Key points from the Irish Stock Exchange's annual review

Equity market turnover rose for the fifth year in a row in 2016, the exchange said

The Irish Stock Exchange Pic: Courtesy RTÉ

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has published its review of 2016, showing equity trading reached record levels last year while the number of securities listed on the exchange's markets grew to more than 35,000.

Here are the key points from the ISE review:

- Equity trading reached a record level last year with 6.6 million transactions carried out, an increase of 17 per cent on 2015

- Turnover in the Irish equity market ...