset for each
contract times the contracts multiplier. It is an approximate measure of the underlying value of the number of
contracts traded.
Examples
The notional value of trading for stock options/futures on Company A and B are calculated by determining the
unit of trading (contract size multiplied by stock closing price) and multiplying by the number of contracts traded.
Stock options/futures
Company A
Company B
Unit of trading
Contract size
Stock closing price
100
28,33
100
17,02
Total
Number of contracts
traded
1
117
118
Notional
Value of Trading
2,833
199,134
201,967
The notional value of trading in index options/futures on Index X and Y is determined by calculating the unit
of trading (the index closing price multiplied by the multiplier for the relevant index) multiplied by the number
of contracts traded.
Index options/futures
Index X
Index Y
Multiplier
5
2
Total
Unit of trading
Index closing price
1,600
1,350
Number of contracts
traded
1
12
13
Notional
Value of Trading
8,000
32,400
40,400
Open interest
It is the number of derivatives contracts (futures and options) outstanding at a given time (close of trading at the
last trading day of the month).
Notional Outstanding Amount is defined as the monetary value of open interest (the notional value of all
contracts outstanding at a given time).
Examples
Stock options/futures
Company A
Company B
Index options/futures
Index X
Index Y
Unit of trading
Contract size
Stock closing price
100
28,33
100
17,02
Total
Multiplier
5
2
Total
Notional
Outstanding Amount
28,330
1,991,340
2,019,670
Open Interest
10
1,170
1,180
Unit of trading
Index closing price
1,600
1,350
Notional
Value of Trading
80,000
324,000
404,000
Open Interest
10
120
130
Option premium
The option premium represents the money paid by buyers to writers of calls or put options.
If the following table gives trades made on contract X as of January 3, 2006, the premium turnover for each trade
is computed by multiplying price by volume by lot size.
Day premium turnover is the cumulative value of each trade.
Example
Contract X
Trading time
03/01/2006 13:37 C
03/01/2006 15:03 P
03/01/2006 15:09 P
03/01/2006 09:05 C
03/01/2006 15:00 C
03/01/2006 15:10 C
03/01/2006 option premium for contract X
Call/Put
Lot size
Price
100
100
100
100
100
100
Volume
3,800
0,700
0,800
0,900
1,960
1,960
10
5
2
20
500
500
Premium turnover
3 800
350
160
1 800
98 000
98 000
202 110
The number of trades registered corresponds to the number of traded contracts that are registered and cleared
by the clearing house. Figures are single-counted.
It is the number of contracts outstanding at a given time (close of trading at the last trading day of the month).
Figures are single-counted.
Notional amount outstanding is defined as the monetary value of open interest (the notional value of all contracts
outstanding at a given time). Figures are single-counted.
4. INDICATORS
Indicators 4.1 - Broad stock market indexes
Definition
Broad indexes are, in general, market capitalization-weighted, including a large sample of listed domestic
companies, as the all-share or composite indexes. They are generally recalculated to adjust to capital operations
and to modifications in the company composition of the index. The index can be market capitalization-weighted
or free float based.
When the index is a price index, it measures the pure change of share prices without taking into consideration
returns from dividend pay-outs.
When the index is a return index, it measures the total return of investments on the index shares, including
reinvested dividends.
Some WFE member exchanges operate several markets, and report index performances on an individual basis.
Example
Day 1
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Total
Market Cap : Index Value
Index Value
Shares
100
100
300
100
Price
Day 2
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Total
Market Cap : Index Value
Index Value
Shares
100
100
300
100
Price
Market capitalization
1
2
2
1
Weighting
100
200
600
100
1000
10 : 1
100
Market capitalization
0.5
1.5
2.5
1
50
150
750
100
1050
10 : 1
105
10%
20%
60%
10%
100%
Weighting
5%
14%
71%
10%
100%
As can be seen from the example above, the index has changed from 100 to 105 based on the change in
total market capitalization of companies A, B, C and D.
