Based on its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart’s total annual turnover for 2014 was around EUR 88 billion, roughly on a par with the previous year. Exchange-traded products set a new annual turnover record. Retail investors traded ETPs through Boerse Stuttgart with a total volume of around EUR 8.8 billion, over 13 percent up on the previous annual record set in 2011 and 24 percent up on the figure for 2013.
The order-book total for equities trading ended the year at over EUR 14.7 billion, just short of the record established in 2013. German equities accounted for EUR 10.7 billion of total trading volume in this asset class, while international equities contributed over EUR 4 billion.
Once again, Boerse Stuttgart maintained its leading position in the European securitised derivatives market with a trading volume of EUR 40 billion. Reflecting an increase in volatility, demand for leverage products was greater than for investment products. Accordingly, turnover from leverage products rose by around 28 percent year on year to over EUR 20.3 billion. By contrast, the annual turnover figure for investment products was around EUR 19.7 billion.
With total order-book turnover in the region of EUR 22.9 billion in 2014, Boerse Stuttgart was again in top position in terms of exchange-traded debt instruments (bonds). Compared with the previous year, however, trading volume in this asset class was around 10 percent lower. At EUR 14.7 billion, corporate bonds made up the lion’s share of total turnover from bond trading.
Trading in investment fund units at Boerse Stuttgart generated annual turnover of approximately EUR 1.2 billion in 2014, around 20 percent up on the figure for 2013.