Global Exchanges Recover From March Losses, FTSE Mondo Visione Index Up 3.3.% In April - Up 29.4% Over 12 Months Date
11/05/2021
Global exchanges rebounded from the losses suffered in February and March with the FTSE Mondo Visione Index gaining 3.3% in April. The index closed at 74,469.49 points, up from the March close of 72,106.76, but below a new closing all-time high of 78,106.07 set on 19 February 2021.
The top 5 exchanges by market capitalisation at the end of April were: Exchange 31.64
The best performer by capital returns in US dollars was the Bulgarian Stock Exchange with a 16.4 per cent increase in share price from 30 March 2021 to 30 April 2021. The next best performer was the Philippine Stock Exchange with a 13.2 per cent increase, followed by Aquis Exchange with an 12.7 per cent increase over the same period.
FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Down 2.7 % In March, London Stock Exchange Group Down By 28.8% On Refinitiv Integration Fears, Index Down 0.5 % In Q1 2021, Up 35.3% Over 12 Months Date
12/04/2021
The implosion of Archegos caused wide-spread chaos on markets amidst concerns on the potential contagion effect that the sell-off could have on global equity markets where sentiments have recently been dampened by surging bond yields.
Despite returning a solid set of figures for full-year 2020, London Stock Exchange Group s (LSEG s) updated guidance for operating costs and capital expenditure for 2021 provided a strong indication of the challenges that are still to come with integrating Refinitiv, and this had a negative impact on the LSEG share price and performance in March.
GameStop Frenzy Halts FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Surge - Index Up 0.8.% In January, After Blistering Start To Year Date
08/02/2021
Shares in the world s largest exchange operating groups rose by 0.8% in January, with only 12 of the 32 constituents of the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index being in positive territory. The Index closed at 73,114.7 points, up from the December close of 72,499.8. The index set a new closing all-time high of 76,043.31 on 25 January 2021, before the exchanges sector was hit by the contagion effect from the volatility triggered by retail investors driving up stocks such as GameStop and AMC Entertainment through online forums on websites such as Reddit.
FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Up 7.2 % In December, Up 8.9% In Q4 2020, Up 17.1% In 2020, Closing All-Time High Set On Last Trading Day Of Year Date
11/01/2021 In a tumultuous year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, financial markets have seen a return to the kind of volatility last seen a decade earlier in the financial crisis. No matter how well they are managed, exchanges are still sensitive with respect to the direction of the market. One way to view them is as a call on the next bull market – they remain profitable in a bear market and could become interesting money machines in the next upturn.