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[ D ATA ] SPREADS & EBBO LIQUIDITY 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Market spreads have continued to tighten and are now lower than they have been since we started compiling these statistics in 2012. However, average resting liquidity decreased back to levels similar to last year’s Q3 figures. Based on fragmented European stocks Spread (BPS) Avg 10BPS Liquidity (€ ‘000) Q2 2017 5.78 €1054.50 Q3 2017 4.83 €897.00 Change -0.94 -€157.50 EUROPEAN MARKET BREAKDOWN Major European Indices Market share has started moving back to some pri- mary venues including FTSE,CAC,DAX and OMS-X, but the attrition of volume to MTFs continues for the MIB , SMI and IBEX. Chi-x appears to be the major loser amongst the MTFs with market share down on all markets. BATS has mixed results across most markets, with a large gain on IBEX and a smaller one on FTSE, but together with a reduction of Turquoise market share on both these benchmarks raised BATS ranking on both to 3rd Aquis continues to gain market share on SMI and the MIB, although was down in the quarter on all other markets. Q3 2017 (change on Q2 2017) FTSE CAC DAX SMI MIB OMX-S IBEX Primary 1 62.52% 1.40% 1 66.42% 2.49% 1 65.86% 1.40% 1 66.50% -1.19% 1 70.51% -1.24% 1 65.09% 3.17% 1 62.28% -0.78% CHIX 2 18.65% -0.58% 2 15.15% -1.78% 2 16.95% -0.73% 2 11.24% -0.16% 2 14.52% -0.20% 2 15.83% -1.88% 2 21.33% -0.04% BATE 3 11.65% -0.38% 4.76% 0.10% 6.90% 0.66% 3 10.63% -0.22% 3 6.77% 0.92% 3 9.12% -0.44% 3 8.35% 1.87% TRQX 6.07% -0.34% 12.91% -0.55% 8.78% -1.12% 7.22% 0.90% 5.43% 0.16% 7.03% -0.55% 7.28% -1.00% AQXE 1.09% -0.12% 0.76% -0.25% 1.51% -0.21% 4.41% 0.66% 2.77% 0.36% 2.92% -0.31% 0.76% -0.05% 3 3 Issue 53 TheTradeNews.com 91