10 Iulie 2009
Top European stock exchanges by the number of IPO in Q2
The second quarter of the year brought a 35% increase in the number of initial public offerings at European stock exchanges. A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study reveals the equity markets that had the highest number of listings in April –June and their value.
SIX Swiss Exchange - 1IPO
By the end of second quarter, the offering of 19.67 million shares had not been underwritten.
Borsa Italiana - 2 IPO
The two companies - Ikf si Neurosoft - had their first sale of stocks to the public at AIM market, which brought them 16-mln euro capital.
Nasdaq OMX - 2 IPOs
The issuers raised an aggregated capital of 28 million euros.
Deutsche Borse - 3 IPOs
The stock market fared better in second quarter was compared to first quarter when the German stock market didn’t register any IPO.
London Stock Exchange - 3 IPOs
The biggest offer, both in London stock market and in the region, was the one issued by MaxProperty Group in AIM market that stood at 226 million euros.
Even though LSE didn’t have the highest number of IPOs, LSE registered the highest value of IPO in Europe, of 258 million euros. In first quarter, the three offers attracted as little as 2 million euros, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Luxemburg Stock Exchange - 4 IPOs
In first three months 2009, only one new listing was registered, which brought 1 million euros capital.
NYSE Euronext - 6 IPOs
In first quarter, only three companies sold stocks to the public for the first time in the European stock markets of NYSE Euronext.
The trading volumes of the four European stock exchanges dropped 4.3% in first quarter year-on-year.
Warsaw Stock Exchange - 7 IPOs
Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka was the largest IPO at the stock market, attracting 116 million euros from investors, this being the second largest IPO in Europe.