According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart had a turnover of more than EUR 10.5 billion in January 2011. This meant that trading volumes were around 36 percent up on the previous month's figures and grew by more than 30 percent year-on-year.
Securitised derivatives accounted for the lion's share of trading volumes at Boerse Stuttgart. In this asset class last month's turnover totalled more than EUR 5.1 billion. This was more than 37 percent more than in the previous month and 25 percent more than in January 2010. In the same period leverage products grew by around 32 percent to more than EUR 2.4 billion. Investment products accounted for almost EUR 2.7 billion of turnover. In this asset class investors tended to favour mainly bonus and discount certificates.
Boerse Stuttgart's turnover in debt instruments rose by almost 50 percent to more than EUR 3.3 billion. The growth in turnover was significant in the case of German government bonds ("Bunds"). In comparison with the previous month turnover in this asset class has more than doubled to more than EUR 1.4 billion. Around one third of turnover in debt instruments was generated with corporate bonds where trading volumes amounted to more than EUR 1.1 billion.
With plenty of liquidity in the market and the resulting demand for investment at the beginning of the year, Boerse Stuttgart also recorded significant growth in equities trading in January. Trading volumes in this area rose by around one quarter to almost EUR 1.3 billion.
In investment fund trading, volumes in January reached around EUR 760 million. This is equivalent to an increase of more than 12 percent in comparison with the previous month. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs), which were more than 58 percent up on the previous month's figures, particularly proved to be becoming increasingly popular among investors. In January trading volumes for ETFs and ETCs amounted to more than EUR 627 million.