In November 2010 Boerse Stuttgart, according to its order book statistics, had a turnover of almost EUR 9.3 billion, an increase of almost 20 percent in a month-on-month comparison. Trading volumes from January up until and including November amounted to around EUR 86.4 billion.
At Europe's biggest financial market for securitised derivatives this asset class also accounted for a large part of monthly turnover. In total Boerse Stuttgart's turnover in leverage and investment products amounted to almost EUR 4.9 billion in November. There was increased trading in warrants and knock-out products. Trading volumes for these securities were around 27 percent or 20 percent higher than the previous month's figures.
Bond trading at the Stuttgart Stock Exchange rose by more than 30 percent, exceeding EUR 2.46 billion. The lion's share of turnover in this trading segment was generated by corporate bonds where trading volumes in November amounted to EUR 1.55 billion. The approximately 30 percent growth in turnover in comparison with the previous month partly results from trading activities in the Bondm SME segment, with two new corporate bonds from Air Berlin and 3W Power Holdings being admitted to this trading segment in November.
Boerse Stuttgart can also report a significant growth in equities trading for this month. Trading volumes here amounted to more than EUR 1.09 billion. As in the previous month, trading volumes for international equities rose significantly, by more than 33 percent. In the case of international equities, investors continued to be particularly active in trading commodities. In addition to gold and silver, rare earth equities from China attracted particularly strong demand.
The boom in exchange traded funds (EFTs) continues unabated with trading volumes on the Stuttgart Stock Exchange up by 37 percent month-on-month, rising to more than EUR 707 million. In a year-on-year comparison trading volumes for ETFs more than doubled in November.