According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart’s turnover in February 2011 was more than EUR 10.3 billion. This means trading volumes were at about the same level as in January, and more than 40 percent higher than in February 2010.
Securitised derivatives accounted for the larger part of the trading volume. The turnover in this asset class rose slightly during the past month, to almost EUR 5.2 billion in total. This represents a year-on-year increase of more than 34 percent. Leverage products grew by around 25 percent to nearly EUR 2.5 billion. Investment products accounted for almost EUR 2.7 billion. In this asset class, investors tended to favour mainly bonus and discount certificates.
Boerse Stuttgart’s turnover in debt instruments continued high, at more than EUR 3.1 billion. This represented an increase of around 45 percent year-on-year. More than a third of the turnover in debt instruments was generated in corporate bonds, where trading volumes amounted to more than EUR 1.2 billion in February. The turnover in corporate bonds was almost 10 percent higher than in the previous month.
The increase in trading activities among investors since the start of the year has also continued in the area of equities trading. At more than EUR 1.1 billion, the trading volume in this area was up 65 percent year-on-year.
In investment fund trading, volumes totalled around EUR 773 billion in February. The steady increase in the popularity among investors of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) in particular was highlighted by an increase in turnover of around 60 percent year-on-year. The trading volumes for ETFs and ETCs amounted to more than EUR 666 million in February.