Out of curiosity, which sectors generate the highest trading volumes?
I have heard autos, pharma, banks, oil, and telecoms.
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Um. Yeah. That's about right. You named the six biggest sectors for debt and equity issuance; makes sense they have the highest trading volumes, too, right?
I guess E&P and mining. Analyst coverage of these sectors are usually multiples of the others.
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