Monthly high and low figures provided are based on all index calculations throughout the month, i.e. the
calculations include intra-day figures and not just end-of-day figures.
Definition of volatility
The volatility of blue chip indexes is calculated as follows:
Standard deviation of Ln ((index value d / index value d-1) . (index value d-124 / index value d-125), multiplied
by the square root of 250, and multiplied by 100.
d = day
Example
Same as for 4.1 above
Blue chip indexes composition and methodology:
Athens Stock Exchange: FTSE/X.A. Large Cap
23 September 1997 = 1 000. Covers 25 stocks.
Index is based on free float and calculated by the exchange.
Australian Securities Exchange: S&P/ASX 50
Covers 50 stocks.
Index is based on free float and domestic market capitalization and is calculated by Standard and Poors.
BME Spanish Exchanges: IBEX 35
31 December 1989 = 3 000. Covers 35 stocks.
Index is based on free float and on domestic market capitalization and is calculated by the exchange.
BM&FBOVESPA: IBrX 50 - Brazil Index 50
30 December 1997 = 1 000 points. Covers 51 stocks.
Index is based on free float and is calculated by the exchange.
Bolsa de Commercio de Buenos Aires: Burcap Index
30 December 1992 = 426.33. Covers 12 stocks.
Index is based on domestic market capitalization.
Bolsa de Commercio de Santiago: IPSA Index
31 December 2002 = 1 000. Covers 40 stocks
Index is based on free float and domestic market capitalization and is calculated by the exchange.
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia: COLCAP Index
15 January 2008 = 1000. Covers 20 stocks.
Index is based on free float and is calculated by the provider.
Bolsa de Valores de Lima: Indice Selectivo (BVL)
30 December 1991 = 100. Covers 15 stocks.
Index is calculated by the exchange.
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores: IPC
30 October 1978 = 0.78. Covers 35 stocks.
Index is based on free float and is calculated by the exchange.
Borsa Istanbul: BIST 30
27 December 1996 = 976. Covers 30 stocks.
Index is based on free float and is calculated by the exchange.
Bourse de Casablanca: FTSE CSE Morocco 15
30 June 2010 = 10 000. Covers 15 stocks.
Index is based on free float and calculated by FTSE.
Bombay Stock Exchange Limited: S&P BSE SENSEX
Price/earnings ratio
Definition
The PER is calculated by dividing the market capitalization by the total market earnings. It concerns stocks
included in the main index of the stock exchange, when possible.
Example
For company A, if MV is the market value and E earnings based on last published accounts, we have :
PER
MV
.
E
In order to calculate a PER for the whole market, we recommend using a broad index sample and cumulated
values for the sample.
For example, let us suppose :
j = 1, n companies of a broad index,
MVj: market value of company j at year end T,
Ej earnings (possibly losses) of company j based on last published accounts
We have :
Company
A
B
C
D
E
Total
Price
Outstanding shares
10
5
20
25
50
as of year-end T
1 000
100 000
50 000
500 000
35 000
Market value
10 000
500 000
1 000 000
12 500 000
1 750 000
15 760 000
Earnings or
losses
last published accounts
800
30 000
-1 000
900 000
100 000
1 029 800
PER
12.50
16.67
13.89
17.50
15.30
PER = 15,3
Inflation rate
The inflation rate is the measure of the rate of increase of in the consumer price index. It is the percentage rate
of change in price level over the year.
Indicators 4.5 Interest rates
Short term interest rates are represented by the 3-month money market rate or Inter Bank Offered Interest Rate
(IBOR) at year-end.
Long term interest rates are represented by the yield on the current 10-year government bonds at year-end.
Indicators 4.6 - Stock markets significance in the national economy
These indicators compare the exchanges market capitalization to the national gross domestic product (GDP).
GDP figures are taken from the International Monetary Funds statistics.
6. OTHER MARKETS
The items described in the tables of this section have the same definitions and examples than those presented
in the Equity, Fixed-income and Indicators sections above.