As of 1 June 2011, Boerse Stuttgart will extend early trading to include all German equities. On 1 April, Boerse Stuttgart initially brought forward the starting time from 9.00 hours CET to 8.00 hours CET for German DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX shares and for international equities, participation certificates and debt instruments.
“So far, our turnover figures indicate that the extension of trading hours has been met with interest by retail investors. Our trading experts have demonstrated that we can guarantee excellent price quality as early as from 8.00 hours CET and thus maintain the high quality standards of our stock exchange. As a result of this positive experience, we decided to include all German equities in early trading,” observed Christoph Lammersdorf, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Holding GmbH.
The extension comes in response to the wishes of many retail investors who want to be in a position to react even more quickly to international trends and events through the stock market, perhaps before going to work in the morning.
More information on the services offered by Boerse Stuttgart can be found at www.boerse-stuttgart.de.
As the market leader for derivatives in Europe and for corporate bonds in Germany, Boerse Stuttgart is Europe's leading stock exchange for private investors. In Stuttgartinvestors can efficiently trade equities, derivatives, bonds, investment fund units and participation certificates at reasonable prices. With around 39 percent of order book turnover, Boerse Stuttgart is Germany's leading floor-based stock exchange, and in investment fund units trading it is the market leader among all floor-based markets. With a hybrid market model, that involves trading experts into the electronic trading process, the Stuttgart Stock Exchange guarantees extremely flexible and cost-effective order execution. For the greatest possible transparency and a high degree of investor protection the entire trading process is monitored by the Trading Surveillance Office, an independent stock exchange body. In order to provide investors with optimum information about the products on offer, Boerse Stuttgart organises a large number of educational activities for private investors, advisers and anyone else who is interested.