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title: We’re familiar with going Dutch, but going English…? - big xyt
description: Following the theme of Closing Auctions and new Alternative Closing Mechanisms, we can highlight a noteworthy entry to the Closing Auction records books last Friday.
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# [We’re familiar with going Dutch, but going English…? - big xyt](https://xyt.one/blog/were-familiar-with-going-dutch-but-going-english)

 Written by [big xyt](https://xyt.one/blog/author/big-xyt) | Dec 4, 2020 10:16:57 AM

Following the theme of Closing Auctions and new Alternative Closing Mechanisms, we can highlight a noteworthy entry to the Closing Auction records books last Friday.

In the chart today we see the 5 largest single stock closing auctions in recent (4 years) history.

Notably, Linde AG has featured twice (holding the previous record of @4.3bn traded). Unilever plc/NV was the cause of the stir as it collapsed its NV holdings into the plc to consolidate its HQ in the UK whilst maintaining a quoted presence in Amsterdam….all in the interest of simplification, naturally.

At the far right is Unilever’s auction on Friday when the the stock consolidated into one line.

€4.9bn Unilever plc traded in the LSE close, €3.9bn Unilever NV in Amsterdam as the trading community adjusted its exposure.

(And if you want to see how much traded in alternative closing mechanisms, we can [show you that too.](https://liquidity-cockpit.com/signup))

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