• After a sharp 20.7% drop in the first quarter of 2020, domestic market capitalisation quickly recovered, reaching pre-pandemic levels by the end of the second quarter. Global market capitalisation passed the $100 trillion mark for the first time in November, ending the year at $109.21 trillion.
• The number of new listings through IPOs and investment flows through IPOs increased significantly, by 25.7% and 36.8% year on year respectively in 2020. There was a 1.1% increase in the number of listed companies.
• Derivatives trading rose for almost all contract types, and in all regions. Options trading increased more than futures trading. Overall, in 2020, exchange traded derivatives volumes were up 43.0% when compared with 2019, reaching a record 46.28 billion contracts traded.

Amid the worst health and economic crisis in a century, compounded by major geopolitical disruptions around the world, global financial markets continued to rise unabated to reach new heights in 2020.

In its Full Year 2020 Market Highlights report, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs), observed how global financial markets had shrugged off the extraordinary events of 2020 to achieve a record-breaking year.

It noted that the magnitude of the shock from events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the US presidential election, Brexit, the resignation of Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe and increased tension between the US and China, was evident, particularly in March. But despite the exceptional circumstances and even during the worst days of the crisis, markets had remarkably remained open and functioning. It observed that after the peak in uncertainty in March, markets quickly recovered. And by the end of July, most indicators registered a quick reversal to the activity levels seen before the pandemic, reflecting a strong confidence in the markets and in their role ...

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Keywords:Equities, Market Capitalisation, Covid-19

• After a sharp 20.7% drop in the first quarter of 2020, domestic market capitalisation quickly recovered, reaching pre-pandemic levels by the end of the second quarter. Global market capitalisation passed the $100 trillion mark for the first time in November, ending the year at $109.21 trillion.
• The number of new listings through IPOs and investment flows through IPOs increased significantly, by 25.7% and 36.8% year on year respectively in 2020. There was a 1.1% increase in the number of listed companies.
• Derivatives trading rose for almost all contract types, and in all regions. Options trading increased more than futures trading. Overall, in 2020, exchange traded derivatives volumes were up 43.0% when compared with 2019, reaching a record 46.28 billion contracts traded.

Amid the worst health and economic crisis in a century, compounded by major geopolitical disruptions around the world, global financial markets continued to rise unabated to reach new heights in 2020.

In its Full Year 2020 Market Highlights report, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs), observed how global financial markets had shrugged off the extraordinary events of 2020 to achieve a record-breaking year.

It noted that the magnitude of the shock from events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the US presidential election, Brexit, the resignation of Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe and increased tension between the US and China, was evident, particularly in March. But despite the exceptional circumstances and even during the worst days of the crisis, markets had remarkably remained open and functioning. It observed that after the peak in uncertainty in March, markets quickly recovered. And by the end of July, most indicators registered a quick reversal to the activity levels seen before the pandemic, reflecting a strong confidence in the markets and in their role ...

Categories:

Keywords:Equities, Market Capitalisation, Covid-19