# United Kingdom IT: ACQ: ordinary shares (including investment trust securities) (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom IT: ACQ: ordinary shares (including investment trust securities) (ended 2018) () was up 0.6% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −1.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,527.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −54.1% (Q3 2009) to 124.7% (Q1 2013), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-CBGM.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (132 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/it-acq-ordinary-shares-including-investment-trust-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,527.0 £m | 0.6 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,701.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,932.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,743.0 £m | 6.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,518.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,724.0 £m | 22.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,138.0 £m | 54.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,641.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,394.0 £m | −29.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,407.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,383.0 £m | −6.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,579.0 £m | 12.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,989.0 £m | 31.9 |
| Q3 2015 | 1,521.0 £m | 11.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,484.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,407.0 £m | −37.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,508.0 £m | 11.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,361.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,503.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 2,255.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,350.0 £m | 46.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,392.0 £m | 33.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,385.0 £m | 64.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 2,234.0 £m | 124.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-CBGM.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-CBGM.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```