The balance sheet total of all the PFS (208 active businesses) amounted to EUR 80.962 billion as at 30 April 2007 against EUR 80.909 billion in the previous month (203 active businesses), which represents a 0.06% growth over a month. Provisional net profit of these 208 financial players reached EUR 209.1 million as at 30 April 2007 against EUR 162.6 million as at 30 April 2006 (191 active businesses), which represents an increase of 28.6% over one year. The breakdown of this provisional result by PFS categories shows that the distributors of units/shares of investment funds (34 entities) recorded a total result of EUR 58.8 million as at 30 April 2007 (EUR 54.5 million as at 30 April 2006). The total result of the professional custodians of securities or other financial instruments (3 entities) reached EUR 51.51 million as at 30 April 2007 (EUR 50.7 million as at 30 April 2006).
