The London Stock Exchange and NYSE Euronext were among a group of large European stock exchanges to increase their share of equity trading in 2012, allowing them to claw back some of the ground lost to alternative venues in recent years.

This resurgence came despite a fall in the total value of European equities traded last year, by 21% to €8.6 trillion, year-on-year, according to Thomson Reuters. The value traded in December, €512bn, was the lowest monthly total in over five years, figures from the data provider showed.