Annual Report - BNP Paribas

Average monthly share prices and monthly highs and lows since January 2006
70.25
72.83
68.07
78.59
71.09
77.99
72.80
77.35
72.90
78.00
71.85
74.85
67.30
High
Low
Average
74.94 75.26 75.06 75.08 71.46 74.60
Source: Datastream.
81.22 83.34 86.31 84.38 81.72
77.40
70.80
83.85
75.05
85.20
81.95
87.95
84.10
86.85
80.90
83.15
79.90
As at 31 December 2007, the BNP Paribas share was
listed at EUR 74.22, down 10.20% compared with
29 December 2006, when it was listed at EUR 82.65.
By way of comparison, during 2007 the CAC 40 increased
by 1.31%, the DJ Stoxx 50 dropped down by 0.36% and
the DJ Stoxx Bank index fell by 16.87%. After marking
an all-time high at EUR 94.25 in May, the BNP Paribas
share was dragged down by the widespread loss of confi
dence affecting banks, triggered by the subprime mortgage
crisis in the US. However, as BNP Paribas has lower
exposure to the crisis compared with many competitors,
the share performance over the full year outdistanced
banking-sector indexes.
From 3 January 2005 to 31 December 2007, the
BNP Paribas share gained 40.33%, compared
with rises of 46.92%, 32.76% and 19.58% by the
CAC 40, DJ Stoxx 50 and DJ Stoxx Bank indexes
respectively.
84.42 84.44
2007 Trading volume on Euronext Paris (daily average)
in millions of euros
in thousands of shares
Source: Euronext Paris.
319.3
3,783
January
434.8
5,187
February
498.4
6,397
March
474
5,710
April
644.1
7,083
May
467.4
5,266
June
78.16
82.71
91.08 88.98 85.39 79.02
75.23
77.67
85.55
82.70
87.65
78.94
80.42
75.43
86.45
77.98
94.25
86.40
91.51
85.86
88.67
79.12
85.45
74.67
78.30
71.95
82.41
73.45
71.60
75.09
77.15
68.45
78.22
73.08
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BNP Paribas’ market capitalisation totalled
EUR 67.2 billion as at 31 December 2007, representing
the 5th-largest capitalisation in the CAC 40 index after
the Group dropped from fourth place due to the Arcelor/
Mittal merger. In terms of free fl oat, BNP Paribas is still the
3rd-largest in the Paris index. At the end of the period,
BNP Paribas ranked 11th in the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 on the
basis of free fl oat.
Daily transaction volume over the year averaged
5,821,304 shares, up 33.5% on the 4,358,733 shares
traded on average per session in 2006. This is a clear
indication of the stock’s increasing liquidity.
379.3
4,492
July
548.4 520.5
6,935
August
6,913
September
398.7
5,129
October
567.7
7,920
November
369.1
4,897
December