Chi?X Europe Issues Q2 2008 Trading Statistics



    Chi–X® Europe Limited, the first live, pan–European equity Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), today published its trading statistics for the second quarter of 2008.

    Chi–X Europe offers trading, clearing and settlement services for component stocks of the AEX 25 (Dutch), CAC 40 (French), DAX 30 (German), FTSE 100 and 250 (British), OMX Copenhagen 20 (Danish), OMX Helsinki 25 (Finnish), OMX Stockholm 30 (Swedish), Oslo OBX 25 (Norwegian) and SMI 20 (Swiss) indices.

    Chi–X® Europe Trading Statistics – Q2 2008

    Overview (vs. Previous Quarter) Number of Trades   12,581,838 (+90%) Share Volume   13,958,378,202 (+112%) Turnover   ?132,502,825,463 (+78%)

    For full quarterly trading statistics, including Chi–X Europe´s price improvement statistics and trading highlights in specific stock names, please go to www.chi–x.com.

    About Chi–X® Europe

    Chi–X Europe Limited, a majority–owned subsidiary of Instinet Europe Limited, is an FSA–authorised securities firm operating as an MTF (Multilateral Trading Facility) for the trading of a wide range of European equities. Chi–X Europe´s low–cost, streamlined model is designed to help participants achieve ultra–low execution, clearing and settlement costs. Benchmark tests have shown the Chi–X Europe operating model to be up to 10 times faster" and significantly less expensive than Europe´s traditional equity exchanges. Chi–X Europe disseminates real–time market data to clients directly and via third–party market data vendors at no cost, and off–exchange trade reporting is available for a low monthly fee. For more information, please visit www.chi–x.com.

    " Based on Instinet Europe Limited´s exchange linkages performance measurement statistics for average DMA order messaging in June 2007. These Instinet internal figures are for round–trip latency message acknowledgement based on sending an average number of messages to the exchange system and obtaining a response back to Instinet´s system over the course of a normal trading day. They are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to represent an independent performance measure of latency. Market volatility and volume may affect actual performance.

    ©2008 Chi–X Europe Limited. All rights reserved. INSTINET is a registered trademark in the United States and in other countries throughout the world. Approved for distribution in Europe by Chi–X Europe Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.