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[ D ATA ] SPREADS & EBBO LIQUIDITY 12 2000 11 1800 1600 10 1400 9 1200 8 1000 7 800 600 6 400 5 200 Based on fragmented European stocks 0 n-1 -A p 02 4 Market spreads have continued to tighten into Q1 2018 and show no signs of increasing. However, in Q1 the average resting liquidity significantly increased. Spread (BPS) Avg 10BPS Liquidity (€ ‘000) Q4 2017 4.41 €721.21 Q1 2018 4.36 €1,079.49 Change -0.41 €358.28 EUROPEAN MARKET BREAKDOWN The market share picture was varied during the quarter with Primary markets for FTSE,CAC, MIB and OMX-S reduced, whilst primary market share increased on DAX,SMI and IBEX. Major European Indices The significant reduction on the MIB primary market had a corresponding increase on Chi-X. There was a large swing in market share on IBEX, with a large reduction on Chi-X of over 2%. Q1 2018 (change on Q4 2017) FTSE CAC DAX SMI MIB OMX-S IBEX Primary 1 64.20% -0.21% 1 65.30% -0.91% 1 68.18% 1.05% 1 71.18% 0.87% 1 70.08% -2.81% 1 66.24% -0.13% 1 63.23% 1.26% CHIX 2 17.16% -0.71% 2 15.36% 0.08% 2 16.13% -0.68% 2 9.52% 0.27% 2 14.52% 1.92% 2 14.87% -0.17% 2 19.12% -2.28% 6.53% 0.38% 6.29% -0.32% 3 8.93% -1.02% 3 7.39% 0.67% 3 9.27% 0.55% 3 8.59% 0.99% 7.77% 0.14% 6.93% 0.49% 5.61% 1.24% 7.63% 1.33% 8.22% -0.12% 1.63% -0.19% 3.44% -0.62% 2.40% -1.02% 1.99% -1.58% 0.84% 0.14% BATE TRQX AQXE 3 10.42% 0.43% 1.70% 0.13% 3 6.27% 0.46% 11.42% -0.04% 1.64% 0.41% 3 Issue 55 // TheTradeNews.com // 79