"Hipotēku  un  zemes  banka"  was  the  most active Riga Stock Exchange

member in 2003, contributing 19.54% of all stock exchange turnover.



"Hansabanka"   and   "Latvijas   Krājbanka"   with  28.46%  and  26.52%

respectively  were  the most active members in terms of equity trading,

whereas  "Hipotēku  banka"  with  33.99%  was  the  most active in debt

trading.



RSE members ranked according to trading turnover in 2003: 



+----------------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+----------------------------+---------------+

|Member                            |Share in equity turnover*|Share in debt turnover|Share in total RSE turnover*|Share in number|

|                                  |                         |                      |                            |of deals       |

|"Latvijas Hipotēku un zemes banka"|                    9.35%|                33.90%|                      19.54%|         14.26%|

|"Latvijas Unibanka"               |                   13.74%|                16.80%|                      19.41%|         15.61%|

|"Hansabanka"                      |                   28.46%|                10.87%|                      15.66%|         21.73%|

|"Latvijas krājbanka"              |                   26.52%|                 0.18%|                      13.50%|         32.32%|

|"Parekss banka"                   |                    3.58%|                20.31%|                      10.51%|          3.53%|

|"Suprema"                         |                    7.56%|                 6.30%|                      10.22%|          4.26%|

|"Nordea Riga branch"              |                    1.80%|                 3.34%|                       3.99%|          1.78%|

|"Multibanka"                      |                    1.53%|                 4.74%|                       2.82%|          0.88%|

|"NORD/LB"                         |                    1.46%|                 3.37%|                       2.12%|          1.50%|

|"RB Securities"                   |                    2.75%|                    0%|                       0.85%|          1.31%|

|"Latvijas ekonomiskā komercbanka" |                    1.23%|                 0.18%|                       0.81%|          0.64%|

|"Rietumu banka"                   |                    0.91%|                    0%|                       0.32%|          0.47%|

|"Baltijas Tranzītu banka"         |                    1.11%|                    0%|                       0.24%|          1.70%|

+----------------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+----------------------------+---------------+



* without auctions, direct and reported trades



For more information, please contact:

Krista Grintale

Corporate Communications Director

Riga Stock Exchange

Phone: +371 7212431 



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