London Stock Exchange's AIM market has seen the number of companies listing almost double on last year, while Neuer Markt, Deutsche Börse's segment for growth companies, has reported a marked increase in the size of new companies listing in 2000.

AIM saw 347 companies listed in 2000, an increase of almost 100% on last year's total of 173. There are now 520 companies listed on AIM. LSE saw a total of 270 IPOs in 2000 - 160 on AIM and the remaining 110 companies listing on the main market, raising a total of €17bn ($16bn). The value of trading on AIM grew 150% on 1999 to €22bn ($20bn). The number of shares traded rose to two million, up 140% on 1999.