According to order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart’s turnover in January 2012 was more than € 8.7 billion, with the volume of trading up around 36 percent in comparison with December 2011. All asset classes enjoyed an increase in turnover during that period.
The largest share of January’s turnover was in securitised derivatives, at just under € 4 billion. This represents an increase of around 27 percent in comparison with the previous month. At more than € 2 billion, the turnover in investment products was slightly higher than that in leverage products, which accounted for about € 1.9 billion of the trading volume.
The turnover in debt instruments was up by around 47 percent in comparison with December 2011, at almost € 3 billion. Corporate bonds accounted for the largest share of the trading volume, at over € 1.3 billion. The turnover in this segment was about 83 percent higher than in the previous month and 16 percent higher than in January 2011.
At more than € 1.1 billion, the turnover in equities trading was up around 78 percent on the figure for December 2011. German equities accounted for the largest share; turnover grew by almost 81 percent compared with December 2011 to around € 912 million.
At € 627 million, trading in investment funds and exchange-traded products (ETPs) was slightly higher than in December 2011. ETPs accounted for about € 565 million of the trading volume.
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 stock 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 stock exchanges can also be made with regard to securitised derivatives.