Sales of Stocks and Options on Registered Exchanges statistics



Exchange	Unit	1970	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Market value of all sales, all exchanges ¹ ²	Bil. dol	136	522	532	657	1,023	1,004	1,260	1,868	2,492	1,702	2,010	1,752	1,903	2,149	2,734	2,966	3,690	4,735	6,879	8,698
New York	Bil. dol	108	398	416	515	816	815	1,024	1,453	1,987	1,380	1,581	1,394	1,534	1,759	2,278	2,483	3,078	4,013	5,848	7,275
American	Bil. dol	15	47	40	34	48	32	38	63	102	59	80	65	67	69	83	83	105	131	204	355
Chicago ³	Bil. dol	5	21	25	35	60	62	79	102	122	87	101	74	77	87	107	98	114	136	213	326
CBOE ⁴	Bil. dol	0	28	22	32	39	35	38	56	124	64	88	81	74	63	65	87	107	130	179	214
Pacific	Bil. dol	5	13	13	21	31	31	40	55	71	49	64	53	63	65	70	70	94	108	151	182
Philadelphia	Bil. dol	3	11	11	14	20	19	23	35	48	34	50	41	39	49	55	51	59	68	89	97

STOCKS ⁵

Shares sold, all exchanges ²	Billion	4.5	15.5	15.9	22.4	30.1	30.5	37.0	48.3	63.8	52.5	54.2	53.3	58.0	65.5	82.8	90.5	106.4	125.7	159.7	206.4
New York	Billion	3.2	12.4	12.8	18.2	24.3	25.2	30.2	39.3	53.0	44.0	44.1	43.8	47.7	53.3	68.7	76.7	90.1	108.2	138.8	178.9
American	Billion	0.9	1.7	1.5	1.6	2.2	1.6	2.1	3.0	3.5	2.6	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.6	4.5	4.3	4.8	5.3	6.2	7.6
Chicago ³	Billion	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.8	3.3	2.8	3.0	2.5	2.7	3.0	3.8	3.5	3.9	4.2	6.0	9.5
Pacific	Billion	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.6	1.8	1.7	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.7	3.0	3.2	4.0

Market value, all exchanges ²	Bil. dol	131	476	491	603	957	951	1,200	1,705	2,284	1,587	1,845	1,612	1,776	2,032	2,610	2,817	3,507	4,511	6,559	8,307
New York	Bil. dol	103	398	416	514	815	814	1,023	1,450	1,983	1,378	1,577	1,390	1,532	1,758	2,276	2,482	3,076	4,011	5,847	7,274
American	Bil. dol	14	35	26	20	31	21	26	43	53	31	43	36	40	42	54	56	73	86	139	280
Chicago ³	Bil. dol	5	21	25	35	60	62	79	102	122	87	101	74	77	87	107	98	114	136	213	326
Pacific	Bil. dol	5	11	11	18	27	28	37	51	57	41	52	45	63	58	62	59	79	92	123	148

OPTIONS ⁶

Contracts traded, all exchanges ²	Million	(NA)	97	109	137	149	197	233	289	305	196	227	210	199	202	233	281	287	295	354	407
CBOE ⁴	Million	(NA)	53	58	76	82	123	149	180	182	112	127	130	122	122	141	184	179	174	187	207
American	Million	(NA)	29	35	39	39	40	49	65	71	45	50	41	39	42	48	48	52	62	88	101

Market value of contracts traded, all exchanges ²	Bil. dol	(NA)	45.8	41.7	53.7	64.2	53.0	59.1	87.9	118.9	62.6	76.8	79.0	76.1	72.2	75.2	94.5	118.9	148.1	219.0	269.1
CBOE ⁴	Bil. dol	(NA)	27.9	22.4	32.3	39.4	34.9	38.4	55.9	76.9	39.7	47.3	55.4	50.7	44.5	45.5	67.2	82.5	103.6	145.9	175.1
American	Bil. dol	(NA)	12.5	13.8	14.3	15.8	10.5	11.6	19.0	25.7	12.4	15.1	12.8	14.0	14.1	14.9	13.2	17.3	26.0	41.4	50.7

Options exercised:
Number of contracts	Million	(NA)	4.9	7.4	9.2	13.6	11.9	10.5	14.5	17.0	11.4	15.6	12.1	10.8	9.9	11.5	13.0	15.1	16.8	21.6	24.9
Value	Bil. dol	(NA)	20.4	34.6	37.1	65.1	55.6	49.2	72.8	85.9	51.5	85.2	55.8	49.2	43.9	48.4	53.8	62.9	74.7	100.4	120.8

NA Not available.
1 Includes market value of stocks, rights, warrants, and options trading beginning 1986.
2 Includes other registered exchanges, not shown separately.
3 The Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. was formerly the Midwest Stock Exchange.
4 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
5 Includes voting trust certificates, American Depository Receipts, and certificate of deposit for stocks.
6 Includes nonequity options as of October 1982.

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Monthly Statistical Review (discontinued Feb. 1989); and unpublished data.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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