The London Stock Exchange (LSE), expects a "good outcome" for the full year, Europe's largest share market said today.
The LSE said it saw a pick-up in the number of companies listing on its main and junior market in the 11 months to February 28th - more than double the level seen in the same period in the previous year.
The number of professional terminals receiving its data also picked up, the LSE said in a pre-close period trading update.
Earlier this month Frankfurt rival Deutsche Boerse scrapped a £1.3 billion bid to buy the LSE, leaving pan-European exchange Euronext as the LSE's most likely suitor.