According to Boerse Stuttgart's order book statistics, aggregate turnover for 2011 was more than EUR 108 billion. This means that the total trading volume was over 15 percent up on the previous year's figures. The Stuttgart Stock Exchange recorded growth in all asset classes, although the biggest rises in turnover were attributable to trading in investment funds, equities and securitised derivatives.
With a trading volume of nearly EUR 57 billion for securitised derivatives, Boerse Stuttgart retained its position as Europe's market leader for this asset class. There was particularly strong growth in the trading of warrants, which put on nearly 25 percent, and bonus certificates, which recorded an increase of more than 22 percent.
Stuttgart is Germany's market leader in the stock-exchange trading of corporate bonds. With a trading volume of more than EUR 13 billion in 2011, these accounted for almost half of all turnover from bond trading on the Stuttgart Stock Exchange. Trading in German government bonds (bunds) was also buoyant, with turnover for 2011 over 156 percent higher at around EUR 9.6 billion. Equities grew by almost a quarter taking annual turnover in this asset class to nearly EUR 13 billion.
It was investment funds, however, that recorded the biggest rise. In this segment, Boerse Stuttgart's turnover for 2011 reached nearly EUR 9 billion, a year-on-year increase of approximately 31 percent. This was largely a result of growth in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs), with annual turnover in this product class up more than 35 percent to a record figure in excess of EUR 7.7 billion.
Due to the Christmas and New Year period, December turnover on the Stuttgart Stock Exchange ended below the level for November at around EUR 6.4 billion.
