Nasdaq Dubai publishes its monthly trading report for September 2009

In the third quarter of 2009, a total of 565 million shares traded, up 18% from 479 million reported in the same period of 2008.

Equities volumes for the month of September 2009 reached 262 million. This was 50% higher than the 175 million reported in August 2009, and 9% below the 289 million reported in September 2008. The September 2009 period included Eid holidays when the exchange was closed.

The exchange introduced mandatory reporting of all over the counter equities trades in September 2008.

A total of 11,249 Dubai Gold Securities (DGS) traded on the exchange in September 2009, up from 321 in August. Since listing in March 2009, a total of 38,940 DGS traded on the exchange to the end of September.

Equity derivatives trading volumes grew in September 2009 to a monthly record of 13,775 futures contracts, up 14% from the previous monthly record of 12,115 in August. A total of 69,137 futures contracts have traded since Nasdaq Dubai launched its equity derivatives market in November 2008.

Equity futures are listed on 21 individual UAE companies and on the FTSE Nasdaq Dubai UAE 20 share index, which has been designed as a hedging and investment mechanism for GCC and international investors. The index rose 80% from end-2008 to end-September 2009, to 2,241.