| From mondovisione.com: The London Stock Exchange today welcomed nineteen new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) onto its Main Market, the busiest ever day for new ETF admissions on the Exchange. The new funds, which cover a range of equity and bond indices, take the total number of ETFs on the Exchange to 166, from five different issuers. In addition, the Exchange also now offers access to trading in 122 Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs).
Following on from a record 2007, ETF trading on the London Stock Exchange has continued to show strong growth in the first half of this year, with the total value traded on the order book during the first six months of 2008 up 67% year on year to £7.3 billion. The total value traded in ETCs during the first half of the year was £5.3 billion, more than five times the total value traded in ETCs during 2007...... Full Article: Source |