CLR, Egnatia & Mega lift CSE share in April

CLR Securities, Egnatia and Mega Securities scored major increases in their April market share of declining equity trades, with CLR maintaining its lead as the brokerage firm with the biggest market share, lifting its market share to 18.9% from 16.9% in March.

Egnatia also scored well, climbing in the overall rankings from fourth to second place, lifting its share to 16% from 12.5% in March. An even better performance was made by Mega Securities, which climbed from eight place to third, lifting its share from 5.44% to 10.7%.

CISCO, the investment banking arm of BOC slipped from third to fourth place, with its share declining to 10.2% from 14.4% in March, while Laiki Securities, remained in fifth place, even though it managed to increase its market share from 9.22% to 10.1%.

Sharelink Securities & Financial Services, a member of SFS Public Co. was the worst performer, slipping from second to sixth place with its market share declining from 14.59% in March to 10% in April 2005.

In the year to date rankings (January till April), CLR maintained its lead as the brokerage with the biggest market share at 18.2%, followed by Sharelink 13.04%, CISCO 11.7%, Egnatia 10.03% and Laiki with a 9.2% market share.