- Average daily value traded jumped 20.41% m/m (+42.73% y/y) to €109.62 billion as volatility, measured by the VSTOXX average daily close, climbed 22.02% m/m (+53.76% y/y) to 20.56.
- Only OTC (+189 bps m/m) and opening auctions (+70 bps m/m) gained market share, while lit trading (-94 bps m/m), bank SIs (-86 bps m/m), dark order books (-58 bps m/m), ELP SIs (-11 bps m/m), closing auctions (-7 bps m/m) and periodic auctions (-3 bps m/m) lost ground.
- Deutsche Börse (+178 bps m/m) and Cboe DXE Europe (+55 bps m/m) gained the most on-venue market share among European venues, while Euronext Amsterdam (-50 bps m/m) lost the most.
- Of the major national listing exchanges, Euronext Lisbon (+354 bps m/m, PT 20), Nasdaq Helsinki (+277 bps m/m, FI 25) and the London Stock Exchange (+201 bps m/m, UK 250) gained the most market share in their home indices. Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (-250 bps m/m, ES 35) and Borsa Italiana (-143 bps m/m, IT 40) lost the most.
- Alternative closing-auction mechanisms accounted for 7.38% of total on-venue end-of-day activity in March, up 15bps m/m.
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