P507 - Teletext 507 Jan03 23:11:53 ———————/(,.% ————————————————— STOCK MARKET FL#ATS RAISE £ubn Company jlotations on the London Stock Exchange raiwjd more than £5bn over the last 12 months. The jigure compares with £3.8ybn in 1998 but still jar short of the £10bn recorded in Q:y4^ The jinal three months of 1999 saw 23 new listings compared with 18 at the wbmj utagj last year, although half of thewj were investment trusts rather than traditional companies. ——————————————————————————————————————— Einancial hjadlinjw 500 City index 501 FINANCIAL SPREAD BETTING SEE p699