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[ D ATA ] Based on fragmented European stocks 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 SPREADS & EBBO LIQUIDITY 200 0 Market spreads have continued to tighten in Q4 and are now at their lowest point since MiFID was introduced. However, in Q4 the average resting liquidity decreased again below 2016 figures. Spread (BPS) Avg 10BPS Liquidity (€ ‘000) Q3 2017 4.83 €897.00 Q4 2017 4.41 €721.21 Change -0.41 -€175.78 EUROPEAN MARKET BREAKDOWN Market share continued to move back to some primary venues with the exception of CAC and IBEX, and there was a reversal of the attrition of volume to MTFs again with the exception of CAC and IBEX. Turquoise appears to be the major loser amongst the MTFs with Market share down on all markets apart from IBEX. Major European Indices Chi-x and BATS had mixed results across markets, with larger reductions on SMI and MIB for Chi-x, and a large increase on CAC for BATS. Aquis continues to gain market share on FTSE,CAC,DAX, MIB and OMX-S. Q4 2017 (change on Q3 2017) FTSE CAC DAX SMI MIB OMX-S IBEX Primary 1 64.41% 1.89% 1 66.21% -0.21% 1 67.13% 1.27% 1 70.31% 3.81% 1 72.89% 2.38% 1 66.37% 1.28% 1 61.97% -0.31% CHIX 2 17.87% -0.78% 2 15.28% 0.13% 2 16.81% -0.14% 2 9.25% -1.99% 2 12.60% -1.92% 2 15.04% -0.79% 2 21.40% 0.07% 6.15% 0.08% 6.61% -0.29% 3 9.95% -0.68% 3 6.72% -0.05% 3 8.72% -0.40% 9.99% -1.66% 7.63% -1.15% 6.44% -0.78% 4.37% -1.06% 6.30% -0.73% 1.57% 0.48% 1.82% 0.31% 4.06% -0.35% 3.42% 0.65% 3.57% 0.65% BATE TRQX AQXE 3 3 5.81% 1.05% 11.46% -1.45% 1.23% 0.47% 3 Issue 54 3 7.60% -0.75% 8.34% 1.06% 0.70% -0.06% TheTradeNews.com 79