Share trading turnover on Euronext, the pan-European equities, bonds, derivatives and commodities exchange, rose 34% in January compared with the month before but was down compared with January 2001.

Trading on Euronext's order books totalled €138.5bn ($148.9bn) in January. Compared with January 2002 - the most active month in the exchange's history - the daily average was down from €7.9bn to €6.3bn.