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Bolsas y Mercados Españoles: The Value Of Trading In The First 11 Months Of The Year Exceeded By 24% That For The Year 2004 - The Markets Managed By BME Posted Strong Growth In November

Date 01/12/2005

  • In November trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE reached € 69.08 bn, 22% up on the same month in 2004.
  • The value of trading on Latibex came in at € 60 million, a monthly record high.
  • The number of options and futures contracts traded on MEFF to November was 33.71 million, 39% up on the year.
  • Trading volume in Corporate Debt on AIAF in November was 57% up on the same month last year.
Equities

In November trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to € 69.08 bn, which represents a year on year increase of 22%. During the month more than 1.4 million bargains were carried out on the market, 10% up on 2004.

The accumulated value posted from the beginning of the year was € 788.40 bn, 34 % up on the same period 2004.

The value of trading on Latibex, the market in Euros for Latin American stocks, came in at € 60 million, which represents a 72% increase on the same period last year and a monthly record high since the creation of the market. The number of trades on the market in November increased by 52%. The trading volume on this market up to November was € 492 million, 46% up on the same period last year.

In November the return on the IBEX 35® index was 0.61%, posting an accumulated return of 16.27%. The return on the IBEX 35® with dividends in the same period was 19.98%.

The return on the IBEX MEDIUM CAP® and IBEX SMALL CAP® indices in the first 11 months was 36.89% and 43.92% respectively. The FTSE Latibex Top posted an accumulated annual return of 71.59%.

Warrants and Certificates

Trading volumes on the warrants and certificates market in November was over € 179 million for 32,370 trades, 10.5% up on the same month last year. The figure posted for the first 11 months of the year came in at € 2.08 bn, 19% on the year.

Futures and options

In November trading volume in Options and Futures on MEFF was 1.99 million contracts, 6.3% up on the same month last year. In the first 11 months, 33.71 million contracts were traded, 39% up on the same period last year.

With regard to the trading volume posted up to November, it was particularly heavy in stock futures, with 14.5 contracts traded (+ 55%). Trading in options on the IBEX 35 came in at 4 million contracts (+51%). Stock options trading came in at 9.6 million contracts (+35%). Trading in IBEX 35 Futures was 4.5 million contracts, 13% up on the year. During the period the number of contracts traded by MEFF exceeded by 17% the figure posted for 2004.

Corporate Debt

Corporate Debt trading on AIAF in November reached € 72.23 bn, a 18.7% increase compared to the same period last year. The accumulated value posted from the beginning of the year was € 807.05 bn, 57% up on the year.

New issues in November were 41% up on the year at € 37.09 bn. The figure for the first 11 months of the year reached € 370.03 bn, 29.1 % up on the last year.

The outstanding balance at the end of November was € 424.14 bn, 47.6% up on the same period in 2004. Net financing provided through AIAF so far this year has reached € 116.12 bn.

SENAF

In November trading volume on the public debt trading platform SENAF was € 22.60 bn, 8.6% up on the previous month. The accumulated trading volume posted up to November was € 212.51 bn which represents a market share of 65.5% of all domestic platforms.