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Large decrease in share values
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2015-11-12T10:00:00.000Z
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The figures give an overview of which institutional sectors hold and issue the securities that are registered with VPS. The value of quoted shares was NOK 1 752 billion at the end of the 3rd quarter of 2015; a decrease of 8.4 per cent compared to the end of the previous quarter.

Securities registered with the Norwegian Central Securities Depository, Q3 2015

In May 2016, the statistics for Securities registered with the Norwegian Central Securities Depository were merged with the Debt securities statistics. The new merged statistics are known as the Securities statistics.

 

The introduction of a new sector standard has caused the old tables to stop being updated. New tables have been added that include time series from the first quarter of 2012 and onwards.

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Large decrease in share values

The market value of quoted shares registered with the Norwegian Central Securities Depository (VPS) decreased by 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2015. The decrease amounts to NOK 161 billion. Foreigners purchased quoted shares and long-term debt securities during this quarter.

Main figures - VPS. Last 4 quarters. NOK billionPublished 12 November 2015
4th quarter 20141st quarter 20152nd quarter 20153rd quarter 2015
Stocks (market value)
Shares (listed)1 788.81 912.31 912.61 751.7
Shares (unlisted)445.0449.4470.0443.7
Long-term debt securities1 772.01 776.61 728.81 756.2
Short-term debt securities149.5165.6173.9166.9
Equity certificates27.728.930.128.0
 
Dividends/coupon payments
Shares (listed)11.16.544.07.3
Shares (unlisted)2.21.35.71.3
Long-term debt securities11.911.524.89.0
Short-term debt securities0.40.30.30.3
Equity certificates..0.21.2..

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Stocks of securities registered with VPS

The value of the quoted shares was NOK 1 752 billion at the end of the third quarter. Decreasing share prices on the Oslo Stock Exchange is the main reason for the fall in the market value of the quoted shares from the previous quarter. The All-Share Index (OSEAX), which shows price movements in shares listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, decreased by 7.9 per cent from the end of the second quarter to the end of the third quarter this year.

Financial enterprises and foreigners purchased securities, while the central government sold

In total, the net purchase of securities was NOK 24 billion in the third quarter of 2015. Of this, financial enterprises bought securities worth NOK 15 billion. On the whole, this was related to the net purchase of long-term debt securities by mortgage institutions, banks and mutual funds. At the same time, banks and mortgage institutions net sold short-term debt Securities during this quarter.

Foreigners also bought securities in the third quarter, which totalled NOK 7.3 billion. Of this, investments in quoted shares amounted to NOK 4.2 billion. They also bought long-term debt securities worth NOK 6.7 billion, but at the same time they sold short-term debt securities worth NOK 3.5 billion.

The central government net sold securities worth NOK 5 billion during this quarter. On the whole, these sales were related to long-term debt securities and to some degree to short-term debt securities. More precisely, they amounted to NOK 3.3 billion and NOK 1 billion respectively

Increase in the outstanding amounts of long-term debt securities

The market value of the total outstanding amounts of long-term debt securities registered with VPS was NOK 1 756 billion at the end of the third quarter; corresponding to an increase of 1.6 per cent compared to the previous quarter. The market value of the total outstanding amounts of short-term debt securities, which have an original term to maturity of one year or less, decreased by 4 per cent during the quarter, to NOK 167 billion at the end of the quarter.

For more information on institutional sectors issuing debt securities registered with VPS, see Statistics Norway’s Debt securities.