Based on the total turnover statistics, a total volume of €379.0 billion was traded on all German stock exchanges in April 2006 – a rise of 35 percent year-on-year (April 2005: €281 billion). This total included €350.1 billion in equities, warrants and exchange traded funds, as well as €28.9 billion in fixed-income securities.
In April, 7.6 million transactions were executed on Xetra – 16 percent more year-on-year (April 2005: 6.6 million).
According to the Xetra liquidity measure (XLM), Schering was the most liquid DAX® blue chip in April with 2 bp for an order volume of €100,000. EADS was the most liquid MDAX® stock with 16 bp. The most liquid equity-based ETF was the DAXEX with 4 bp. The most liquid foreign stock was ING with 10 bp. XLM is a measure of liquidity in electronic securities trading based on the implicit transaction costs and is calculated for securities in continuous trading in basis points (1 bp = 0.01 percent) for a roundtrip in the Xetra order book.
Deutsche Telekom was the strongest DAX stock on Xetra in March at €7.8 billion. Merck was the top MDAX stock at €659.8 million, while Sixt led the SDAX® stock at €58.2 million and Solarworld headed the TecDAX® at €547.4 million. At €2.5 billion, the DAXEX was once again the exchange traded fund with the largest turnover.
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