According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart recorded turnover of around 7.8 billion in March 2017. The trading volume was up more than 10 percent on the previous month and almost 13 percent on March 2016. The turnover for the first quarter of 2017 was more than 10 percent higher than the figure achieved in the same period of 2016.
Securitised derivatives made up the largest share of the turnover in March. The trading volume in this asset class stood at more than EUR 3.1 billion – an increase of around 9 percent on the previous month. Turnover in leverage products rose by more than 6 percent to around EUR 1.5 billion. Turnover in derivative investment products was in the region of EUR 1.7 billion. Their trading volume was up around 11 percent on the previous month and up 22 percent on March 2016.
In equity trading, turnover rose to around EUR 1.6 billion – an increase of almost 5 percent month on month, and more than 19 percent year on year. German equities accounted for over EUR 1.2 billion of the trading volume in March, while the share of international equities was EUR 357 million.
Significant month-on-month growth was recorded in debt instrument trading, which rose by around 14 percent in March. Turnover amounted to around EUR 1.8 billion. Corporate bonds accounted for the largest share of the trading volume, at more than EUR 1.3 billion.
In trading in exchange-traded products, the order book turnover was in excess of EUR 1.2 billion – an increase of roughly 18 percent on the previous month. Turnover in investment fund units was EUR 113 million in March, representing growth of around 12 percent month on month.
