According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart's turnover in March 2011 amounted to more than EUR 11.3 billion. This meant that trading volumes were nearly 10 percent higher than in February 2011 and almost 40 percent up on the figure for March 2010.
The biggest part of the trading volume was accounted for by securitised derivatives. In March turnover in this asset class stood at almost EUR 6 billion, 14 percent higher than in the previous month and up by more than 50 percent year-on-year. Leverage products accounted for more than EUR 3 billion of turnover, while investment products made up almost EUR 2.9 billion of the total turnover. The trading activity in leverage products grew strongly in the past month. In March volumes were up by more than 22 percent in comparison with February.
Boerse Stuttgart broke a new record in trading with exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) when trading volumes rose to almost EUR 782 million. In the case of investment funds, trading volumes totalled more than EUR 173 million. This was the second highest monthly turnover ever; only in November 2006 were more investment fund units traded at the Stuttgart Stock Exchange.
Boerse Stuttgart's turnover in debt instruments trading remained buoyant and at more than EUR 3 billion was only slightly below the level achieved in February. Besides corporate bonds with EUR 1.29 billion, a large part of turnover was accounted for by German government bonds (‘Bunds’) which accounted for EUR 1.06 billion. Over 71 percent more Bunds were traded than in March 2010.
Equities trading also showed a positive development in March. In total the trading volume in this segment reached almost EUR 1.4 billion, representing a growth of more than 18 percent, with the lion's share being accounted for by German equities. Their trading volume amounted to more than EUR 1 billion, and was therefore almost 30 percent higher than in February.
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