Euronext: sharp fall in cash activity in December

(CercleFinance.com) - Activity on Euronext's cash markets fell sharply in December, although showing a small y-o-y increase, according to data published by the stock exchange operator on Thursday.


At 2.31 million, average daily trading volume was down 10% on November 2024, but up a slight 1% y-o-y.

European equity markets ended the year on a positive note, but political instability in France and the Fed's change of tone prompted investors to be cautious in their initiatives.

Conversely, the trend in December 2023 had been supported by the more accommodating approach of central banks, starting with the ECB, which had pledged to loosen its monetary policy during the winter.

Over FY 2024, average daily volume on Euronext's cash markets was down 4% at 2.45 million.

In the derivatives markets (options and futures on equities, indices and commodities), volumes fell by 19.4% to 524,685 lots per day last month, compared with November.


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