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BM&FBOVESPA Announces September 2011 Market Performance

Date 07/10/2011

BM&FBOVESPA announced September 2011 market performance. The highlights were:

In September 2011, the equity markets (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 131.437 billion, in 13,551,487 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.25 billion and 645,309 trades.

In August, financial volume totaled BRL 177.906 billion, the total number of trades 16,234,673, and the daily averages BRL 7.73 billion and 705,855 trades respectively.

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 59,365,524 contracts and BRL 4.35 trillion in volume in September, compared to 78,606,873 contracts and BRL 5.23 trillion in August. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in September was 2,826,930, in contrast to 3,417,690 in August. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of September with 36,620,797 positions, compared to 37,821,302 in August.

Other highlights:

Agribusiness derivatives registered with BM&FBOVESPA total BRL 6.92 billion

In September, agribusiness securities registered with BM&FBOVESPA totaled BRL 6.92 billion, from BRL 5.63 billion in August, including all of the transactions executed in the Agribusiness Securities Registration system.

ETF financial volume totals BRL 1.42 billion

The financial volume registered in September by the eight BM&FBOVESPA Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) reached BRL 1.42 billion in 75,740 trades, from BRL 1.40 billion and 78,809 the previous month.

In September the ETF with the highest financial volume was BOVA11 with BRL 1.32 billion and 73,009 transactions.

Agribusiness Credit Bills (LCAs) registered with the Exchange totaled BRL 5.68 billion

Agribusiness Credit Bills (LCAs) registered with the Exchange totaled BRL 5.68 billion, compared to BRL 4.27 billion in August. The volume of Rural Product Notes (CPRs) was BRL 1.02 billion, compared to BRL 1.19 billion in the previous month.

In September, the BM&FBOVESPA agribusiness derivatives market (including futures and options) totaled 231,055 contracts traded, compared to 252,193 in August. Agribusiness markets totaled 148,035 open interest contracts, in contrast to 136,855 in the previous month. Options on commodity futures totaled 53,167 contracts in September, against 41,561 the previous month.

Vale and Petrobras are the most traded stocks in September

The most traded stocks in September were: Vale PNA, with BRL 15.41 billion; Petrobras PN with BRL 7.72 billion; Itauunibanco PN, with BRL 6.55 billion, OGX Petróleo ON, with BRL 5.88 billion; and Vale ON, with BRL 4.22 billion.

Ibovespa ended September at 52,324 points, down 7.38%

The Ibovespa ended September at 52,324 points, down 7.38% from the previous month.

The best performing stocks were: Embraer ON (+17.26%); BR Malls Par ON (+8.23%); Ultrapar ON (+6.15%); Cielo ON (+4.90%); and Redecard ON (+4.49%). The worst performing stocks were: Hypermarcas ON (-33.73%); MRV ON (-28.13%); Rosi Resid ON (-28.03%); Gafisa ON (-27.82%); and Braskem PNA (-22.86%).

Market capitalization of the 377 companies listed on the BM&FBOVESPA was BRL 2.14 trillion

Market capitalization of the 377 companies listed on the BM&FBOVESPA in September was BRL 2.14 trillion, compared to BRL 2.23 trillion for the 377 companies listed in August.

Investor Participation: foreign investors were responsible for 33.82% of the total volume

In September, foreign investors were responsible for 33.82% of the total volume, compared to 32.08% in August. Foreign investors came next, with 33.78%, compared to 36.50%; individual investors had 22.95%, compared to 20.16%; financial institutions, with 7.66%, compared to 9.73%; companies, with 1.75%, compared to 1.47%; and other types of investors with 0.04%, from 0.06% the previous month.

Foreign investment into the Brazilian stock market in 2011 through September reached BRL 7,437,147,628.40

The net flow of foreign investment into the Brazilian stock market in 2011 through September reached BRL 7,437,147,628.40, which is the combined result of the amount of BRL 7,797,276,175.40 in acquisitions carried out by foreign investors in stock offerings (of which BRL 6.2 billion offered in Brazil) and the negative balance of BRL 360,128,547.00 in direct trading at BM&FBOVESPA.

In September, the financial volume traded by foreign investors in the stock market was a negative BRL 249,661,434.00, which is the net balance between stock sales of BRL 44,396,267,461.00 and stock purchases of BRL 44,146,606,027.00.

The foreign investor participation in stock offerings, including IPOs, represented 58.1% of the total BRL 13,417,556,898.50 in transactions related to the publication of the closing announcement dates ending on October 4, 2011, pursuant to information available on the Exchange’s website, under the media section.

BM&FBOVESPA ended September with 2,904 investment clubs and 25 new registrations

BM&FBOVESPA ended September with 2,904 investment clubs and 25 new registrations. Total liquid assets reached BRL 9.36 billion and the number of participants reached 120,925, according to the latest available data.