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Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris – 5 November  2014 – Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for October 2014.

  • The October 2014 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €8,123 million (+49.2% compared to October 2013) reaching the highest level since August 2011.
  • In October 2014, the average daily volumes on equity index derivatives were up by 41% to 327,543 contracts when compared with October 2013, while the activity on individual equity derivatives remained flat at 291,892 contracts.
  • October was the second most active month ever on commodities with an average daily volume at 66,398 contracts traded, more than 13% above the previous yearly record of July 2014.
  • On 16 October, the Euronext markets reached a yearly record volume with €12.3 bln traded on the Euronext cash order book and 1.4 mln contracts traded on Euronext derivatives.
  • On the primary market, Pershing Square Holdings ltd became the largest European IPO year-to-date raising €2.4 billion.€1,443 million of follow-on equity was raised on Euronext by issuers in October, of which €907 million by EnterNext SMEs.  €5.7 billion was raised in corporate bonds.
  • The French Individual Equity Options reached a yearly record high twice during the month, the first time on 28 October at 272,185 contracts traded and a second time on 30 October at 339,656 contracts traded.
  • The mini future contract on AEX-Index and CAC 40 Index reached a new record high on 16 October at respectively 1,539 and 2,186 lots traded.
  • At the end of October the number of outstanding Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) listed on Euronext and linked to Euronext indices reached a record at 7,215.
  • A new end of month all time record was reached in the number of listings in Warrants and Certificates with more than 43,600 live listings at the end of October.

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Euronext is the leading European capital market infrastructure, covering the entire capital markets value chain, from listing, trading, clearing, settlement and custody, to solutions for issuers and investors. Euronext runs MTS, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets, and Nord Pool, the European power market. Euronext also provides clearing and settlement services through Euronext Clearing and its Euronext Securities CSDs in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal.
As of September 2025, Euronext’s regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal host over 1,700 listed issuers with €6.5 trillion in market capitalisation, a strong blue-chip franchise and the largest global centre for debt and fund listings. With a diverse domestic and international client base, Euronext handles 25% of European lit equity trading. Its products include equities, FX, ETFs, bonds, derivatives, commodities and indices.
In November 2025, Euronext successfully acquired a majority stake in the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX), further expanding its footprint and strengthening its pan-European market infrastructure.

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