- Average daily value traded jumped 29.38% m/m to €70.74 billion.
- Quadruple witching in the US on September 17 caused closing auction volume to spike, accounting for 37% of the day’s turnover.
- Volatility climbed, with the VSTOXX average daily close up 15.90% m/m to 21.24, and the FTSE 100 IVI up 15.36% m/m to 18.70.
- Over-the-counter trading (+243 bps m/m), closing auctions (+90 bps m/m), dark MTFs (+10 bps m/m) and opening auctions (+6 bps m/m) gained market share. Lit trading (-249 bps m/m), bank SIs (- 74 bps) and ELP SIs (-25 bps) lost market share.
- Bolsas y Mercados Españoles posted the largest m/m gains in pan-European on-venue market share. Nasdaq Copenhagen lost the most.
- The London Stock Exchange and Bolsas y Mercados Españoles gained the most market share in their home indexes. Euronext Lisbon, Nasdaq Stockholm and Nasdaq Copenhagen saw the steepest declines.
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