Based on the order book figures, turnover at Boerse Stuttgart exceeded EUR 8.6 billion in April 2015. Although total trading volume was down on the previous month, which had produced very strong turnover, it was over twenty percent up on the figure for April 2014.
At around EUR 4.2 billion – a year-on-year increase of nearly thirty percent – trading in securitised derivatives generated the largest share of total April turnover at Boerse Stuttgart. Turnover from leverage products ended the month just below EUR 2.3 billion, while investment products contributed roughly EUR 1.9 billion to the monthly total.
The monthly volume of trading in equities rose by more than 37 percent year on year to pass the EUR 1.6 billion mark. German equities made up around EUR 1.2 billion of this total, while trading in international equities generated over EUR 409 million.
Debt instruments accounted for more than EUR 1.7 billion of the April total. At around EUR 1.3 billion, corporate bonds generated the lion’s share of trading in this asset class.
Finally, exchange-traded products (ETPs) contributed approximately EUR 911 million towards the April total. Turnover in investment fund units reached over EUR 135 million – almost 78 percent up on the figure for April 2014.
Note on the monthly statistics:
Boerse Stuttgart’s monthly statistics are reported on the basis of the order book turnover. The turnovers of all the securities traded on each trading day are documented clearly and verifiably. The recording of securities transactions by order book is practised by all intermediary-based German exchanges and serves as a basis for comparing trading turnovers. For the securitised derivatives asset class Boerse Stuttgart also calculates the trading turnover according to the volume of customer orders executed and forwards these to the German Derivatives Association (Deutscher Derivate Verband, DDV). This ensures that comparisons between the different exchanges can also be made with regard to securitised derivatives.