Capital Issuance - July 2018

Capital issuance statistics consist of UK-based primary market issuance of bonds, commercial paper and equity, representing finance raised in the UK.

Published on 20 August 2018

Overview

Gross issuance by UK residents was £36.0bn in July, £2.8bn lower than in June and £5.6bn lower than the previous six month average.
OFC gross bond issuance was £5.1bn in July, £5.3bn lower than in June and £1.3bn lower than the previous six month average.
OFC gross equity issuance was £1.2bn in July, £1.0bn higher than June and £0.7 higher than the previous six month average.

Gross issues by instrument and sector
	MFI				OFC					PNFC			Total
	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)
	B53L	Z935	B49M	B3EF	B55L	Z937	B53M	B3EG	B57L	Z939	B55M	B3EH	B22K
2018 Apr	-	12.4	6.5	7.3	0.6	3.4	2.8	3.7	0.8	1.6	5.8	1.8	33.8
May	-	9.0	9.9	5.5	0.6	9.3	3.4	9.9	1.4	13.5	3.7	2.5	50.7
Jun	-	11.0	5.5	2.2	0.2	10.4	2.8	7.1	1.1	3.8	3.4	4.7	38.8
Jul	-	9.8	7.6	5.1	1.2	5.1	4.2	5.4	1.5	3.2	3.5	2.8	36.0

Not seasonally adjusted

Sterling billions
Not seasonally adjusted

Net issues by instrument and sector
	MFI				OFC					PNFC			Total
	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)
	B35L	Z93P	B36L	B3EL	B39L	Z93R	B42L	B3EM	B29L	Z5ZC	Z5ZD	B3EN	B24K
2018 Apr	-	-5.1	1.0	-1.9	0.4	-3.7	0.6	-3.3	0.2	-2.4	2.5	1.2	-6.6
May	-	-3.1	3.6	2.0	-0.1	6.6	-0.2	6.8	0.4	11.0	-0.3	0.1	17.8
Jun	-	5.1	-1.7	-0.1	-0.7	7.9	0.1	4.4	0.2	0.3	-1.0	3.2	10.9
Jul	-	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.9	8.9

Not seasonally adjusted

Further data are available in Table E3.1 of our latest Bankstats tables.